Canon printer PIXMA MG6620 User Manual

							Main tab DescriptionThe  Main  tab allows you to create a basic print setup in accordance with the media type. Unless special
printing is required, normal printing can be performed just by setting the items on this tab.
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.
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.
Paper Source Shows the source from which paper is supplied.
Cassette Paper is always supplied from the cassette.
Print Quality Selects your desired printing quality.
Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose.
Important
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Depending on the  Media Type settings, the same print results may be produced even if the  Print
Quality  is changed.
High Gives priority to print quality over printing speed.
Standard Prints with average speed and quality.
Draft This setting is appropriate for test printing.
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							CustomSelect this when you want to set the printing quality level individually.
Set... Select  Custom  for Print Quality  to enable this button.
Open the 
Custom dialog box . You can then individually set the print quality level.
Color/Intensity Selects color adjustment method.
Auto Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast , and so on are adjusted
automatically.
Manual Select when you set the individual settings such as  Cyan, Magenta , Yellow , Brightness ,
Intensity , and Contrast , etc. and  Color Correction  method.
Set... Select  Manual  for Color/Intensity  to enable this button.
In the  Manual Color Adjustment  dialog box, you can adjust individual color settings such as
Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast  on the 
Color Adjustment tab, and
select the  Color Correction  method on the 
Matching tab.
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If you want to use an ICC profile to adjust colors, use the  Manual Color Adjustment dialog
box to set the profile.
Grayscale Printing This function converts the data to monochrome data when printing your document.
Check this check box to print a color document in monochrome.
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.
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To use the Canon IJ XPS Preview, you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile installed on your computer.
Defaults Restores all the settings you have changed to their default values.
Clicking this button restores all the settings on the current screen to their default values (factory
settings).
Custom dialog box
Set the quality level, and select the desired print quality.
Quality You can use the slider bar to adjust the print quality level.
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Certain print quality levels cannot be selected depending on the settings of  Media Type.
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							Note•
The High , Standard , or Draft  print quality modes are linked with the slider bar. Therefore when
the slider bar is moved, the corresponding quality and value are displayed on the left. This is the
same as when the corresponding radio button is selected for  Print Quality on the Main tab.
Color Adjustment Tab This tab allows you to adjust the color balance by changing the settings of the  Cyan, Magenta , Yellow ,
Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast  options.
Preview Shows the effect of color adjustment.
The color and brightness change when each item is adjusted. You can check the color adjustment
status easily by changing the preview image to one similar to the results to be printed with  Sample
Type .
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The graphic is in monochrome when the  Grayscale Printing check box is checked.
Sample Type Selects a preview image displayed on the  Color Adjustment tab.
If necessary, select a preview image from  Standard, Portrait , Landscape , or Graphics , whichever
is most similar to the print results.
View Color Pattern Displays a pattern for checking color changes produced by color adjustment.If you want to display the preview image with a color pattern, check this check box.
Cyan / Magenta / Yellow Adjusts the strengths of  Cyan, Magenta , and Yellow .
Moving the slider to the right makes a color stronger, and moving the slider to the left makes a color
weaker.
You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.
This adjustment changes the relative amount of ink of each color used, which alters the total color
balance of the document. Use your application if you want to change the total color balance
significantly. Use the printer driver only if you want to adjust the color balance slightly.
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When  Grayscale Printing  is checked on the Main tab, Cyan , Magenta , and Yellow  appear
grayed out and are unavailable.
Brightness Selects the brightness of your print.You cannot change the levels of pure white and black. However, the brightness of the colors between
white and black can be changed.
Intensity Adjusts the overall intensity of your print.
Moving the slider to the right increases the intensity, and moving the slider to the left decreases the
intensity.
You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.
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							ContrastAdjusts the contrast between light and dark in the image to be printed.
Moving the slider to the right increases the contrast, moving the slider to the left decreases the
contrast.
You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.
Print a pattern for color adjustment When the color balance or intensity/contrast is changed, the pattern printing function prints a list of
the adjustment results along with the adjustment values.
Select this function when printing a pattern for color adjustment.
Pattern Print preferences... Check  Print a pattern for color adjustment  to enable this button.
The 
Pattern Print dialog box  opens and allows you to set pattern printing settings.
Pattern Print dialog box
Performs the setup for printing of patterns that allow you to check the color balance and intensity/ contrast of documents.
Parameters to Adjust Select the item to be checked by pattern printing.Cyan/Magenta/Yellow Prints a pattern that allows you to check the cyan/magenta/yellow balance.
Important
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When  Grayscale Printing  is checked on the Main tab, Cyan/Magenta/Yellow  appear
grayed out and are unavailable.
