Canon C3100 N User Manual

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PS/PCL/UFR Printer Guide

Please read this guide before operating this equipment. After you finish reading this guide, store it in a safe place for future reference.

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imageRUNNER C3100N

PS/PCL/UFR Printer

Guide

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Manuals for the Machine

The manuals for this machine are divided as follows. Please refer to them for detailed information. The manuals supplied with optional equipment are included in the list below. Depending on the system

conﬁguration and product purchased, some manuals may not be needed.

Guides with this symbol are printed manuals. Guides with this symbol are PDF manuals included on the

Basic Operations

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Troubleshooting

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Copying Instructions

Mail Box Instructions

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Sending and Fax Instructions

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accompanying CD-ROM. (See footnote on the next page.)

CD-ROM

Reference Guide

Copying Guide

Mail Box Guide

Sending and Facsimile

Guide

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Setting Up the Network Connection and Installing the CD-ROM Software

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Remote User Interface Instructions

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Network Connectivity and Setup Instructions

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Color Network ScanGear Installation and Instructions

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PS/PCL/UFR Printer Instructions

For the imageRUNNER C3100N only.

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UFR Printer Instructions

For the imageRUNNER C3100 only.

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PCL Printer Driver Installation and Instructions

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PS Printer Driver Installation and Instructions

Mac OS X PS Printer Driver

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Installation and Instructions

Network Quick Start Guide

Remote UI Guide

Network Guide

Color Network ScanGear

User's Guide

PS/PCL/UFR Printer Guide

(This Document)

UFR Printer Guide

PCL Driver Guide

PS Driver Guide

Mac PS Driver Guide

CD-ROM

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UFR Printer Driver Installation and Instructions

Fax Driver Installation and Instructions

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UFR Driver Guide

Fax Driver Guide

CD-ROM

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The machine illustration on the cover may differ slightly from your machine.

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How This Manual Is Organized

Chapter 1 Before You Start Using This Machine

Chapter 2 Printer Settings Menu

Chapter 3 Report Settings Menu

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

Chapter 5 Appendix

Includes the available font lists, conﬁguration page sample, speciﬁcations, and index.

Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions. However, as we are constantly improving our products, if you need an exact speciﬁcation, please contact Canon.

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Symbols Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x

Keys Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x

Displays Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Illustrations Used in This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Abbreviations Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

License Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Chapter 1 Before You Start Using This Machine

Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

What Are Menu Functions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Additional Functions Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Accessing the Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Using the Printer Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Using the Report Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Chapter 2 Printer Settings Menu

An Overview of Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2-Sided Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Paper Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Default Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Default Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Paper Size Override. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Image Reﬁnement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Toner Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

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Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12

Offset X/Offset Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14

Job Securing Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Print After Completing RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Finisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17

Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Transparency Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21

Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-22

Mode Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Color Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-23

Gradation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-24

Halftones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Compressed Image Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Initialize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-26

PCL/PS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-27

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-27

Font Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-27

Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28

Form Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28

Custom Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-28

Unit of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-29

X Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-29

Y Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-29

Append CR to LF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-30

Gray Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-31

PS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-32

Job Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Wait Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Print PS Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-32

RGB Source Proﬁle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-32

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33

Use Grayscale Proﬁle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Output Proﬁle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-35

Matching Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-36

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RGB Pure Black Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

CMYK Pure Black Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Pure Black Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

Black Overprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

Utility Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Initialize PCL Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Initialize PS Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-40

Reset Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Chapter 3 Report Settings Menu

An Overview of Report Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

PCL Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Conﬁguration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Font List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

PS Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Conﬁguration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Font List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting

Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Resetting the Machine After a Service Call Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

When a Message Is Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Printer Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a

Personal Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Chapter 5 Appendix

Some Basic Facts about Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

What Is a Font? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Attributes of Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Stroke Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Point Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Pitch (cpi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

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Character Width (Fixed and PS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-5

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-5

Symbol Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6

Fonts and Scalable Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Bitmapped Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6

Scalable Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Standard Scalable Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

OCR Sets Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Bar Code Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-9

Symbol Sets (For Scalable Typefaces Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

PS Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-10

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Typeface Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Standard Scalable Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Bar Code Scalable Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-18

OCR Code Scalable Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-19

Bitmapped Fonts (PCL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

PS Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-20

Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

ASCII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-29

DeskTop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-30

ISO 8859-10 Latin 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-30

ISO 8859-2 Latin 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-31

ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-31

ISO French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-32

ISO German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-32

ISO Italian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-33

ISO Norwegian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-33

ISO Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-34

ISO Swedish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-34

ISO United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-35

Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-35

Math-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-36

MC Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

Microsoft Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-37

PC-1004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-37

PC-775 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-38

PC-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-38

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PC-8 D/N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

PC-850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

PC-852 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40

PC-Turkish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40

Pi Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

PS Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

PS Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

Roman-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43

Ventura International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43

Ventura Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44

Ventura US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44

Windows 3.0 Latin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

Windows 3.1 Latin 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

Windows 3.1 Latin 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

Windows 3.1 Latin 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

Windows Baltic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47

Wingdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47

3 of 9 Barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

Code 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

CODABAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49

Interleaved 2 of 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49

MSI / Plessey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

PostNet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

UPC / EAN barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

OCR-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

OCR-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

Dingbats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

ISO Latin 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53

PC-8 Greek CP437. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53

PC-858 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54

PC-860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54

PC-865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55

Roman 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55

Conﬁguration Page Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56

Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58

Software Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

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Preface

Thank you for purchasing this Canon product. Please read this manual thoroughly before operating the machine in order to familiarize yourself with its capabilities, and to make the most of its many functions. After reading this manual, store it in a safe place for future reference.

How to Use This Manual

Symbols Used in This Manual

The following symbols are used in this manual to explain procedures, restrictions, handling precautions, and instructions that should be observed for safety.

IMPORTANT

NOTE

Indicates operational requirements and restrictions. Be sure to read these items carefully in order to operate the machine correctly, and to avoid damage to the machine.

Indicates a clariﬁcation of an operation, or contains additional explanations for a procedure. Reading these notes is highly recommended.

Keys Used in This Manual

The following symbols and key names are a few examples of how keys to be pressed are expressed in this manual:

•

Touch Panel display Keys: [Key Name]

Examples: [Cancel]

•

Control Panel Keys: <Key icon> + (Key Name)

Examples:

[Done]

(Start)

(Stop)

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Displays Used in This Manual

Screen shots of the touch panel display used in this manual may differ from the ones you actually see, depending on the options that come with your machine. Note that functions that cannot be used depending on the model or options, are not displayed on the touch panel display.

The keys which you should press are marked with a , as shown below.

When multiple keys can be pressed on the touch panel display, all keys are marked. Select the keys which suit your needs.

Press [Printer Settings].

Press this key for operation.

Illustrations Used in This Manual

Illustrations of the machine used in this manual may not represent exact appearance and conﬁguration of the actual machine.

Abbreviations Used in This Manual

In this manual, product names and model names are abbreviated as follows:

Microsoft

PostScript

Windows

3 emulation is referred to as PS.

operating system is referred to as Windows.

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Legal Notices

License Notice

This product contains the Universal Font Scaling Technology or UFST under license from Agfa Corporation.

Trademarks

Canon, the Canon logo, and imageRUNNER are trademarks of Canon Inc.

Adobe, PostScript, PostScript 3, and Illustrator are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Apple, Macintosh, and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

PCL and PCL5c are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.

Concerning typeface credit, the actual names on a FONT LIST for this machine may differ from those listed below.

CG, Intellifont, and UFST are trademarks of Agfa Monotype Corporation or its afﬁliated companies and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Marigold and Oxford are trademarks of AlphaOmega Typography, Inc.

Apple, Apple Chancery, Chicago, Geneva, Hoeﬂer Text, Monaco, and New York are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

ITC AvantGarde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Lubalin Graph, ITC Mona Lisa, ITC Symbol, ITC Zapf Chancery, and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation.

Clarendon, Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Optima, Palatino, Stempel Garamond, and Times are trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and its subsidiaries. Univers is a trademark of Linotype-Hell AG and its subsidiaries and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

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Coronet is a registered trademark of Ludlow Type Foundry.

Wingdings is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Albertus, Arial, Book Antiqua, Bookman Oldstyle, Century Gothic, GillSans, Joanna, and Times New Roman are trademarks of the Monotype Corporation plc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

CG Omega is a product of Agfa Corporation and CG Times, based on Times New Roman under license from the Monotype Corporation plc, is a product of Agfa Corporation.

Eurostile is a trademark of Nebiolo.

Other products and company names herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Copyright

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Canon Inc.

Disclaimers

The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

CANON INC. MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEREOF, WARRANTIES AS TO MARKETABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF USE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT. CANON INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS MATERIAL.

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Before You Start Using This Machine

This chapter describes how to set up the printing environment from the touch panel display.

Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

What Are Menu Functions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2

Additional Functions Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3

Accessing the Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

Using the Printer Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Using the Report Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

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Menu Functions

What Are Menu Functions?

Before You Start Using This Machine

This section describes the menu functions and how to access them with the touch panel display.

The machine lets you specify settings, such as the number of copies and the paper size, to use when it receives a print job. These types of settings can be speciﬁed by the application sending the print job, or by the printer driver.

You can specify many settings which affect the printer function of the machine. These include some settings that cannot be speciﬁed remotely from an application or from the printer driver. These settings are referred to as "Menu Functions."

The menu functions are set using the keys on the touch panel display and are grouped together according to the type of settings, which makes them easy to set.

When the same menu function setting can be speciﬁed by using the keys on the machine or by specifying the setting in an application or the printer driver, the setting from the application or printer driver has priority. These settings will override the settings made on the machine.

Setting priority

High

Low

1-2

Application

Printer driver

Touch panel display

The printer driver is included on the CD-ROM provided with the machine. For instructions on installing the printer driver, see Chapter 2, "Installing Software," in the Network Quick Start Guide.

