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Printing Area

To ensure the best print quality, the printer allows a margin along each edge of media. The actual printable area will be the area inside these margins.

Recommended printing area : Canon recommends that you print within this area.

Printable area : The area where it is possible to print. However, printing in this area can affect the print quality or the paper feed precision.

Note

  • By selecting Borderless Printing option, you can make prints with no margins.
  • When performing Borderless Printing, slight cropping may occur at the edges since the printed image is enlarged to fill the whole page.

  • For Borderless Printing, use the following paper:

    • Photo Paper Pro Platinum <PT-101>
    • Glossy Photo Paper "Everyday Use" <GP-501/GP-601>
    • Photo Paper Glossy <GP-601>
    • Photo Paper Plus Glossy II <PP-201>
    • Photo Paper Pro Luster <LU-101>
    • Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss <SG-201>
    • Matte Photo Paper <MP-101>

    Performing Borderless Printing on any other type of paper may substantially reduce printing quality and/or result in printouts with altered color hues.

    Borderless Printing on plain paper may result in printouts with reduced quality. Use them only for test printing.

  • Borderless Printing is not available for legal, A5, B5, or B4 sized paper, envelopes, or non-Canon genuine art paper.
  • Depending on the type of paper, Borderless Printing may reduce the print quality at the top and bottom edges of the paper or cause these parts to become smudged.