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Printing by Automatically Switching Upper-level and Lower-level Roll Papers

You can print by automatically switching Roll Paper 1 and Roll Paper 2 depending on the print job.

The procedure for printing by automatically switching Roll Paper 1 and Roll Paper 2 is as follows:

  1. Selection of the Paper Size from the Print Dialog

    For the Paper Size, select the same size as the source document created by the application software.

  2. Select Quality & Media from the pop-up menu

  3. Select the media type

    For Media Type, select the same paper type loaded in the printer.
    If Auto (Use Printer Settings) is selected, the paper configured in printer settings is printed.

  4. Select the paper source

    For Paper Source, select Roll Paper (Auto).

    Important

    • The paper feed method will differ according to the paper or lower level (roll paper 2) settings, or roll unit option settings.

  5. Select Page Processing from the pop-up menu

  6. Selecting Roll Paper Width

    For Roll Paper Width, select the width of the roll paper loaded in the printer.

  7. Selecting the printing method for the roll paper

    When performing enlarged/reduced printing of the source document in accordance with the roll paper width, select On (Bordered) or On (Borderless) from Fit Roll Paper Width.

  8. Set the other items

    To rotate the document 90 degrees and print it, select the Rotate Page 90 degrees check box.

    Note

    • If you rotate a portrait document 90 degrees and print it at that horizontally, you may be able to save paper depending on the paper size.

    Important

    • When you select the Rotate Page 90 degrees check box, an error will occur when attempting to print if the vertical length of the document does not fit in the width set in Roll Paper Width.
      Therefore to use this function, correctly set Roll Paper Width to the width of one of the roll papers loaded in the printer.

      Document

      		  

      Roll Width:
      ISO A1/A2 Roll (594.0 mm)
    • If the roll papers loaded in the upper and lower levels are different media types, the document is printed on the roll paper that matches the media type specified in the print job.
      If the document is being rotated 90 degrees for printing and the roll papers loaded in the upper and lower levels have different widths and different media types, set the correct combination of width and media type so that they match one of the roll papers loaded in the printer.

  9. Complete the setup

    Click Print.
    When you print, the paper source is switched automatically to roll paper.

Important

  • On the operation panel, if Device settings -> Paper-related settings -> Roll paper auto switching is set to Do not identify size, the document may be printed on the unintended roll paper. Canon recommends that you set this setting to Identify size before you print.
  • 2-level roll switching is not possible when the paper rolls being fed on the platen are not compatible with automatic cut-off. For checking which types of paper are compatible with automatic cut-off, look up the paper you want to use on the "Paper Information List."

Note