NOTE

The contents of the Printer Settings are stored in the nonvolatile memory of the machine. This means that the settings are stored even if the power to the machine is switched OFF, and therefore the settings will still be available when the power is switched ON again.

Menu Functions

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Additional Functions Screen

Press (Additional Functions) to open the Additional Functions screen. The Printer Settings or the Report Settings can be accessed from this screen.

Report Settings

Printer Settings

In the Additional Functions screen, press [Printer Settings] to open the Custom Printing Settings menu.

Utility

Press this key to open the Utility menu, for initializing the

Settings

Press this key to open the Settings menu.

printer.

Menu Functions

1-3

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Accessing the Menus

To access the printer-related menu functions, display the Printer Settings screen on the touch panel display and use the keys on the display to specify the settings.

IMPORTANT

You can access menus and modify settings while print jobs are waiting in the queue. However, any new settings will only affect print jobs sent to the queue after the modiﬁcations were made.

Press (Additional Functions).

Before You Start Using This Machine

Reset

Help

GHI

Additional Functions

PRS

Display Contrast

Press [Printer Settings].

ABC

DEF

MNO

WXY

TUV

OPER

SYMBOLS

Clear

Stop

Start

1-4

Menu Functions

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Select [Settings] or [Utility] to access the corresponding menu.

The Settings menu provides access to common settings, such as number of copies, error handling, and toner density.

The Utility menu provides access to the reset printer function.

Menu Functions

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Using the Printer Settings Menu

Before You Start Using This Machine

The Printer Settings menu enables you to access common features. Below is an abbreviated outline of the Printer Settings menu structure. For a detailed description of all Printer Settings menu options, see Chapter 2, "Printer Settings Menu."

As an example, the sequence of steps for setting the default number of copies is shown on the following pages.

Settings Setting Value

Settings

Common Menu

Copies

2-Sided Printing

Paper Feed

PCL/PS*

Default Paper Size

Default Paper Type

Paper Size Override

2000

Letter

Statement

1-6

Utility

Using the Printer Settings Menu

Initialize PCL Hard Disk*

Initialize PS Hard Disk*

Reset Printer

" " and " " indicate that settings or levels are omitted. *Settings are not applicable for UFR mode.

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Press (Additional Functions).

Reset

Help

GHI

Additional Functions

PRS

OPER

Display Contrast

Press [Printer Settings].

ABC

DEF

MNO

WXY

TUV

SYMBOLS

Clear

Stop

Start

Press [Settings].

Using the Printer Settings Menu

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Press [Copies].

Press [-] or [+] to enter the number of copies.

1-8

You can also use - (numeric keys) to enter the value, and (Clear) to clear your entry.

You can change the value by pressing [-] or [+], even if you have entered the value using - (numeric keys).

If you enter a value outside the setting range, a message prompting you to enter an appropriate value appears on the screen.

Using the Printer Settings Menu

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Conﬁrm the setting ➞ press [OK].

Using the Printer Settings Menu

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Using the Report Settings Menu

Before You Start Using This Machine

The Report Settings menu enables you to access report print features, such as checking the conﬁguration. Below is an abbreviated outline of the Report Settings menu structure. For a detailed description of Report Settings menu options, see Chapter 3, "Report Settings Menu."

As an example, the sequence of steps for printing a Conﬁguration Page is shown on the following pages.

NOTE

The Report Settings menu is not applicable for UFR mode.

Settings

■ Print List

Printer

PCL

Configuration

Page

Font List

Configuration

Page

1-10

Font List

Using the Report Settings Menu

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Press (Additional Functions).

Reset

Help

GHI

Additional Functions

PRS

OPER

Display Contrast

Press [Report Settings].

ABC

DEF

MNO

WXY

TUV

SYMBOLS

Clear

Stop

Start

Press [Printer] under <Print List>.

Using the Report Settings Menu

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Before You Start Using This Machine

Press [PCL].

Press [Conﬁguration Page].

1-12

Press [Yes] to print the page.

If you do not want to print the conﬁguration page, press [No].

Using the Report Settings Menu

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Before You Start Using This Machine

If the printer function is working correctly, the Conﬁguration Page will be similar to the sample below.

PCL Configuration Page

PS Configuration Page

Using the Report Settings Menu

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Before You Start Using This Machine

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Using the Report Settings Menu

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Printer Settings Menu

This chapter describes how to use the Printer Settings menu and its submenus.

An Overview of Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6

2-Sided Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6

Paper Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7

Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-9

Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Job Securing Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Print After Completing RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16

Finisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17

Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21

Transparency Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-21

Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-22

Mode Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-22

Color Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-23

Gradation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-24

Halftones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-25

Compressed Image Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-26

Initialize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-26

PCL/PS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

PCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-27

PS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-32

Utility Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Initialize PCL Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-40

Initialize PS Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-40

Reset Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-41

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An Overview of Printer Settings

The following table lists all settings of the Printer Settings menu.

■ Settings Menu

Item Settings

Copies

2-Sided Printing

1 to 2000; 1

On, Off

Applicable

Page

p. 2-6

Paper Feed

, Legal, A4, A3, A5, 11 x 17,

Printer Settings Menu

Default Paper Size

Letter Executive, Statement, Envelope Monarch, Envelope COM10, Envelope ISO-B5,

p. 2-7 Envelope ISO-C5, Envelope DL, Envelope Y4, 12_5/8 x 17_11/16, 12 x 18

, Transparency, Heavy Paper,

p. 2-8

Default Paper Type

Plain Paper Recycled Paper, Color Paper, Ltrhead (plain), Ltrhead (heavy), Tracing Paper, Labels, Pre-punched, Envelope

Paper Size Override

On, Off

p. 2-9

Print Quality

Image Reﬁnement

Density

•Yellow

•Magenta

•Cyan

•Black

Toner Save

, Off

-8 to +8; 0

On, Off

p. 2-9

p. 2-10

Layout

Binding

Margin

Offset X

Offset Y

Job Securing Time

Long Edge

-1.20 to +1.20 inch; 0.0

-2.00 to +2.00 inch; 0.0

1 hour 24 hours

, Short Edge

inch

, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours,

p. 2-11

p. 2-12

p. 2-14

p. 2-15

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Printer Settings Menu

Item Settings

Timeout

Print After Completing RIP

Timeout (5 to 300 seconds), Off; 15* seconds

On, Off

None

, Collating, Rotate Collating, Rotate

Applicable

Page

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Grouping, Offset Collating, Offset Grouping, Staple Sort

Finisher

Staple position: Corner (Upper-L)

, Double

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Punch None*, Top, Bottom, Left, Right p. 2-21

Transparency Interleaving

Personality

Mode Priority

Color Mode

None

, Blank, Printed

Auto*, PS, PCL

None*, PS, PCL

Auto Detect

, Full Color, Black and White

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Gradation Settings

Gradation

Graphics

Image

Normal

On*, Off

, Smooth 1, Smooth 2

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Halftones

Text

Graphics

Image

Compressed Image Output

Resolution, Gradation, Error Diffusion

Resolution, Gradation

Output

, Display Error

, Error Diffusion

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p. 2-26

Initialize - p. 2-26

An asterisk (*) indicates the default setting.

The menu will not be displayed when Toner Save is set to 'On'.

Settings are not applicable when printing in UFR mode.

The menus will not be displayed when Gradation is set to 'Normal'.

■ PCL/PS Settings

Item Settings

PCL

Applicable

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Item Settings

Orientation

Font Number

Point Size

Pitch

Form Lines

Portrait*, Landscape

0 to 120; 0

4.00 to 999.75 point; 12.00

0.44 to 99.99 cpi; 10.00

5 to 128 lines; 60

point

cpi

lines

DESKTOP, ISO4, ISO6, ISO11, ISO15,

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ISO17, ISO21, ISO60, ISO69, ISOL1, ISOL2, ISOL5, ISOL6, LEGAL, MATH8,

Symbol Set

MCTEXT, MSPUBL, PC775, PC8 PC852, PC8DN, PC8TK, PC1004, PIFONT,

, PC850,

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PSMATH, PSTEXT, ROMAN8, VNINTL, VNMATH, VNUS, WIN30, WINBALT, WINL1, WINL2, WINL5

Printer Settings Menu

Custom Paper

Unit of Measure

X Dimension

Y Dimension

Append CR to LF

On, Off

Millimeters, Inches

5.51 to 17.99 inches; 17.99* inches

3.90 to 12.13 inches; 12.13* inches

Yes, No

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p. 2-30

Gray Compensation

Text

Graphics

, Off

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Job Timeout

Wait Timeout

Print PS Errors

RGB Source Proﬁle

CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

Use Grayscale Proﬁle

Output Proﬁle

Matching Method

RGB Pure Black Process

0 to 3600 seconds; 0

0 to 3600 seconds; 300

On, Off

sRGB

, Gamma 1.5, Gamma 1.8, Gamma

2.4, None, Download Proﬁle

JapanColor(Canon), US Web Ctd(Canon), Euro Standard, None

On, Off

PS Normal, PS Photo, PS TR Normal TR Photo, Download Proﬁle

, Off

, Saturation, Colorimetric

Perceptual

seconds

, Download Proﬁle

, PS

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Printer Settings Menu

Item Settings

CMYK Pure Black Process

Pure Black Text

Black Overprint

Brightness

An asterisk (*) indicates the default setting.

Settings are not applicable for UFR mode.

The menus will not be displayed when Custom Paper is set to 'Off'.

The menu will not be displayed when Toner Save is set to 'On'.

On*, Off

, Off

85 to 115%; 100%

Applicable

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■ Utility Menu

Item Settings

Initialize PCL Hard Disk

Initialize PS Hard Disk

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Applicable

Page

Reset Printer - p. 2-41

Settings are not applicable for UFR mode.

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Settings Menu

Copies

1 to 2000; 1

This setting enables you to specify the number of copies printed. The default setting is '1', but you can specify up to 2000 copies.

