Main tab Description
The Main tab allows you to create a basic print setup in accordance with the media type. Unless special printing is required, normal printing can be performed just by setting the items on this tab.
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- Settings Preview
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The paper illustration shows how the original will be laid out on a sheet of paper.
You can check an overall image of the layout.
The printer illustration shows how to load paper to match the printer driver settings.
Check whether the printer is set up correctly by looking at the illustration before you start printing. - Media Type
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Selects a type of printing paper.
Select a media type that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. This ensures that printing is carried out properly for the specified paper. - Paper Source
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Shows the source from which paper is supplied.
You may be able to switch the paper source with the printer driver.- Cassette (Auto Select)
- Based on the paper settings on the printer driver and the cassette paper information registered on the printer, the printer automatically determines which cassette to use and feeds paper from that cassette.
- Cassette 1
- Paper is fed from the cassette 1.
- Cassette 2
- Paper is fed from the cassette 2.
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Important
- Depending on the media type and size, the Paper Source settings that can be selected may differ.
- Print Quality
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Selects your desired printing quality.
Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose.Important
- Depending on the Media Type settings, the same print results may be produced even if the Print Quality is changed.
- High
- Gives priority to print quality over printing speed.
- Standard
- Prints with average speed and quality.
- Color/Intensity
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Selects color adjustment method.
- Auto
- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast, and so on are adjusted automatically.
- Manual
- Select when you set the individual settings such as Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast, etc. and Color Correction method.
- Set...
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Select Manual for Color/Intensity to enable this button.
In the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box, you can adjust individual color settings such as Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast on the Color Adjustment tab, and select the Color Correction method on the Matching tab.Note
- If you want to use an ICC profile to adjust colors, use the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box to set the profile.
- Grayscale Printing
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This function converts the data to monochrome data when printing your document.
Check this check box to print a color document in monochrome. - Preview before printing
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Shows what the print result will look like before you actually print the data.
Check this check box to display a preview before printing.Important
- To use the Canon IJ XPS Preview, you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile installed on your computer.
- Defaults
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Restores all the settings you have changed to their default values.
Clicking this button restores all the settings on the current screen to their default values (factory settings).
Color Adjustment Tab
This tab allows you to adjust the color balance by changing the settings of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast options.
- Preview
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Shows the effect of color adjustment.
The color and brightness change when each item is adjusted. You can check the color adjustment status easily by changing the preview image to one similar to the results to be printed with Sample Type.Note
- The graphic is in monochrome when the Grayscale Printing check box is checked.
- Sample Type
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Selects a preview image displayed on the Color Adjustment tab.
If necessary, select a preview image from Standard, Portrait, Landscape, or Graphics, whichever is most similar to the print results. - View Color Pattern
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Displays a pattern for checking color changes produced by color adjustment.
If you want to display the preview image with a color pattern, check this check box. - Cyan / Magenta / Yellow
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Adjusts the strengths of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.
Moving the slider to the right makes a color stronger, and moving the slider to the left makes a color weaker.
You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.
This adjustment changes the relative amount of ink of each color used, which alters the total color balance of the document. Use your application if you want to change the total color balance significantly. Use the printer driver only if you want to adjust the color balance slightly.Important
- When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable.
- Brightness
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Selects the brightness of your print.
You cannot change the levels of pure white and black. However, the brightness of the colors between white and black can be changed. - Intensity
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Adjusts the overall intensity of your print.
Moving the slider to the right increases the intensity, and moving the slider to the left decreases the intensity.
You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. - Contrast
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Adjusts the contrast between light and dark in the image to be printed.
Moving the slider to the right increases the contrast, moving the slider to the left decreases the contrast.
You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. - Print a pattern for color adjustment
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When the color balance or intensity/contrast is changed, the pattern printing function prints a list of the adjustment results along with the adjustment values.
Select this function when printing a pattern for color adjustment. - Pattern Print preferences...
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Check Print a pattern for color adjustment to enable this button.
The Pattern Print dialog box opens and allows you to set pattern printing settings.
Pattern Print dialog box
Performs the setup for printing of patterns that allow you to check the color balance and intensity/contrast of documents.
- Parameters to Adjust
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Select the item to be checked by pattern printing.
- Cyan/Magenta/Yellow
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Prints a pattern that allows you to check the cyan/magenta/yellow balance.
Important
- When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Cyan/Magenta/Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable.
- Intensity/Contrast
- Prints a pattern that allows you to check the intensity/contrast balance.
- Printer Paper Size
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Selects the paper size to be used for pattern printing.
This setting is linked to Printer Paper Size on the Page Setup tab. -
Note
- Depending on the paper size selected on the Page Setup tab, there may be sizes that cannot be selected.
- Amount of Pattern Instances
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Sets the number of patterns to be printed.
You can select from Largest, Large, and Small. When you select a pattern size, the number of patterns that can be printed is as follows:Note
- Largest and Large cannot be selected when certain paper sizes or output paper sizes are selected.
- The setting preview on the Main tab displays an image that allows you to check the overall layout.
- Largest
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Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 37
Intensity/Contrast 49 - Large
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Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 19
Intensity/Contrast 25 - Small
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Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 7
Intensity/Contrast 9
- Color Variation Between Instances
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Sets the amount of color change between neighboring patterns.
Select from Large, Medium, and Small. Large produces a large amount of change, and Small produces a small amount of change.Note
- Large is about double the size of Medium, and Small is about half the size of Medium.
Matching Tab
Allows you to select the method for adjusting colors to match the type of document to be printed.
- Color Correction
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Allows you to select Driver Matching, ICM (ICC Profile Matching), or None to match the purpose of the print operation.
Important
- When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Color Correction appears grayed out and is unavailable.
- Driver Matching
- With Canon Digital Photo Color, you can print sRGB data with color tints that most people prefer.
- ICM (ICC Profile Matching)
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Adjusts the colors by using an ICC profile when printing.
Specify the input profile to be used. -
Important
- If the application software is set so that ICM is disabled, ICM (ICC Profile Matching) is unavailable for Color Correction and the printer may not be able to print the image data properly.
- None
- Disables color adjustment with the printer driver.
- Input Profile
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Specifies the input profile to be used when you select ICM (ICC Profile Matching) for Color Correction.
- Standard
- The standard printer profile (sRGB), which supports the color space of ICM, is used. This is the default setting.
- Adobe RGB (1998)
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The Adobe RGB profile, which supports a wider color space than sRGB, is used.
Important
- Adobe RGB (1998) is not displayed when input profiles of Adobe RGB are not installed.
Note
- In the XPS printer driver, ICM has become ICC Profile Matching.
Related Topics
- Adjusting Color Balance
- Adjusting Brightness
- Adjusting Intensity
- Adjusting Contrast
- Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)
- Adjusting Intensity/Contrast Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)
- Specifying Color Correction
- Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver
- Printing with ICC Profiles
- Printing a Color Document in Monochrome
- Displaying the Print Results before Printing