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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
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
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.
Advanced Settings...
Open the Paper Detailed Settings dialog box, and specify detailed print settings that match the media type loaded in the printer.
Paper Source
Shows the source from which paper is supplied.
You may be able to switch the paper source with the printer driver.
Manual Feed
Paper is supplied from the manual feed tray in the back.
Top Feed
Paper is always supplied from the top feed.

Important

  • Depending on the media type and size, the Paper Source settings that can be selected may differ.
Print Quality
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.
Highest
Prints with quality as the highest priority.
Standard
Prints with average speed and quality.
Fast
Gives priority to printing speed over print quality.
Custom
Select this when you want to set the printing quality level individually.
Set...
Select Custom for Print Quality to enable this button.
Open the Custom dialog box. You can then individually set the print quality level.
Color/Intensity
Selects color adjustment method.
Auto
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Contrast, and so on are adjusted automatically.
Manual
Select when you set the individual settings such as Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Tone, Brightness, Contrast, etc. and Color Correction method.
You can also specify Clear Coating Area settings.
Set...
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, Tone, Brightness, and Contrast on the Color Adjustment tab, and select the Color Correction method on the Matching tab.
You can also set clear coat settings on the Clear Coating tab.

Note

  • If you want to use an ICC profile to adjust colors, use the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box to set the profile.
Black and White Photo Print
Black and white photo print refers to a function that converts data to monochrome data when printing your document.
Check this check box to print a color document in monochrome.
Preview before printing
Shows what the print result will look like before you actually print the data.
Check this check box to display a preview before printing.
Defaults
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).

Paper Detailed Settings dialog box

Drying Time
Allows you to set how long the printer rests before printing of the next page starts.
If the next page is ejected before the print surface dries completely and the paper becomes stained, set a longer ink drying time.
Print Head Height
Allows you to widen the gap between the print head and the paper to reduce paper abrasion when printing high density pages. To reduce paper abrasion, select Avoid Paper Abrasion.

Custom dialog box

Set the quality level, and select the desired print quality.

Quality
You can use the slider bar to adjust the print quality level.

Important

  • Certain print quality levels cannot be selected depending on the settings of Media Type.

Note

  • The Highest, Standard, or Fast print quality modes are linked with the slider bar. Therefore when the slider bar is moved, the corresponding quality and value are displayed on the left. This is the same as when the corresponding radio button is selected for Print Quality on the Main tab.

Color Adjustment Tab

This tab allows you to adjust the color balance by changing the settings of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Tone, Brightness, and Contrast options.

Preview
Shows the effect of color adjustment.
The color and brightness change when each item is adjusted.

Note

  • The graphic is in monochrome when the Black and White Photo Print check box is checked.
View Color Pattern
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
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 Black and White Photo Print is checked on the Main tab, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable.
Tone
Set the color tones for black and white photo printing.
You can also select colors for monochrome color tones from the pull-down menu.
Cool Tone
This item adjusts color tones to cool shades of gray (cool black). When you select this item, a value of -30 is entered for X, and a value of 0 for Y.
Black and White
This item adjusts color tones to neutral shades of gray. When you select this item, a value of 0 is entered for X, and a value of 0 for Y.
Warm Tone
This item adjusts color tones to warm shades of gray (warm black). When you select this item, a value of 30 is entered for X, and a value of 0 for Y.
Custom
You can adjust the color tones by using the horizontal and vertical sliders while checking the colors in the center adjustment area.
Adjust the horizontal and vertical sliders by dragging them to the left/right or up/down, respectively.
You can also adjust color tones by clicking or dragging the center adjustment area with the mouse.
You can also directly enter values that are linked to the sliders. When you enter values, set values in the range of -100 to 100 for X, and -50 to 50 for Y.

Note

  • Custom cannot be selected since it is displayed automatically when the adjustment value is directly entered.
X, Y (Monochromatic adjustment value)
If necessary, you can adjust monochromatic colors manually.
To adjust the color tones, either enter values directly or click the up/down arrows.
You can also adjust the color tones by clicking or dragging the adjustment area with the mouse.
The value is also linked to the horizontal and vertical sliders.
When you enter values, set values in the range of -100 to 100 for X, and -50 to 50 for Y.
The selected value will be shown in the preview on the left side.

Important

  • This function is not available for certain Media Type settings.
Brightness
Adjusts 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. Moving the slider to the right brightens (dilutes) the colors, and moving the slider to the left darkens (intensifies) the colors. You can also directly enter brightness values that are linked to the slider bar. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.
Contrast
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.

Matching Tab

Allows you to select the method for adjusting colors to match the type of document to be printed.

Color Correction
Allows you to select Driver Matching, ICM, or None to match the purpose of the print operation.

Important

  • When Black and White Photo Print 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
Adjusts the colors by using an ICC profile when printing.
Specify the input profile, printer profile, and rendering intent to be used.

Important

  • If the application software is set so that ICM is disabled, ICM 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
Specifies the input profile to be used when you select ICM for Color Correction.
Standard
The standard printer profile (sRGB), which supports the color space of ICM, is used. This is the default setting.
Printer Profile
Specifies the printer profile to be used when ICM is selected for Color Correction.
Normally Auto is selected but you can also select a printer profile manually.
Rendering Intent
Specifies the matching method to be used when you select ICM for Color Correction.
Saturation
This method reproduces images even more vividly than the Perceptual method.
Perceptual
This method reproduces images by focusing on colors that most people find desirable. Select this method to print photos.
Relative Colorimetric
When image data is converted to the color space of the printer, this method converts the image data so the color reproduction approximates the shared color regions. Select this method to print image data with colors that are close to the original colors.
The white spots are reproduced as white spots (background color) on the paper.
Absolute Colorimetric
This method uses the white spot definitions in the input and output ICC profiles to convert the image data.
Although the color and color balance of the white spots change, you may not be able to get the desired output results because of the profile combination.

Important

  • Depending on the media type, you may obtain the same print results even when you change the Rendering Intent setting.

Clear Coating Tab

Specify Clear Coating settings.
When you perform clear coating, the printer applies chroma optimizer (CO) ink onto the printing surface and allows you to adjust the glossiness.

Clear Coating Area
Set the clear coating area.
Auto
The printer automatically sets the areas to be clear-coated and whether clear coating is to be performed.
It may be possible to reduce the ink consumption of the chroma optimizer (CO) or to accelerate the print speed.
Overall
The printer clear-coats the entire print area.
If selecting Auto produced unsatisfactory clear coating effects, selecting Overall may improve the results.

Important

  • The selection of Overall may be disabled depending on the media type and the print quality.