2-Sided Printing

On, Off

Printer Settings Menu

This parameter selects one-sided or two-sided printing. When 2-Sided Printing is speciﬁed, the document is printed on both sides of the paper.

NOTE

•

Two-sided printing can use either the paper drawer or the stack bypass in sizes of 12" x 18", 11" x 17", 12_5/8" x 17_11/16", LGL, LTR, LTRR, STMT, STMTR, EXEC, A3, JIS-B4, A4, A4R, JIS-B5, JIS-B5R, A5, and A5R.

•

Two-sided printing can use paper within the following range.

- 17 lb bond to 28 lb bond (64 to 105 g/m

•

When printing on letterhead paper, or paper with a logo (such as a cover sheet), please note the following points:

- If the paper is fed from an internal paper drawer, the print surface of the ﬁrst page should be face down.

- If the paper is fed from the stack bypass or the optional paper deck, the print surface of the ﬁrst page should be face up.

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Paper Feed

■ Default Paper Size

Letter*, Legal, A4, A3, A5, 11" x 17", Executive, Statement, Envelope Monarch, Envelope COM10, Envelope ISO-B5, Envelope ISO-C5, Envelope DL, Envelope Y4, 12_5/8" x 17_11/16", and 12" x 18"

This parameter deﬁnes the default paper size used when the paper size cannot be set within the application software, when no paper source is speciﬁed.

IMPORTANT

If you are printing from an OS that does not have a printer driver for the machine (MS-DOS, UNIX, etc.), make sure that the paper loaded in the paper drawer matches the paper size speciﬁed in this setting. If the paper size speciﬁed in this setting is not available, an error message is displayed when the machine tries to print the job and the machine stops. In addition, if a paper source has not been selected through the application, the machine automatically selects the default print settings for the paper size and type. See Chapter 4, "Customizing Settings," in the Reference Guide.

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■ Default Paper Type

Plain Paper*, Transparency, Heavy Paper, Recycled Paper, Color Paper, Ltrhead (plain), Ltrhead (heavy), Tracing Paper, Labels, Pre-punched, and Envelope

This parameter sets the default paper type to be used for print jobs. This machine has internally deﬁned optimal print modes for each speciﬁed paper type.

IMPORTANT

Printer Settings Menu

If you are printing from an OS that does not have a printer driver for the machine (MS-DOS, UNIX, etc.), make sure that the paper loaded in the paper drawer matches the paper type speciﬁed in this setting. If the paper type speciﬁed in this setting is not available, an error message is displayed when the machine tries to print the job, and the machine stops. In addition, if a paper source has not been selected through the application, the machine automatically selects the default print settings for the paper type and size. See Chapter 4, "Customizing Settings," in the Reference Guide.

NOTE

•

Use the following ﬁgures as a guideline to decide whether paper should be speciﬁed as Plain Paper or Heavy Paper.

- Plain Paper: 17 to 28 lb bond (64 to 105 g/m

- Heavy Paper: 28 lb bond to 90 lb index (106 to 163 g/m

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Canon transparency ﬁlm is recommended for printing on transparencies.

•

Canon label paper is recommended for printing on labels.

•

Heavy Paper, Transparency, Ltrhead (heavy), Tracing Paper, Labels, and Envelope

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cannot be printed using two-sided printing.

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Printer Settings Menu

■ Paper Size Override

On, Off

If paper of the size that is set in the printer driver has not been loaded in the paper drawer, the paper that is printed is changed to the following sizes.

Printer Driver Setting Paper

Letter A4

A4 Letter

11" x 17" A3

A3 11" x 17"

If [On] is selected, the paper size is changed.

If [Off] is selected, the paper supply message is displayed and the paper size is not changed.

NOTE

The paper size does not change if there is no paper in the cassette of the size that is set in the printer driver, even if Paper Size Override is set to 'On'.

Print Quality

■ Image Reﬁnement

On*, Off

This setting smooths the jagged outlines of characters and graphics.

If [On] is selected, smoothing is performed before printing.

If [Off] is selected, jobs are printed without being smoothed.

NOTE

The results of image reﬁnement may be different depending on the types of characters and graphics you want to print.

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■ Density

Yellow: -8 to 8; 0 Magenta: -8 to 8; 0 Cyan: -8 to 8; 0 Black: -8 to 8; 0

This setting adjusts the print density of the respective colors.

Pressing [Dark] makes the print image darker, pressing [Light] makes the image

lighter. This setting has 17 levels you can adjust, with level '0' (middle level) being the default setting.

NOTE

This function is not available if the Toner Save option is set to 'On'.

■ Toner Save

Printer Settings Menu

On, Off

This setting determines whether Toner Save is enabled. Toner Save uses less toner to print documents and may result in longer toner life.

NOTE

If [On] is selected for Toner Save, very light or ﬁnely detailed images may not be printed clearly.

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Layout

■ Binding

Long Edge*, Short Edge

This parameter determines whether the binding position is along the long edge or the short edge of the paper. When binding for two-sided printing, the image orientation is automatically adjusted for correct layout.

When the binding position is on the long edge of the paper:

Two-sided printing in portrait orientation

Front Back Front Back

Binding Position

ABC

Binding Position

DEF

Two-sided printing in landscape orientation

Binding Position

ABC

DEF

Binding Position

When the binding position is on the short edge of the paper:

Two-sided printing in portrait orientation

Front Back Front Back

Binding Position

DEF

ABC

Binding Position

Two-sided printing in landscape orientation

Binding Position

ABC

DEF

Binding Position

NOTE

•

You cannot create a binding margin with this setting alone. Use this setting in combination with the Margin setting to create a binding margin.

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For two-sided printing, the orientation of the back image may be changed by this setting.

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■ Margin

-1.20 to +1.20 inch (in increments of 0.01 inch); 0.0* inch

This setting sets the page margin in inches. The settings can be set between

-1.20" (-30.0 mm) and +1.20" (+30.0 mm) in increments of 0.01" (0.5 mm).

Use [ ] to increase the width of the inside margin.

Use [ ] to increase the width of the outside margin.

[0 inch]

[ + ]

[ - ]

Center Center Center

Left Margin

Right Margin

Printer Settings Menu

You can specify the edge along which the margin will be created in the Binding setting (previous setting). To create a margin along one of the edges of the paper, use this setting in combination with the Binding setting.

IMPORTANT

If this setting moves the image outside the printable area, part of the image may be cut off.

NOTE

•

If this setting is used in combination with the Offset X/Offset Y setting, the values of the two settings are added together.

•

Pressing [ ] increases the setting value by 0.01" (0.5 mm) each time the key is pressed. Pressing [ ] decreases the value by 0.01" (0.5 mm) each time. Holding down either [ ] or [ ] continuously speeds up the value alteration.

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Binding and Margin Settings

Refer to the figures below to set binding and margins.

Portrait printing with margin

Front Back

(Two-sided printing)

ABC

DEF

Binding : Long edge Margin : [+]

ABC

DEF

Binding : Long edge

DEF

Margin : [-]

Binding : Short edge Margin : [+]

Binding : Short edge Margin : [-]

Landscape printing with margin

Front

ABCDE

ABCDEABCDE

Back

(Two-sided printing)

FGHIJK

FGHIJKFGHIJK

Set the paper orientation in the application you are using.

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■ Offset X/Offset Y

-2.00 to +2.00 inch (in increments of 0.01 inch); 0.0* inch

This setting sets the offset position in inches. The settings can be set between

-2.00" (-50.0 mm) and +2.00" (+50.0 mm) in increments of 0.01" (0.5 mm).

The print position is adjusted in the vertical or horizontal direction to the value speciﬁed in the setting value.

You can increase or decrease the setting in increments of 0.01" (0.5 mm) to adjust

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the print position, as described below.

Offset X: Increasing the setting value moves the image in the rightward X direction on the paper. Decreasing the setting value moves the image in the leftward X direction on the paper.

Offset Y: Increasing the setting value moves the image in the downward Y direction on the paper. Decreasing the setting value moves the image in the upward Y direction on the paper.

Area adjusted using X-Adjustment

[+]

DEFABC

Adjust using

X/Y-Adjustment

ABC

[+]

Y-Adjustment

Area adjusted using

DEF

Part of the original margin

Front Back Front Back

IMPORTANT

Please note that if the print position is adjusted to place print data outside the valid print area, the portion outside the valid print area is not printed.

NOTE

•

If this setting is used in combination with the Margin setting, the values of the two settings are added together.

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Printer Settings Menu

Job Securing Time

1 hour*, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours

When a secured print job is sent to the machine, it is stored on the machine's hard disk, and a password must be entered before the job can be printed. This setting speciﬁes how long the job will be stored before it is automatically canceled.

NOTE

•

Even if the time period speciﬁed with this setting has not elapsed, the print job data is deleted if the main power to the machine is switched OFF.

•

The password is set from the printer driver.

Timeout

Timeout (5 to 300 seconds), Off; 15* seconds

and starts printing in the appropriate mode. After all the data has been received and the end of the data is detected, the print mode stops. This processing of print data is called a job.

If the data for a job does not end, the machine does not start the next job even if it receives other print commands. In cases like this, use the Timeout setting to force jobs to ﬁnish if no data is received during the set period of time.

If Timeout is 'On', jobs can ﬁnish automatically. For example, if print data still remains in the machine because a form feed command cannot be processed, the paper can be fed automatically.

If Timeout is 'Off', jobs will not end automatically.

When the Personality is set to 'Auto', the machine detects the control commands

IMPORTANT

•

If this function is set so that a job will timeout, the machine may end a print job before all the data has been received if it takes a long time for the PC to send the data. If this occurs, adjust the length of the Timeout setting.

•

If [Off] is selected, you will not be able to make copies until print jobs that use the staple sort and punch settings have been completed.

