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.

   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 printer 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 narrow width paper

   Before printing on narrow width paper, the printer displays guide messages.
   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 narrow width 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 jam

   Check this item only if A3 plain paper jams frequently near the paper exit.

   Important

   • When this function is used, it takes longer to print to A3 plain paper.
     Also the print quality may deteriorate.

   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.

   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.