Canon printer PIXMA MG5622 User Manual

							Checking the Ink Status from Your ComputerYou can check the remaining ink level and the ink tank types for your model.1.
Open the printer driver setup window
2.
Launching the Canon IJ Status Monitor
On the  Maintenance  tab, click View Printer Status .
The Canon IJ Status Monitor opens and displays an image of the ink status.
Note
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The information displayed on the Canon IJ Status Monitor may differ depending on the country or region where you are using your printer.
3.
If necessary, click  Ink Details
You can check the ink-related information. If a warning or error related to the remaining ink amount occurs, a notification icon is displayed at the top of the image in the  Ink Details dialog box.
In such cases, take the appropriate action as described on the screen.
Note
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You can also display the  Ink Details dialog box by selecting the ink icon on the Canon IJ Status
Monitor.
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							Canon IJ PreviewThe Canon IJ Preview is an application software that displays what the print result will look like before a
document is actually printed.
The preview reflects the information that is set within the printer driver and allows you to check the
document layout, print order, and number of pages. You can also change the media type settings.
When you want to display a preview before printing, open the 
printer driver setup window , click the Main
tab, and check the  Preview before printing  check box.
When you do not want to display a preview before printing, uncheck the check box.
Important
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If you are using the XPS printer driver, see "Editing the Print Document or Reprinting from the Print
History ."
Related Topic
Displaying the Print Results before Printing
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							Deleting the Undesired Print JobIf you are using the XPS printer driver, replace "Canon IJ Status Monitor" with "Canon IJ XPS StatusMonitor" when reading this information.
If the printer does not start printing, canceled or failed print job data may be remaining.
Delete the undesired print job by using the Canon IJ Status Monitor.1.
Display the Canon IJ Status Monitor
Click the icon of the Canon IJ Status Monitor displayed on the task bar. The Canon IJ Status Monitor appears.
2.
Display the print jobs
Click  Display Print Queue .
The print queue window opens.
3.
Delete the print jobs
Select  Cancel All Documents  from the Printer menu.
When the confirmation message appears, click  Yes.
The deletion of the print job is complete.
Important
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Users who have not been granted access permission for printer management cannot delete the print job of another user.
Note
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When you perform this operation, all print jobs are deleted. If the print queue list contained a necessary
print job, start the printing process over from the beginning.
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							Instructions for Use (Printer Driver)This printer driver is subject to the following restrictions. Keep the following points in mind when using the
printer driver.
Restrictions on the Printer Driver•
With some applications, the  Copies setting in the  Page Setup tab of the printer driver may not be
enabled.
In this case, use the copies setting in the  Print dialog box of the application software.
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If the selected  Language in the About dialog box of the  Maintenance tab does not match the
operating system interface language, the printer driver setup window may not be displayed properly.
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Do not change the  Advanced tab items of the printer properties. If you change any of the items, you
will not be able to use the following functions correctly. Also, if  Print to file  is selected in the  Print dialog box of the application software and with applications
that prohibit EMF spooling, such as Adobe Photoshop LE and MS Photo Editor, the following
functions will not operate.
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Preview before printing  on the Main tab
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Prevention of Print Data Loss  in the Print Options  dialog box on the  Page Setup tab
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Page Layout , Tiling/Poster , Booklet , Duplex Printing , Specify Margin... , Print from Last
Page , Collate , and Stamp/Background...  (Stamp... ) on the Page Setup  tab
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Print a pattern for color adjustment  on the Color Adjustment  tab in the Manual Color
Adjustment  dialog box
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Since the resolution in the preview display differs from the printing resolution, text and lines in the
preview display may appear different from the actual print result.
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With some applications, the printing is divided into multiple print jobs.
To cancel printing, delete all divided print jobs.
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If image data is not printed correctly, display the  Print Options dialog box from the  Page Setup tab
and change the setting of  Disable ICM required from the application software . This may solve the
problem.
Note
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Disable ICM required from the application software  cannot be used when the XPS printer
driver is used.
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Do not start up the Canon IJ Network Tool while printing.
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Do not print when the Canon IJ Network Tool is running.