•

If you send data from a printer driver not compatible with the machine, and the end of job command is not received within the time set in this setting, the machine cancels the job, which may cause the data to be printed incorrectly.

NOTE

When a job is being processed, the Processing/Data Indicator on the control panel ﬂashes.

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Print After Completing RIP

On, Off

Sets whether to use the Print After Completing RIP function.

RIP is Raster Image Processor, used for advanced graphical representation.

If Print After Completing RIP is enabled, the ﬁrst page is printed after all the pages in the job have been processed.

Although it may take longer to print the ﬁrst page, the remaining pages in the job will be printed more quickly. This is useful when several people are using the machine or when using another function, such as the Copy function, because the printing time for a print job is reduced.

IMPORTANT

Please note that the memory of the machine can store up to 3,700 pages. When you send a secured document to be stored in the memory to be printed at a later

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time, and the memory is full (already reached its maximum capacity), your document will not be stored. The memory may be full because the machine is being used for other functions (such as storing a document in an inbox or storing a form) or other jobs, which use memory space.

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Printer Settings Menu

Finisher

None*, Collating, Rotate Collating, Rotate Grouping, Offset Collating, Offset Grouping, and Staple Sort Staple Position: Corner (Upper-Left) (Lower-Right), Double (Bottom), Corner (Lower-Left), and Double (Left)

Some of the above options require speciﬁc delivery trays and may not be available unless appropriate delivery trays are installed:

✓: Available ✗: Unavailable

, Double (Top), Corner (Upper-Right), Double (Right), Corner

Inner 2Way

No Options

Collating ✓✓ ✓✓

Rotate Collating ✓✓ ✗ ✗

Rotate Grouping ✓✓ ✗ ✗

Offset Collating ✗✗✓✓

Offset Grouping ✗✗✓✓

Staple Sort ✗✗✓✓

You can choose from several features when collating printed matter.

None

This setting prints all copies of the same page before printing the next page.

Collating

This setting prints all pages of each copy before printing the next copy.

Rotate Collating

This setting prints all pages of each copy (collating), and rotates every other complete copy 90 degrees to indicate where each copy starts.

Tray-C1,

Copy Tray

Unit-J1

Finisher-P1

Finisher-Q1,

Saddle

Finisher-Q2

Rotate Grouping

This setting prints all copies of the same page before printing the next page. It rotates every other complete set of pages to indicate where each new set starts.

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Offset Collating

This setting prints all pages of each copy (collating), and offsets every other complete copy to indicate where each copy starts.

Offset Grouping

This setting prints all copies of the same page before printing the next page. It offsets every other complete set of pages to indicate where each new set starts.

Staple Sort

This setting prints all pages of each copy (collating) and prepares them for stapling according to the option selected for Staple Sort.

Examples of each Finisher option when printing three copies of a three page document:

None

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Rotate Collating

Offset Collating

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3

Rotate Grouping

1 2 3

Offset Grouping

1 2 3

Collating

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

3 3 3

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

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IMPORTANT

Please note that the memory of the machine can store up to 3,700 pages. When you send a secured document to be stored in the memory to be printed at a later time, and the memory is full (already reached its maximum capacity), your document will not be stored. The memory may be full because the machine is being used for other functions (such as storing a document in an inbox or storing a form) or other jobs, which use memory space.

NOTE

•

Rotate Collating and Rotate Grouping are available for selection if the paper size is A4, A4R, JIS-B5, JIS-B5R, LTR, or LTRR.

•

If [Rotate Collating] or [Rotate Grouping] is selected, part of the print image may be cut off when the image is rotated. You need to load the same size paper as the original in the paper cassettes in both landscape and portrait positions. If you do not, all the sheets will be printed in the orientation that the loaded paper is in.

•

Offset Grouping and Offset Collating are available for selection in combination with the following optional units and paper sizes.

- If the Finisher-P1 is attached : 11" x 17", LGL, LTR, LTRR, STMT, EXEC, A3, B4, A4, A4R, or JIS-B5.

- If the Finisher-Q1 or Saddle Finisher-Q2 is attached : 11" x 17", LGL, LTR, LTRR, STMT, EXEC, A3, B4, A4, A4R, JIS-B5, or A5.

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When you select Staple Sort, you can select the stapling position.

Corner

(Upper-Left)

ABC

Corner

(Lower-Right)

ABC

•

When you are stapling paper in landscape orientation, the image orientation and

Double

(Top)

ABC

Double

(Bottom)

ABC

Corner

(Upper-Right)

ABC

Corner

(Lower-Left)

ABC

Double

(Right)

ABC

Double

(Left)

ABC

the staple position may not match.

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•

Staple Sort is available for selection if the paper size is 11" x 17", LGL, LTR, LTRR, EXEC, A3, B4, A4, A4R, or JIS-B5. Available staple locations depend on paper size and image orientation, as shown.

✓ : Available

Finisher-P1/Finisher-Q1/Saddle Finisher-Q2

Staple

Position

Paper Size

11" × 17"

LGL

Double

Corner

(Top)

(Upper-

Left)

✓✓

✓

✗

LTR ✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✓

LTRR ✓✓✓* ✗✗✓* ✗✗

Double

Corner

(Upper-

Right)

✓✗

(Right)

✗

Corner

Double

(Lower-

(Bottom)

Right)

✓✓

✓

✗ : Unavailable

Corner

Double

(Lower-

(Left)

Left)

✓

✗✓✗✗✓

Capacity (Sheets)

EXEC ✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✓ 50

A4 ✓✓✓✓ ✗✗✓✓

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A4R ✓✓✓* ✗✗✓* ✗✗

JIS-B5 ✓✓✓✓ ✗✗✓✓

✓

✓✗

✗✗

✓

✗

✓

* Will be stapled parallel to the edge of the paper.

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Make sure to select compatible settings when using Staple Sort and Punch simultaneously. If conﬂicting settings are selected, such as the staple setting for the right side of the paper and the punch setting for the left, the printer will use neither Staple Sort nor Punch.

•

The maximum number of sheets that can be stapled is 30 for A3, B4, LGL, and 11" x 17", 50 for A4, A4R, JIS-B5, LTR, LTRR, and EXEC. If the number of sheets is greater than the limit, they will not be stapled.

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Punch

None*, Top, Bottom, Left, Right

This setting enables you to specify the desired paper position for holes to be punched for binding (two or three holes).

NOTE

•

This function can only be selected if the Finisher-Q1 or Saddle Finisher-Q2 is attached to the Puncher Unit-M1.

•

Acceptable paper sizes for this option are 11" x 17", LGL, LTR, LTRR, A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, and B5R.

•

The machine automatically detects the size of the paper and punches two or three holes accordingly. (A3, A4, 11" x 17", and Letter papers are punched with three holes.)

•

Holes cannot be punched in Transparency, Pre-punched, Tracing paper, Envelope, and Labels.

Transparency Interleaving

None*, Blank, and Printed

If you are printing on transparencies, you can use this setting to output a sheet of paper after each transparency. The paper can be blank, or it can be a paper copy of the transparency.

If [None] is selected, no sheets are interleaved with the transparencies.

If [Blank] is selected, a blank sheet of paper is inserted between each transparency.

If [Printed] is selected, a printed paper from the print job is inserted between each transparency.

NOTE

If [Printed] is selected, the paper printouts are included in the Prints count. However, if [Blank] is selected, they are not included in the Prints count.

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Personality

Auto*, PS, and PCL

This setting enables the machine to process data received from the host computer in the speciﬁed data format. Setting the Personality to 'Auto' makes the machine determine the type of data received from the host on a job-by-job basis. If you are printing from applications on a computer, we recommend that you use the 'Auto' setting.

NOTE

•

If you ﬁnd that the machine does not correctly switch to the appropriate personality when Personality is set to 'Auto', change the setting manually to match the data you are sending from the host computer.

•

This function is not available when printing in UFR mode.

Mode Priority

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None*, PS, and PCL

This setting determines which printer command language should be used if a job is received without a speciﬁed command language. Mode Priority is used when the Personality setting is set to 'Auto'.

None

This does not specify a preferred personality. If a job is received without a speciﬁed command language, the current personality is used. The default setting is 'None'.

This assigns priority to the PS personality.

PCL

This assigns priority to the PCL personality.

NOTE

This function is not available when printing in UFR mode.

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Color Mode

Auto Detect*, Full Color, and Black and White

This setting enables you to set the color mode you want to specify when printing.

If [Auto Detect] or [Full Color] is selected, the machine automatically detects whether the page is reproduced using black (K) only or all 4 colors: cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K).

is in color.

NOTE

If [Black and White] is selected, data is printed in black (K) only, even if the original

•

If different color data is overlaid, the machine may not distinguish color from monochrome, even if [Auto Detect] or [Full Color] is selected. For example, although the printout looks monochrome, if different color data is overlaid, it is printed in full color mode, thereby using the color toner cartridges to print, not the black toner cartridge. Furthermore, if the data is created as color data in the application you are using, it is printed in full color mode, even though the data looks monochrome.

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If [None] is selected for the RGB Source Proﬁle, and the machine receives a device-dependent color space deﬁnition that is color-processed by the host computer, gray data with the equivalent ratio of R to G to B is printed using black (K) only.

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Gradation Settings

Gradation: Normal*, Smooth 1, and Smooth 2 Graphics: On

, Off

Image: On*, Off

Set this function when the gradation of graphics (illustrations made by software applications) or images (bitmap images) does not print smoothly (the color changes stand out).

Smooth 2 performs a smoother gradation than Smooth 1. If [Smooth 1] is selected and the gradation is still not printed smoothly, select [Smooth 2]. You can select whether to apply smoothing to graphics or image data.

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'Normal'

*The above gradation patterns are examples.

'Smooth 2'

NOTE

•

This setting does not apply to text data.

•

If [Smooth 1] or [Smooth 2] is selected, and gradation is applied to halftones, graphics and images may appear grainy.