Intensity/Contrast Prints a pattern that allows you to check the intensity/contrast balance.
Printer Paper Size Selects the paper size to be used for pattern printing.
This setting is linked to  Printer Paper Size on the Page Setup  tab.
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Depending on the paper size selected on the  Page Setup tab, there may be sizes that cannot
be selected.
Amount of Pattern Instances Sets the number of patterns to be printed.
You can select from  Largest, Large , and Small . When you select a pattern size, the number of
patterns that can be printed is as follows:
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Largest  and Large  cannot be selected when certain paper sizes or output paper sizes are
selected.
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The setting preview on the  Main tab displays an image that allows you to check the overall
layout.
Largest Cyan/Magenta/Yellow  37
Intensity/Contrast  49
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							LargeCyan/Magenta/Yellow  19
Intensity/Contrast  25
Small Cyan/Magenta/Yellow  7
Intensity/Contrast  9
Color Variation Between Instances Sets the amount of color change between neighboring patterns.Select from  Large, Medium , and Small . Large  produces a large amount of change, and  Small
produces a small amount of change.
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Large  is about double the size of  Medium, and Small  is about half the size of  Medium.
Matching Tab Allows you to select the method for adjusting colors to match the type of document to be printed.
Color Correction Allows you to select  Driver Matching, ICM  (ICC Profile Matching ), or None  to match the purpose of
the print operation.
Important
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When  Grayscale Printing  is checked on the Main tab, Color Correction  appears grayed out
and is unavailable.
Driver Matching With Canon Digital Photo Color, you can print sRGB data with color tints that most people prefer.
ICM (ICC Profile Matching) Adjusts the colors by using an ICC profile when printing.
Specify the input profile and rendering intent to be used.
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If the application software is set so that ICM is disabled,  ICM (ICC Profile Matching ) is
unavailable for  Color Correction  and the printer may not be able to print the image data
properly.
None Disables color adjustment with the printer driver.
Input Profile Specifies the input profile to be used when you select  ICM (ICC Profile Matching ) for Color
Correction .
Standard The standard printer profile (sRGB), which supports the color space of ICM, is used. This is the
default setting.
Adobe RGB (1998) The Adobe RGB profile, which supports a wider color space than sRGB, is used.
Important
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Adobe RGB (1998)  is not displayed when input profiles of Adobe RGB are not installed.
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							Rendering IntentSpecifies the matching method to be used when you select  ICM (ICC Profile Matching ) for Color
Correction .
Saturation This method reproduces images even more vividly than the  Perceptual method.
Perceptual This method reproduces images by focusing on colors that most people find desirable. Select
this method to print photos.
Relative Colorimetric When image data is converted to the color space of the printer, this method converts the image
data so the color reproduction approximates the shared color regions. Select this method to print
image data with colors that are close to the original colors.
The white spots are reproduced as white spots (background color) on the paper.
Absolute Colorimetric This method uses the white spot definitions in the input and output ICC profiles to convert the
image data.
Although the color and color balance of the white spots change, you may not be able to get the
desired output results because of the profile combination.
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Depending on the media type, you may obtain the same print results even when you change the Rendering Intent  setting.
Note
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In the XPS printer driver,  ICM has become  ICC Profile Matching .
Related Topics
Setting the Print Quality Level (Custom)
Adjusting Color Balance
Adjusting Brightness
Adjusting Intensity
Adjusting Contrast
Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)
Adjusting Intensity/Contrast Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)
Specifying Color Correction
Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver
Printing with ICC Profiles
Printing a Color Document in Monochrome
Displaying the Print Results before Printing
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							Page Setup tab DescriptionThe  Page Setup  tab allows you to determine how a document is to be arranged on the paper. Also, this tab
allows you to set the number of copies and the order of printing. If the application which created the
document has a similar function, set them with the application.
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.
Page Size Selects a page size.
Ensure that you select the same page size as you selected within the application.
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.
Landscape Prints 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.
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							Rotate 180 degreesPrints 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.
Printer Paper Size Selects the size of paper actually loaded into the printer.
The default setting is  Same as Page Size to perform normal-sized printing.
You can select a printer paper size when you select  Fit-to-Page, Scaled , Page Layout , Tiling/Poster ,
or  Booklet  for Page Layout .
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.
Page Layout Selects the size of the document you want to print and the type of printing.Normal-size This is the normal printing method. Select this when you do not specify any page layout.
Automatically reduce large document that the printer cannot output If the printer cannot print the paper size of a document, the printer can automatically reduce
the size when it prints the document.
Check this check box to reduce the size when printing the document.
Borderless Chooses whether you are printing on a full page without any page margins or printing with page
margins.
In borderless printing, originals are enlarged to extend slightly off the paper. Thus, printing can be
performed without any margins (border).
