Changing the Machine Operation Mode

The procedure for configuring Custom Settings is as follows:

1. Make sure that the machine 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 machine, a message may be displayed because the computer cannot access the function information that was set on the machine.
     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 machine 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.

   Display Guide Message

   Displays a guide when you perform operations in which the paper setting procedure is complicated.

   Hagaki Printing

   Displays the guide message before the machine begins hagaki printing.
   To hide the guide messages, select the Do not show again check box in the displayed dialog.
   To display the guide messages again, display the Canon IJ Printer Utility pop-up menu, select Custom Settings, and then check the Hagaki Printing check box.

   How to load paper

   Displays the guide message before the machine begins printing other than plain paper printing and hagaki printing.
   To hide the guide messages, select the Do not show again check box in the displayed dialog.
   To display the guide messages again, display the Canon IJ Printer Utility pop-up menu, select Custom Settings, and then check the How to load paper check box.

   Important

   • With Mac OS X v10.8 or Mac OS X v10.7, you cannot use Display Guide Message.
     Therefore, if you check the Do not show again check box when a guide message is displayed before printing starts, this will stop any more guide messages from being displayed.

   Prevent paper abrasion

   The machine 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 machine 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 are unsatisfactory even after you execute automatic head alignment, execute 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 machine.
   When the paper width detected by the machine 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 machine 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 machine operates with the modified settings hereafter.