•

Graphics and Image are only displayed when [Smooth 1] or [Smooth 2] is selected.

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Halftones

Text: Resolution, Gradation, and Error Diffusion

Graphics: Resolution, Gradation*, and Error Diffusion Image: Resolution, Gradation*, and Error Diffusion

This setting speciﬁes how you print halftones.

Halftoning is used to print each process color at a different intensity, allowing millions of different color to be reproduced using only the four process colors. Depending on the required intensity of a given color, toner is placed on paper in dots of different sizes. The grid of dots used for each toner color is called a screen. Halftone screens are aligned to unique angles designed to eliminate interference patterns called moiré (a shimmering, wavy effect) that can arise with halftoning.

If [Resolution] is selected, a dither pattern that gives priority to the resolution of the images is used. This helps eliminate the appearance of jagged or uneven lines along the edges of objects and is best for printing standard text and graphics.

If [Gradation] is selected, a dither pattern that gives priority to the appearance of smooth changes in tone is used. This is best for reproducing images with delicate gradations or changes of tone.

If [Error Diffusion] is selected, an error diffusion method that gives priority to printing ﬁne lines or text is used. This is best for printing images with small text or very ﬁne lines.

GradationResolution Error Diffusion

*The above dithering patterns are examples.

NOTE

A dither pattern creates the illusion of varying shades of gray or additional colors by treating areas of an image as groups of dots that are colored in different patterns.

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Compressed Image Output

Output*, Display Error

This setting enables you to specify how the data should be treated if the data size of the print job is too large to be stored in the machine's internal memory.

If [Output] is selected, the data is highly compressed (so it is able to stored in the internal memory), and then the job is printed. However, the print quality may diminish.

If [Display Error] is selected, the job is canceled when the data size is too large.

NOTE

•

Even if [Output] is selected and the data is highly compressed, the data may still be too large to be stored in the machine's internal memory. In this case, the job is canceled and an error is logged in the Print Log. (See Chapter 5, "Checking Job and Device Status," in the Reference Guide.)

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Initialize

The menu settings can be reset to the factory defaults by initializing the printer settings.

If you select Initialize, the conﬁrmation message <Is it OK to initialize the settings?> is displayed. If you select [Yes], the settings are initialized. If you select [No], the settings are not initialized.

IMPORTANT

Do not turn OFF the machine while the settings are being initialized, as this may damage the machine's memory.

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NOTE

These settings are not applicable when printing in UFR mode.

PCL

■ Orientation

Portrait*, Landscape

This setting enables you to set the paper orientation.

If [Portrait] is selected, the print image is printed in portrait orientation regardless of the orientation of the paper in the paper drawers.

A B C D E

Portrait

If [Landscape] is selected, the print image is printed in landscape orientation regardless of the orientation of the paper in the paper drawers.

A B C D E

Landscape

■ Font Number

0 to 120; 0

You can set the default font typeface for this printer function using the corresponding font numbers. Valid font numbers are from 0 to 120.

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■ Point Size

4.00 to 999.75 point (in increments of 0.25 points); 12.00* point

If the number selected in Font Number is that of a proportionally spaced scalable font, this option appears in the PCL menu. It enables you to specify a point size for the default font. The point size can be adjusted in increments of 0.25 pts.

■ Pitch

0.44 to 99.99 cpi (in increments of 0.01 cpi); 10.00* cpi

If the number selected in Font Number is that of a ﬁxed pitch scalable font, Pitch appears in the PCL menu. It enables you to specify the pitch for the default font. The pitch can be adjusted in increments of 0.01 cpi (characters per inch).

■ Form Lines

Printer Settings Menu

5 to 128 lines; 60* lines

This setting enables you to specify the number of lines to be printed on a page. You can specify from 5 to 128 lines.

■ Symbol Set

DESKTOP, ISO4, ISO6, ISO11, ISO15, ISO17, ISO21, ISO60, ISO69, ISOL1, ISOL2, ISOL5, ISOL6, LEGAL, MATH8, MCTEXT, MSPUBL, PC775, PC8 PC850, PC852, PC8DN, PC8TK, PC1004, PIFONT, PSMATH, PSTEXT, ROMAN8, VNINTL, VNMATH, VNUS, WIN30, WINBALT, WINL1, WINL2, and WINL5

This setting enables you to select the symbol set most suited to the needs of the host computer.

■ Custom Paper

On, Off

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This setting enables you to specify a custom paper size. If [On] is selected, you can enter a custom size.

NOTE

You can only select the custom paper size entered with settings from the printer driver.

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■ Unit of Measure

Millimeters, Inches

This setting enables you to specify the unit of measurement you would like to use to specify your custom paper size.

NOTE

This function is not available if the Custom Paper option is set to 'Off'.

■ X Dimension

5.51 to 17.99 inches; 17.99* inches

This setting enables you to specify the X dimension of the custom paper. The X dimension can be adjusted between 5.51" (140 mm) and 17.99" (457 mm) in increments of 0.01" (1 mm).

This function can be very useful when part of the printed image is cut off. Increasing this dimension may allow some of the missing text to be correctly printed. Make sure you do not increase the X dimension beyond the actual size of the paper you are using for printing.

NOTE

This function is not available if the Custom Paper option is set to 'Off'.

■ Y Dimension

3.90 to 12.13 inches; 12.13* inches

This setting enables you to specify the Y dimension of the custom paper. The Y dimension can be adjusted between 3.90" (99 mm) and 12.13" (308 mm) in increments of 0.01" (1 mm).

This function can be very useful when part of the printed image is cut off. Increasing this dimension may allow some of the missing text to be correctly printed. Make sure you do not increase the Y dimension beyond the actual size of the paper you are using for printing.

NOTE

This function is not available if the Custom Paper option is set to 'Off'.

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■ Append CR to LF

ABCDE FGHIJ

ABCDE ↓ FGHIJ

LF code ( ↓ ) only

ABCDE FGHIJ

Append CR to LF 'No'

Yes, No

This setting enables you to specify whether to append a carriage return (CR) when line feed code (LF) is received.

If [Yes] is selected, the print head moves to the beginning of the next line when line feed code is received.

If [No] is selected, the print head moves down to the next line when line feed code

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is received, and the margin does not change (such as to the beginning of the next line).

Append CR to LF 'Yes'

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■ Gray Compensation

Text: On*, Off Graphics: On*, Off

This setting determines whether only black (K) toner is used when the ratio of R (red) to G (green) to B (blue) is the same.

Gray compensation can be set for Text and Graphics data.

If [On] is selected, black and gray data for the equivalent levels of RGB is printed using the black (K) toner only, thereby lessening toner bleeding.

If [Off] is selected, black and gray data for the equivalent levels of RGB is printed using all 4 (CMYK) toners. However, there is a possibility that the toner may bleed.

Test

Gray Compensation 'On'

NOTE

If a problem occurs to the Graphics data with the default values set, switch Graphics On and Off to ﬁx the problem.

RGB (R = G = B)

Test

TestTest

Test

Gray Compensation 'Off'

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■ Job Timeout

0 to 3600 seconds; 0* seconds

This setting enables you to specify the amount of time before a job times out. If a job has not ﬁnished within the set time limit, the job automatically cancels.

■ Wait Timeout

0 to 3600 seconds; 300* seconds

This setting enables you to specify the amount of time the machine will wait for data sent from the host computer before it times out. If data is not received within the set time limit, the job automatically cancels.

■ Print PS Errors

Printer Settings Menu

■ RGB Source Proﬁle

On, Off

This setting determines whether an error page is printed when an error is encountered.

sRGB*, Gamma 1.5, Gamma 1.8, Gamma 2.4, None, and Download Proﬁle

This setting allows you to deﬁne the characteristics of the RGB proﬁle (color data represented using the RGB (Red Green Blue) color model) that is appropriate for your monitor, used when printing color images or graphics in a document. This ensures that the machine uses the most appropriate color conversion when printing color documents using the CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK) color model.

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sRGB

This setting speciﬁes the industry standard deﬁnition for generic Windows (PC) monitors. If you are using an sRGB compatible monitor, you can print out colors close to how they appear on your monitor.

Gamma 1.5, Gamma 1.8, and Gamma 2.4

These settings enable you to select the gamma correct level of the RGB data. The higher the value, the darker the printout.

None

When this setting is selected, device-dependent RGB data is converted into CMYK without the machine applying the RGB color model.

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Printer Settings Menu

Download Proﬁle

This setting speciﬁes the proﬁles you have downloaded from the host computer to this machine using NetSpot Resource Downloader. You can store up to 100 proﬁles.

IMPORTANT

•

You may not be able to use all the proﬁles that are downloadable. If color data is printed in gray using a downloaded proﬁle, check the downloaded proﬁle for compatibility.

•

If the machine receives data with a device-independent (CIE-based) color space deﬁnition, it is color-processed with the speciﬁed settings. Therefore RGB Source Proﬁles are not applied by the machine.

•

When a setting other than 'None' is selected, and the machine receives a device-dependent color space deﬁnition that is color-processed by the host computer, RGB Source Proﬁles are also applied by the machine.

NOTE

•

Device-independent colors are not dependent on any particular device, such as a monitor, and are meant to be true representations of colors as perceived by the human eye. These color representations, called device-independent color spaces, result from work carried out by the Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (CIE) and for that reason are also called CIE-based color spaces.

•

For more information on obtaining the NetSpot Resource Downloader, consult your local authorized Canon dealer.

•

If a proﬁle with the name of "None" is downloaded to the machine, the proﬁle is not applied and the [None] setting on the menu is applied.

■ CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

JapanColor(Canon), US Web Ctd(Canon), Euro Standard, None*, and Download Proﬁle

This setting allows you to change the simulation target for the current job. When the machine processes the job, the simulation target selected in the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle is applied before the job is printed, using the Canon-built CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK) color model proﬁle.