Use  Amount of Extension  to adjust how much of the document extends off the paper during
borderless printing.
Amount of Extension Adjusts how much of the document extends off the paper during borderless printing.
Moving the slider to the right increases the amount of extension and allows you to perform
borderless printing with no problems.
Moving the slider to the left reduces the amount of extension and expands the range of the document to print.
Fit-to-Page This function enables you to automatically enlarge or reduce documents to fit to the paper size
loaded in the printer without changing the paper size you specified in your application software.
Scaled Documents can be enlarged or reduced to be printed.Specify the size in  Printer Paper Size , or enter the scaling ratio in the  Scaling box.
Scaling Specifies an enlargement or reduction ratio for the document you want to print.
Page Layout Multiple pages of document can be printed on one sheet of paper.Specify... Opens the 
Page Layout Printing dialog box .
Click this button to set details on page layout printing.
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							Tiling/PosterThis function enables you to enlarge the image data and divide the enlarged data into severalpages to be printed. You can also glue together these sheets of paper to create large printed
matter, such as a poster.
Specify... Opens the 
Tiling/Poster Printing dialog box .
Click this button to set details on tiling/poster printing.
Booklet The booklet printing function allows you to print data for a booklet. Data is printed on both sides of
the paper. This type of printing ensures that pages can be collated properly, in page number order,
when the printed sheets are folded and stapled at the center.
Specify... Opens the 
Booklet Printing dialog box .
Click this button to set details on booklet printing.
Duplex Printing Selects whether to print the document automatically on both sides or one side of a sheet of paper.
Check this check box to print the document on both sides.
This function can be used only when  Plain Paper is selected for  Media Type and one of Normal-size ,
Fit-to-Page , Scaled , or Page Layout  is selected.
Automatic Selects whether duplex printing is to be performed automatically or manually.
This check box will be enabled if  Booklet is selected from the  Page Layout list or the Duplex
Printing  check box is checked.
To perform duplex printing automatically, check this check box.
To perform duplex printing manually, uncheck this check box.
Print Area Setup... Opens the 
Print Area Setup dialog box  in which you can configure the print area for automatic
duplex printing.
This button will be enabled if automatic duplex printing is set when  Borderless is not selected.
Stapling Side Selects the stapling margin position.
The printer analyzes the  Orientation and Page Layout  settings, and automatically selects the best
stapling margin position. Check  Stapling Side, and select from the list to change it.
Specify Margin... Opens the 
Specify Margin dialog box .
You can specify the width of the margin.
Copies Specifies the number of copies you want to print. You can specify a value from 1 to 999.
Important
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If the application used to create your document has a similar function, specify the number of copies
with the application without specifying it here.
Print from Last Page Check this check box when you want to print from the last page in order. If you do this, you do not need
to sort the pages into their correct order after printing.
Uncheck this check box to print your document in normal order, starting from the first page.
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							CollateCheck this check box to group together the pages of each copy when you want to print multiple copies.
Uncheck this check box when you want to print with all pages of the same page number grouped
together.
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When the application software that you used to create the document has the same function, give priority to the printer driver settings. However, if the print results are not acceptable, specify the
function settings on the application software. When you specify the number of copies and the
printing order with both the application and this printer driver, the number of copies may be
multiplied numbers of the two settings or the specified printing order may not be enabled.
Print Options... Opens the 
Print Options dialog box .
Changes detailed printer driver settings for print data that is sent from applications.
Stamp/Background... (Stamp...) Opens the 
Stamp/Background (Stamp) dialog box .
The  Stamp  function allows you to print a stamp text or a bitmap over or behind document data. It also
allows you to print date, time and user name. The  Background function allows you to print a light
illustration behind the document data.
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With the XPS printer driver, the  Stamp/Background... button has become the  Stamp... button and
only the stamp function can be used.
Depending on the type of printer driver you are using and the environment,  Stamp and Background
may not be available.
Custom Paper Size dialog box This dialog box allows you to specify the size (width and height) of the custom paper.
Units Select the unit for entering a user-defined paper size.
Paper Size Specifies the  Width and the  Height of the custom paper. Measurement is shown according to the
units specified in  Units.
Page Layout Printing dialog box
This dialog box allows you to select the number of document pages to be placed on one sheet of paper, the page order, and whether a page border line is to be printed around each document page.
The settings specified in this dialog box can be confirmed in the settings preview on the printer driver.
Preview Icon Shows the settings made on the  Page Layout Printing dialog box.
You can check what the print result will look like before you actually print the data.
Pages Specifies the number of document pages to fit on one sheet.
Page Order Specifies the document orientation to be printed on a sheet of paper.
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