Points to Note About Applications with Restrictions
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There are following restrictions in Microsoft Word (Microsoft Corporation).
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When Microsoft Word has the same printing functions as the printer driver, use Word to specify
them.
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When  Fit-to-Page , Scaled , or Page Layout  is used for Page Layout  on the Page Setup  tab of
the printer driver, the document may not print normally in certain versions of Word.
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When  Page Size  in Word is set to "XXX Enlarge/Reduce", the document may not print normally in
certain versions of Word.
If this happens, follow the procedure below.
1.
Open Word's  Print dialog box.
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							2.Open the printer driver setup window, and on the Page Setup tab, set Page Size  to the same
paper size that you specified in Word.3.
Set the  Page Layout  that you want, and then click  OK to close the window.
4.
Without starting printing, close the  Print dialog box.
5.
Open Word's  Print dialog box again.
6.
Open the printer driver setup window and click  OK.
7.
Start printing.
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If bitmap printing is enabled in Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Systems Incorporated), printing may take time
or some data may not be printed. Print after unchecking the  Bitmap Printing check box in the  Print
dialog box.
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							Printer Driver Description
Quick Setup tab Description
Main tab Description
Page Setup tab Description
Maintenance tab Description
Canon IJ Preview Description
Canon IJ XPS Preview Description
Canon IJ Status Monitor Description
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							Quick Setup tab DescriptionThe  Quick Setup  tab is for registering commonly used print settings. When you select a registered setting,
the printer automatically switches to the preset items.
Commonly Used Settings The names and icons of frequently used printing profiles are registered. When you select a printingprofile according to the purpose of the document, settings that match the purpose are applied. In addition, functions that are thought to be useful for the selected printing profile are displayed in
Additional Features .
You can also change a printing profile and register it under a new name. You can delete the registered
printing profile.
You can rearrange the profiles either by dragging the individual profiles or by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the up or down arrow keys.
Standard These are the factory settings.
If  Page Size , Orientation , and Copies  were set from the application software, those settings have
priority.
Photo Printing If you select this setting when printing a photo, the photo paper and photo size generally used are
set. The  Borderless Printing  check box is checked automatically.
If  Orientation  and Copies  were set from the application software, those settings have priority.
Business Document Select this setting when printing a general document.
If  Page Size , Orientation , and Copies  were set from the application software, those settings have
priority.
Paper Saving Select this setting to save paper when printing a general document. The  2-on-1 Printing and
Duplex Printing  check boxes are checked automatically.
If  Page Size , Orientation , and Copies  were set from the application software, those settings have
priority.
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							EnvelopeIf you select this setting for printing an envelope,  Media Type is set automatically to  Envelope. In
the  Envelope Size Setting  dialog box, select the size of the envelope to be used.
Note
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The combination of the  Additional Features that was displayed for the printing profile that had
been selected when the added printing profile was saved is also displayed when that added printing profile is selected.
Save... Displays the 
Save Commonly Used Settings dialog box .
Click this button when you want to save the information that you set on the  Quick Setup, Main , and
Page Setup  tabs to Commonly Used Settings .
Delete Deletes a registered printing profile.
Select the name of the setting to be deleted from  Commonly Used Settings, and click Delete. When a
confirmation message is displayed, click  OK to delete the specified printing profile.
Note
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Printing profiles that are registered in the initial settings cannot be deleted.
Settings Preview The paper illustration shows how the original will be laid out on a sheet of paper.
You can check an overall image of the layout.
Preview before printing Shows what the print result will look like before you actually print the data.
Check this check box to display a preview before printing. Uncheck this check box if you do not want to display a preview.
Important
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To use the Canon IJ XPS Preview, you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profileinstalled on your computer.
Additional Features Displays the frequently used, convenient functions for the printing profile that you selected for
Commonly Used Settings  on the Quick Setup  tab.
When you move the mouse pointer near a function that can be changed, a description of that function is displayed.
To enable a function, check the corresponding check box.
For some functions, you can set detailed settings from the  Main and Page Setup  tabs.
Important
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Depending on the printing profiles, certain function may be grayed out and you will not be able to
change them.