JapanColor(Canon)

This setting uses the JapanColor proﬁle. This is the speciﬁcation for prooﬁng and printing in Japan.

US Web Ctd(Canon)

This setting uses the U.S. Web Coated proﬁle. This is the speciﬁcation for prooﬁng and printing on a web offset press in the USA.

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Euro Standard

This setting uses the Euro Standard proﬁle. This is the speciﬁcation for prooﬁng and printing in Europe.

None

When this setting is selected, device-dependent CMYK data is printed as is without the machine applying the CMYK color model.

Download Proﬁle

This setting uses custom simulation target that you have downloaded from the host computer to this machine using NetSpot Resource Downloader. You can store up to 100 proﬁles.

IMPORTANT

•

You may not be able to use all the proﬁles that are downloadable. If color data is printed in gray using a downloaded proﬁle, check the downloaded proﬁle for

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compatibility.

•

If the machine receives data with a device-independent (CIE-based) color space deﬁnition, it is color-processed with the speciﬁed settings. Therefore CMYK Simulation Proﬁles are not applied by the machine.

•

When a setting other than 'None' is selected, and the machine receives a device-dependent color space deﬁnition that is color-processed by the host computer, CMYK Simulation Proﬁles are also applied by the machine.

NOTE

•

For more information on obtaining the NetSpot Resource Downloader, consult your local authorized Canon dealer.

•

When [None] is selected, areas of dark color may be blotchy depending on the data.

•

If a proﬁle with the name of "None" is downloaded to the machine, the proﬁle is not applied and the [None] setting on the menu is applied.

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■ Use Grayscale Proﬁle

On, Off

This setting allows you to deﬁne how device-dependent gray data is processed.

If [On] is selected, device-dependent gray data is converted into CMYK data using the Grayscale Proﬁle of the machine. The data may be reproduced using only the black (K) toner, depending upon the Pure Black Text process or Output Proﬁle.

If [Off] is selected, device-dependent gray data is reproduced using black (K) toner only.

■ Output Proﬁle

PS Normal, PS Photo, PS TR Normal*, PS TR Photo, and Download Proﬁle

This setting allows you to deﬁne the proﬁle that is appropriate for the data you are going to print. It is applied to all data in the print job, so make sure the selected proﬁle is right for your job.

PS Normal

This setting prints the colors closely matching the ones displayed on your monitor.

PS Photo

This setting prints at photograph quality.

PS TR Normal

This setting prints the colors closely matching the ones displayed on your monitor, and also minimizes toner bleeding of text and ﬁne lines.

PS TR Photo

This setting prints at photograph quality, and also minimizes toner bleeding of text and ﬁne lines.

Download Proﬁle

This setting uses a custom proﬁle that you have downloaded from the host computer to this machine using NetSpot Resource Downloader. You can store up to 100 proﬁles.

NOTE

•

For more information on obtaining the NetSpot Resource Downloader, consult your local authorized Canon dealer.

•

If [None] is selected for the RGB Source Proﬁle or CMYK Simulation Proﬁle, or if [Off] is selected for Use Grayscale Proﬁle, this setting is not applied to device-dependent color data.

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■ Matching Method

Perceptual*, Saturation, and Colorimetric

This setting allows you to specify a method of printing when the RGB Source Proﬁle is applied. This machine includes a color management system that provides the following color rendering styles.

Perceptual

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This setting optimizes the range of colors on the machine to produce the best results for photographic or bitmapped images.

Saturation

This setting optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors, such as those used in business presentations.

Colorimetric

This setting provides a close match to the CMYK device being simulated.

NOTE

•

When [PS Normal] or [PS TR Normal] is selected in the Output Proﬁle, the [Perceptual] function is automatically set to Monitor Color Matched mode.

•

When [PS Photo] or [PS TR Photo] is selected in the Output Proﬁle, the [Perceptual] function is automatically set to Photographic mode.

•

If [None] is selected for the RGB Source Proﬁle, and the machine receives a device-dependent color space deﬁnition that is color-processed by the host computer, this setting is not applied.

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■ RGB Pure Black Process

On*, Off

This setting enables you to specify how black and gray data with the equivalent ratio of R to G to B should be processed when device-dependent RGB data is converted into device-dependent CMYK data using the RGB Source Proﬁle of the machine.

If [On] is selected, black and gray data with the equivalent ratio of R to G to B is printed using the black (K) toner only, regardless of the selected Output Proﬁle setting.

If [Off] is selected, black and gray data with the equivalent ratio of R to G to B is printed using CMYK toners appropriate for the selected Output Proﬁle setting.

NOTE

•

In combination with certain settings, black and gray data with the equivalent ratio of R to G to B may be printed using the black (K) toner only, even if [Off] is selected. The following are examples.

- When [On] is selected for Pure Black Text

- When [None] is selected for RGB Source Proﬁle

- When [PS TR Normal] or [PS TR Photo] is selected for Output Proﬁle

- When 'Prioritize Printing of Lines and Text' in the printer driver is selected

•

If [None] is selected for RGB Source Proﬁle, this setting is not applied.

■ CMYK Pure Black Process

On*, Off

This setting enables you to specify how monochrome data (C=M=Y=0) should be printed when the device-dependent CMYK data is processed using the CMYK Simulation Proﬁle of the machine.

If [On] is selected, monochrome data (C=M=Y=0) is printed using the black (K) toner only, regardless of the selected Output Proﬁle setting.

If [Off] is selected, monochrome data (C=M=Y=0) is printed using CMYK toners appropriate for the selected Output Proﬁle setting.

NOTE

•

In combination with certain settings, monochrome data (C=M=Y=0) may be printed using the black (K) toner only, even if [Off] is selected. The following are examples.

- When [On] is selected for Pure Black Text

- When [None] is selected for CMYK Simulation Proﬁle

- When [PS TR Normal] or [PS TR Photo] is selected for Output Proﬁle

- When 'Prioritize Printing of Lines and Text' in the printer driver is selected

•

If [None] is selected for CMYK Simulation Proﬁle, this setting is not applied.

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■ Pure Black Text

On*, Off

This setting affects the printout for black text on a page. Under most circumstances it is preferable to leave this option set to 'On'.

If [On] is selected, black colors generated by applications are printed using only 100% black toner. This means that black text will not exhibit halftone patterns (such as moiré patterns), and the color toner will not be misaligned since only one

toner color (black) is used. It also eliminates color bleed (the unintended overlaying or blending of two adjacent colors when text is printed).

Test

Pure Black Text 'On'

If [Off] is selected, you can print black text as four color black (using Cyan,

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Magenta, Yellow, and Black toner) and using normal PostScript rendering. For some jobs, it is preferable to turn this option 'Off' (for example, if the page includes gradient ﬁlls that use black).

Test

TestTest

Test

Pure Black Text 'Off'

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■ Black Overprint

On*, Off

When printing black text in combination with a color background or graphics, the text can be printed as part of the color background, or separately. This setting allows you to choose a speciﬁc way to print black text for such a job.

If [On] is selected, you can overprint black text. When this setting is used in combination with the Pure Black Text option, the machine ﬁrst prints the full color background, then lays the black text on the top of the color background as 100% K (black) toner. The result is a darker and glossier appearance for the black text. Overprinting also minimizes the misalignment of colors and the halo effect that can appear around the edge of objects in the printed image.

Test

Black Overprint 'On'

If [Off] is selected, black text is printed with knockouts. The machine ﬁrst prints the color background with the black text areas "knocked out" (no color is printed in the text areas). The black text is then printed in the knocked out area, ﬁlling in the areas not printed in color. The result is a ﬂatter appearance for the black text.

Test

Black Overprint 'Off'

NOTE

This function is not available if Pure Black Text is set to 'Off'.

■ Brightness

85 to 115%; 100%

This setting adjusts the brightness of the overall image. The settings can be set between 85% and 115% in increments of 5%.

Selecting [85%] makes the image brighter, and selecting [115%] makes it darker.

NOTE

This function is not available if the Toner Save option is set to 'On'.

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Utility Menu

Initialize PCL Hard Disk

If trouble occurs when fonts, macros, or proﬁles are downloaded from a personal computer to this machine using the download utility, initialize the PCL hard disk partition.

For details, see "If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a Personal Computer," on p. 4-15.

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IMPORTANT

•

This function can only be selected if the System Management Mode is set.

•

Never initialize the PCL hard disk when the machine is operating normally. Before initializing, be sure to read "If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a Personal Computer," on p. 4-15.

NOTE

This function is not available for UFR mode.

Initialize PS Hard Disk

If trouble occurs when fonts, macros, or proﬁles are downloaded from a personal computer to the machine using the download utility, initialize the PS hard disk partition.

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For details, see "If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a Personal Computer," on p. 4-15.

IMPORTANT

•

This function can only be selected if the System Management Mode is set.

•

Never initialize the PS hard disk when the machine is operating normally. Before initializing, be sure to read "If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a Personal Computer," on p. 4-15.

NOTE

This function is not available for UFR mode.

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Reset Printer

If you want to clear all print jobs in progress as well as data that has been received in memory, you must reset the printer function. Resetting the printer deletes print jobs in the machine's memory and the print data that has been received by all interfaces.

NOTE

•

If the machine is being used on a network, please note that resetting the printer function may affect data being received from other users.

•

If you reset the printer function, data may be deleted for print jobs that have already been received, or received while the printer function is being reset. However, in some cases, the data is not deleted from the machine's memory, and the print job may not print correctly. Canon recommends that you reset the printer to delete the data and print the job again.

•

If you have downloaded fonts to the machine from a Macintosh computer, you need to restart the machine or reset the printer function from this menu, in order to enable the downloaded fonts when spool printing.

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Report Settings Menu

This chapter describes how to use the Report Settings menu to check the conﬁguration of the print function or print a font list. This menu is not applicable for UFR mode.

