Changing the Printer Operation Mode

The procedure for configuring Custom Settings is as follows:

1. Make sure that the printer is on, and then select Custom Settings from the pop-up menu on the Canon IJ Printer Utility

   Note

   • If the computer is unable to communicate with the printer, a message may be displayed because the computer cannot access the function information that was set on the printer.
     If this happens, click Cancel to display the most recent settings specified on your computer.

2. If necessary, complete the following settings:

   Ink Drying Wait Time

   You can set the length of the printer rest time until printing of the next page begins. Moving the slider to the right increases the pause time, and moving the slider to the left decreases the time.
   If the paper gets stained because the next page is ejected before the ink on the printed page dries, increase the ink drying wait time.
   Reducing the ink drying wait time speeds up printing.

   Prevent paper abrasion

   The printer can increase the gap between the print head and the paper during high-density printing to prevent paper abrasion.
   Check this check box to prevent paper abrasion.

   Prevent paper double-feed

   Select this check box only if the printer is feeding multiple sheets of plain paper at the same time.

   Important

   • Using this function slows down the print speed.

   Align heads manually

   Usually, the Print Head Alignment function of Test Print on the pop-up menu in the Canon IJ Printer Utility is set to automatic head alignment, but you can change it to manual head alignment.
   If the printing results of automatic print head alignment are not satisfactory, perform manual head alignment.
   Check this check box to perform the manual head alignment. Uncheck this check box to perform the automatic head alignment.

   Detect the paper width when printing from computer

   When you print from the computer, this function identifies the paper that was loaded into this printer.
   When the paper width detected by the printer differs from the width of the paper specified in Paper Size on the Print dialog, a message is displayed.
   To use paper width detection when printing from the computer, select the check box.

   Important

   • When you use a custom page size, correctly set the size of the paper loaded in the printer in the Custom Paper Sizes dialog.
     If an error message is displayed even though paper of the same size that was specified is loaded, uncheck the Detect the paper width when printing from computer check box.

3. Apply the settings

   Click Apply and when the confirmation message appears, click OK.

   The printer operates with the modified settings hereafter.