2-on-1 Printing Prints two pages of the document, side by side, on one sheet of paper.To change the page sequence, click the  Page Setup tab, select Page Layout  for Page Layout ,
and click  Specify... . Then in the 
Page Layout Printing dialog box  that appears, specify the  Page
Order .
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							4-on-1 PrintingPrints four pages of the document, side by side, on one sheet of paper.
To change the page sequence, click the  Page Setup tab, select Page Layout  for Page Layout ,
and click  Specify... . Then in the 
Page Layout Printing dialog box  that appears, specify the  Page
Order .
Duplex Printing Selects whether to print the document on both sides or one side of a sheet of paper.
To change the staple side or the margins, set the new values from the  Page Setup tab.
Borderless Printing Performs borderless printing without any margins on the paper.
With the borderless printing function, the document to be printed is enlarged, so that it extends
slightly off the paper. In other words, the document is printed without any margin.
To adjust the amount that the document extends beyond the paper, click the  Page Setup tab,
choose  Borderless , and enter the value in  Amount of Extension.
Grayscale Printing This function converts the data to monochrome data when printing your document.
Draft This setting is appropriate for test printing.
Rotate 180 degrees Prints the document by rotating it 180 degrees against the paper feed direction.
The width of print area and the amount of extension that are configured in other application
software will be reversed vertically and horizontally.
Color/Intensity Manual Adjustment Select when you set the  Color Correction method and individual settings such as  Cyan, Magenta ,
Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast , etc.
Media Type Selects a type of printing paper.
Select a media type that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. This ensures that printing is
carried out properly for the specified paper.
Printer Paper Size Selects the size of paper actually loaded into the printer.
Normally, the paper size is set automatically according to the output paper size setting, and the
document is printed with no scaling.
When you set  2-on-1 Printing  or 4-on-1 Printing  in Additional Features , you can manually set the
paper size with  Page Size on the Page Setup  tab.
If you select a paper size that is smaller than the  Page Size, the document size will be reduced. If you
select a paper size that is larger, the document size will be enlarged.
Also if you select  Custom..., the 
Custom Paper Size dialog box  opens and allows you to specify any
vertical and horizontal dimensions for the paper size.
Orientation Selects the printing orientation.
If the application used to create your document has a similar function, select the same orientation that
you selected in that application. Portrait Prints the document so that its top and bottom positions are unchanged relative to the paper feed
direction. This is the default setting.
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							LandscapePrints the document by rotating it 90 degrees relative to the paper feed direction.
You can change the rotation direction by going to the  Maintenance tab, opening the  Custom
Settings  dialog box, and then using  Rotate 90 degrees left when orientation is [Landscape]
check box. To rotate the document 90 degrees to the left when printing, select the  Rotate 90 degrees left
when orientation is [Landscape]  check box.
Print Quality Selects your desired printing quality.
Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose. To set the print quality level individually, click the  Main tab, and for  Print Quality , select Custom . The
Set...  becomes enabled. Click  Set... to open the 
Custom dialog box , and then specify the desired
settings. High Gives priority to print quality over printing speed.
Standard Prints with average speed and quality.
Draft This setting is appropriate for test printing.
Paper Source Shows the source from which paper is supplied.
Cassette Paper is always supplied from the cassette.
Copies Specifies the number of copies you want to print. You can specify a value from 1 to 999.
Important
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When the application software that you used to create the document has the same function,specify the settings on the printer driver. However, if the print results are not acceptable, specify
the function settings on the application software.
Always Print with Current Settings Prints documents with the current settings starting from the next print execution.
When you select this function and then close the 
printer driver setup window , the information that you
set on the  Quick Setup , Main , and  Page Setup  tabs are saved and printing with the same settings is
possible starting from the next print execution.
Important
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If you log on with a different user name, the settings that were set when this function was enabled are not reflected in the print settings.
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If a setting was specified on the application software, it has priority.
Defaults Restores all the settings you have changed to their default values.
Click this button to return all settings on the  Quick Setup, Main , and  Page Setup  tabs to their default
values (factory settings).
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