An Overview of Report Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

PCL Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Conﬁguration Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3

Font List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3

PS Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Conﬁguration Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4

Font List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4

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An Overview of Report Settings

The following table lists all settings of the Report Settings menu.

■ Printer Menu

Item Settings

Report Settings Menu

PCL

Conﬁguration Page - p. 3-3

Font List - p. 3-3

Conﬁguration Page - p. 3-4

Font List - p. 3-4

Applicable

Page

3-2

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Report Settings Menu

PCL Menu

Conﬁguration Page

Details of RAM capacity, settings in the printer's menus, etc., are printed.

If you select Conﬁguration Page, the conﬁrmation message <Print the conﬁguration page?> is displayed. If you select [Yes], the conﬁguration page is printed, and if you select [No], it is not printed.

Font List

ID numbers, names, and samples of fonts held by the printer are printed.

If you select Font List, the conﬁrmation message <Print the font list?> is displayed.

If you select [Yes], the font list is printed, and if you select [No], it is not printed.

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PS Menu

Conﬁguration Page

Details of RAM capacity, settings in the printer's menus, etc., are printed.

Font List

Report Settings Menu

Names and samples of fonts held by the printer are printed.

If you select Font List, the conﬁrmation message <Print the font list?> is displayed.

If you select [Yes], the font list is printed, and if you select [No], it is not printed.

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Troubleshooting

This chapter explains how to solve printing problems and the remedial steps to take if printing fails.

Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Resetting the Machine After a Service Call Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2

When a Message Is Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Printer Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6

Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9

If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a Personal

Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

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Responding to Error Messages

When the Error Indicator is orange, printing is not possible. If this happens during printing, the print operation stops. Read the displayed error message to determine the appropriate actions necessary to correct the problem.

This section describes how to handle error messages that appear on the touch panel display. The two types of error messages are:

• Service Call Messages

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• Error Messages

NOTE

Other messages that may appear indicate the current condition of the machine.

Resetting the Machine After a Service Call Message

If a Service Call message occurs (Exxx-xxxx, where x represents a number), use the following procedure to clear the message.

Press (Additional Functions).

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Press [Printer Settings].

When a Service Call error occurs, the normal Printer Settings screen does not appear and only the Reset Printer screen appears.

Press [Reset Printer].

IMPORTANT

If the Service Call error message still appears after you have performed this procedure, make a note of the number of the message and contact your local authorized Canon dealer with the number of the message and the conditions when the error occurred.

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Troubleshooting

When a Message Is Displayed

If the printer is unable to print for some reason, the Error Indicator lights up and a message indicating the cause of the problem is displayed on the touch panel display. When these messages are displayed, take the appropriate action to solve the problem.

NOTE

•

If a message indicating another problem occurs at the same time as the ﬁrst error message, a warning message will not be displayed.

•

If the message is shown with the "Error Skip" mark, you can bypass the error and continue printing by pressing [Error skip]. However, if you do this, print data may be lost or the data may not be printed correctly. If you want to cancel the procedure, cancel the print job to remove the cause of the problem, and print the data again.

•

To perform an error skip, press [Print] on the System Monitor screen ➞ select the job containing the error ➞ press [Details] ➞ [Error Skip].

•

To cancel a print job, press [Print] on the System Monitor screen ➞ select the job containing the error ➞ press [Cancel]. (See Chapter 5, "Checking Job and Device Status," in the Reference Guide.)

E730-1001 PDL Initialize Error Service Call

Cause An error occurred during the initialization of the printer function.

Remedy Perform a printer reset to try to initialize the function again. If this error persists,

contact your local authorized Canon dealer.

E730-100A PDL Service Call Service Call

Cause An internal error has occurred.

Remedy Perform a printer reset to try to initialize the function again. If this error persists,

contact your local authorized Canon dealer.

E730-100B PDL Font Error Service Call

Cause A master font error has occurred.

Remedy Perform a printer reset to try to initialize the function again. If this error persists,

contact your local authorized Canon dealer.

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Troubleshooting

PDL Memory Full Error Skip

Cause The machine's memory is full and printing cannot proceed.

Remedy Change the mode setting in the printer driver and try printing again, or reduce

the complexity of the print job by reducing the number of fonts, macros, images, or patterns that need to be downloaded to the machine.

PDL Font Memory Full Error Skip

Cause The machine's memory space allocated for fonts is full and printing cannot

proceed.

Remedy Change the font setting in the printer driver and try printing again. Alternatively

reduce the complexity of the print job by reducing the number of fonts that need to be downloaded to the machine.

PDL Macro Memory Full Error Skip

Cause The machine's memory space allocated for macros is full and printing cannot

proceed.

Remedy Change the macro setting in the printer driver and try printing again.

Alternatively reduce the complexity of the print job by reducing the number of macros that need to be downloaded to the machine.

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PDL Image Memory Full Error Skip

Cause The machine's memory space allocated for images is full and printing cannot

proceed.

Remedy Change the image setting in the printer driver and try printing again.

Alternatively reduce the complexity of the print job by reducing the number of images that need to be downloaded to the machine.

PDL Pattern Memory Full Error Skip

Cause The machine's memory space allocated for patterns is full and printing cannot

proceed.

Remedy Change the pattern setting in the printer driver and try printing again.

Alternatively reduce the complexity of the print job by reducing the number of patterns that need to be downloaded to the machine.

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PDL HD Error Error Skip

Cause The printer has reported a hard disk error.

Remedy Perform a reset and try printing again. If the problem persists, contact your local

authorized Canon dealer. You must perform an Error Skip manually to skip this error.

PDL Invalid Version Error Skip

Cause The Printer Name selected in the UFR printer driver is not correct.

Remedy Choose the correct Printer Name in the UFR printer driver.

PDL Invalid Sequence

Cause The Printer Name selected in the UFR printer driver is not correct.

Remedy Choose the correct Printer Name in the UFR printer driver.

PDL Warning

Cause An internal error has occurred for the printer function.

Remedy Perform a printer reset to try to initialize the function again. If this error persists,

contact your local authorized Canon dealer.

When a Message Is Displayed

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Printing Problems

If you have trouble printing, we recommend resolving the problems with the following remedies.

NOTE

Please contact your local authorized Canon dealer if a problem persists, or if you encounter problems not listed below.

Troubleshooting

Printer Trouble

The printer does not work

Cause 1 There is data remaining in the printer's memory. (The Processing/Data Indicator

is ﬂashing or lit.)

Remedy Print out the data. (See Chapter 5, "Checking Job and Device Status," in the

Reference Guide.)

Cause 2 There is a problem with the printer or the software.

Remedy Look at the message on the display and act accordingly. (See "When a

Printing stops before the job is complete

Cause There is data remaining in the printer's memory. (The Processing/Data Indicator

Remedy Print out the data. (See Chapter 5, "Checking Job and Device Status," in the

You cannot print a job or store a job

Cause The total number of pages in all jobs (maximum capacity is 3,700 pages) or size

Remedy 1 Delete other processes, documents, or forms stored in the box, cancel other

Remedy 2 Divide the job, then print again.

Message Is Displayed," on p. 4-3.)

is ﬂashing or lit.)

Reference Guide.)

of the data in the hard disk has exceeded the limit which can be processed.

jobs being processed, or wait until those jobs are ﬁnished, then print again.

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Troubleshooting

You cannot store a secured print job

Cause The number of secured jobs stored in the machine has exceeded the maximum

capacity of 50 jobs, or the total number of pages that are stored or are in jobs has exceeded the limit (3,700 pages).

Remedy Delete other secured jobs, or wait until those jobs have ﬁnished printing, then

print again.

Printing Problems

Meaningless characters are being printed

Cause 1 You have printed from Windows without installing the printer driver for Windows

that was included with the machine.

Remedy Install the printer driver for Windows that was included with the machine and

print the data again. (See Chapter 2, "Getting Started," in the PCL Driver Guide, the PS Driver Guide, or the UFR Driver Guide.)

Cause 2 MS-DOS application software printer settings are incompatible.

Remedy Reset the MS-DOS application software printer settings on a printer that is

compatible with the machine. (See the application software manual.)

A font that is different from the one speciﬁed is printed

Cause The 'Substituting Printer Fonts' setting has been set on the printer driver for

Windows.

Remedy Set the 'Substituting Printer Fonts' setting to the correct setting and print the

data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

You cannot print the last page

Cause The command that identiﬁes the end of the data has not been sent from the PC.

(The Processing/Data Indicator is ﬂashing or lit.)

Remedy Clear the print data. (If you print from application software that does not have a

print function and the last page of data is not a full page, the data will remain in the machine's memory.) (See Chapter 5, "Checking Job and Device Status," in the Reference Guide.)

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Troubleshooting

A print job that you have speciﬁed as two-sided printing is printed on one side of the paper

Cause 1 The paper size you have speciﬁed is not supported by two-sided printing.

Remedy Change the print job settings and print the data again.

Cause 2 The settings for the front and back sides of the paper are different.

Remedy Change the print job settings and print the data again.

The data does not ﬁt on the page properly

Cause 1 The paper is not in the correct position.

Remedy Make sure the machine is set correctly and try printing again. (See Chapter 7,

"Routine Maintenance," in the Reference Guide.)

Cause 2 The data is outside the printable area.

Remedy 1 Insert margins around the data and print the data again. (See the Help function

on the printer driver or the application software manual.)

Remedy 2 Change the 'Scaling' settings on the printer driver and print the data again. (See

Chapter 3, "Basic Print Options" in the PCL Driver Guide, the PS Driver Guide, or the UFR Driver Guide.)

The printing location has slipped

Cause 1 Margin, Offset X, or Offset Y in the printer settings menu have been changed.

Remedy Set Margin, Offset X, and Offset Y to '0.0' and print the data again. (See

"Margin," on p. 2-12, and "Offset X/Offset Y," on p. 2-14.)

Cause 2 The application software's top margin and paper location settings are not

correct.

Remedy Set the correct settings for the top margin and the paper location and print the

data again. (See the application software manual.)

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Troubleshooting

Data that should be printed on the same page is printed on two separate pages

Cause 1 The application software's "Line spacing" and "Number of lines on a page"

settings are not correct.

Remedy Change the settings so that the data ﬁts on one page and print the data again.

(See the application software manual.)

Cause 2 The Timeout setting is too short, when the Personality setting is set to 'Auto'.

Remedy Change the Personality setting to a setting other than 'Auto', or increase the

Timeout setting. (See "Personality," on p. 2-22, and "Timeout," on p. 2-15.)

Print Quality Problems

The printout is too light or too dark

Cause 1 The toner density settings are not correct.

Remedy Adjust the toner density and print the data again. (See "Density," on p. 2-10.)

Cause 2 Toner Save is set to 'On'.

Remedy Set Toner Save to 'Off' and print the data again. (See "Toner Save," on p. 2-10.)

Cause 3 The machine's density settings are not adjusted correctly.

Remedy Perform an Automatic Gradation Adjustment. (See Chapter 4, "Customizing

Settings," in the Reference Guide.)

Toner does not ﬁx properly

Cause Toner may not ﬁx well on some types of paper.

Remedy Enable Gray Compensation in the printer driver and print the data again. (See

the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Gray Compensation," on p. 2-31.)

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The color does not match the other imageRUNNER C3100/C3100N that you are using at the same time

Cause 1 There is a slight unevenness in the Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan), or K

(blacK) toner density.

Remedy Slightly adjust the toner density of the Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan), or K

(blacK) toners. (See "Toner Save," on p. 2-10.)

Cause 2 The machine's density settings are not adjusted correctly.

Remedy Perform an Automatic Gradation Adjustment. (See Chapter 4, "Customizing

Settings," in the Reference Guide.)

Troubleshooting

The speciﬁed color of thin lines or ﬁlled-in patterns do not print or disappear

Cause 1 The combination of the color or pattern cannot be reproduced correctly.

Remedy 1 Adjust the color in the software application you are using and print the data

again.

Remedy 2 Change the pattern in the software application you are using and print the data

again.

Cause 2 The color looks different due to the halftone pattern.

Remedy 1 Change the density of the color and print the data again.

Remedy 2 Change the direction of the paper and print the data again.

Remedy 3 Set Halftones in the printer driver to 'Error Diffusion' and print the data again.

(See the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Halftones," on p. 2-25.)

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Troubleshooting

The halftone pattern does not print in the correct (speciﬁed) color

Cause The machine's dither pattern is interfering with the halftone pattern in the print

data.

Remedy 1 Remove the halftone pattern in the software application you are using and print

the data again.

Remedy 2 Set Halftones in the printer driver to 'Error Diffusion' and print the data again.

(See the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Halftones," on p. 2-25.)

The color of the photograph-like printout is different to the color on the display

Cause Due to the difference of the color adjustment method between the display

(RGB) and the machine (CMYK), the display colors cannot be faithfully printed.

Remedy 1 Set Matching Method in the printer driver to 'Perceptual[Monitor Color Matched]'

and print the data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Matching Method," on p. 2-36.)

Remedy 2 Set RGB Source Proﬁle to 'Gamma 1.5', 'Gamma 1.8', or 'Gamma 2.4' and print

the data again. (See "RGB Source Proﬁle," on p. 2-32.)

A diagram containing gradation is printed with a streak in the gradation area

Cause Gray Compensation is taking effect on the gray part of the streak on the

diagram.

Remedy Disable Gray Compensation in the printer driver and print the data again. (See

the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Gray Compensation," on p. 2-31.)

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Troubleshooting

Characters are blurred

Cause Thick font is used for characters.

Remedy 1 Use thinner font and print the data again.

Remedy 2 Disable Gray Compensation in the printer driver and print the data again. (See

the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Gray Compensation," on p. 2-31.)

Thin lines and ﬁne characters bleed

Cause The speciﬁed thin lines and ﬁne characters cannot be processed properly.

Remedy 1 Adjust the color in the software application you are using and print the data

again.

Remedy 2 Use thicker lines or fonts and print the data again.

Remedy 3 Set Halftones in the printer driver to 'Error Diffusion' or 'Resolution' and print the

data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Halftones," on p. 2-25.)

Remedy 4 If you are using Illustrator 8.0 or higher, set Bitmap Print to 'Off' (uncheck the

check box) and print the data again. (Windows only)

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Troubleshooting

The frame of the image that you inserted, which is not visible on your monitor, is printed in a color different to that of the color surrounding the frame.

Cause Depending on the application software and OS that you are using, the method

in which halftones and colors are processed may be different.

Remedy 1 Disable Gray Compensation in the printer driver and print the data again. (See

the Help function on the printer driver.)

Remedy 2 Set Halftones in the printer driver to 'Error Diffusion', 'Resolution', or 'Gradation',

and print the data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "Halftones," on p. 2-25.)

Remedy 3 Set Matching Method in the PCL printer driver or the UFR printer driver to

'Perceptual [Monitor Color Matched]', 'Saturation', or 'Colorimetric', and print the data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

Gradation in the black or gray parts of the image does not appear smooth (the color changes stand out).

Cause RGB Pure Black Process is affecting the black or gray part of the gradation.

Remedy Disable RGB Pure Black Process in the Windows PS printer driver or Mac PS

printer driver and print the data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

NOTE

•

You can also perform the same procedure from the touch panel display. (See "RGB Pure Black Process," on p. 2-37.)

•

If you change the above settings, gray or black data is printed using CMYK toners. Therefore, the data may be printed in color, even if all pages are monochrome.

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Troubleshooting

The gray data appears grainy.

Cause The RGB Pure Black Process setting, in combination with the Prioritize Printing

of Line and Text setting in the printer driver or Output Proﬁle setting on the control panel, is affecting the gray part of the data.

Remedy 1 Disable RGB Pure Black Process and Prioritize Printing of Line and Text in the

Windows PS printer driver or Mac PS printer driver and print the data again. (See the Help function on the printer driver.)

Remedy 2 Set RGB Pure Black Process to 'Off' and Output Proﬁle to 'PS Normal' on the

PS menu from the touch panel display and print the data again. (See "RGB Pure Black Process," on p. 2-37, and "Output Proﬁle," on p. 2-35.)

NOTE

If you change the above settings, gray or black data is printed using CMYK toners. Therefore, the data may be printed in color, even if all pages are monochrome.

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Troubleshooting

If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Proﬁles from a Personal Computer

If trouble occurs when fonts, macros, or proﬁles are downloaded from a personal computer to this machine and the problem cannot be resolved by reinstalling, follow the steps explained in this section to initialize the hard disk partition.

IMPORTANT

•

Only the system administrator for the machine can initialize the hard disk. Contact the system administrator to execute this procedure.

•

The font, macros, or proﬁle information downloaded to the hard disk is deleted by initializing the hard disk.

•

Do not turn OFF the power when the hard disk is initializing. This may damage the machine.

NOTE

•

The hard disk cannot be initialized in the following conditions:

- When print data is being received or printed. (It is recommended that you remove the cable connecting the machine to the hub, so it does not receive print data.)

- When fonts are being installed or uninstalled.

•

The steps explained below are for initializing the PCL Hard Disk partition.

•

To initialize the PS Hard Disk partition, follow the same steps, except that for step 5, select [Initialize PS Hard Disk].

Set System Management Mode.

NOTE

Before setting System Management Mode, a system manager ID and system password must be set. For details on settings, see Chapter 6, "System Manager Settings," in the Reference Guide.

If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Profiles from a Personal

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Press (Additional Functions).

Troubleshooting

Reset

Help

GHI

Additional Functions

PRS

Display Contrast

Press [Printer Settings].

ABC

DEF

MNO

WXY

TUV

OPER

SYMBOLS

Clear

Stop

Start

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Press [Utility].

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Troubleshooting

Press [Initialize PCL Hard Disk].

A conﬁrmation message appears.

NOTE

If you cannot press [Initialize PCL Hard Disk], the hard disk cannot be initialized. Check whether System Management Mode is set or if the machine is processing a job, and start with Step 1 again.

Press [Yes].

If you do not wish to initialize the hard disk, press [No].

If Trouble Occurs When Downloading Fonts, Macros, or Profiles from a Personal

Computer

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Troubleshooting

The following screen is displayed and the hard disk is initialized. During initialization, the Processing/Data Indicator ﬂashes.

When the initialization of the hard disk is completed, the Processing/Data Indicator goes out.

The duration of the hard disk initialization process depends on the number of fonts, macros and proﬁles on the hard disk.

IMPORTANT

•

Do not turn OFF the power until the Processing/Data Indicator goes out. This may damage the machine.

•

If the following screen is displayed after pressing [Yes], the hard disk has not been initialized. Check whether print data is received and retry.

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Appendix

This chapter shows print samples for different fonts, describes font information, including sources and font lists, and lists a summary of the speciﬁcations for the machine.

Some Basic Facts about Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

What Is a Font?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-2

Attributes of Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-2

Fonts and Scalable Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Typeface Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-15

Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-29

Conﬁguration Page Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56

Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58

Software Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-58

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

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Some Basic Facts about Fonts

This section summarizes some of the basic facts you should know about fonts.

What Is a Font?

A font is a collection of letters and symbols used when printing a document. In general, a group of letters and symbols sharing a common design is referred to as a font. A font consists of the letters A to Z in both upper and lowercase, digits, and symbols.

The design that distinguishes one font from another is referred to as a "typeface."

Appendix

Each font has a typeface name, such as Courier, CG Times, Letter Gothic, etc.

Attributes of Fonts

All fonts share some common characteristics, which are called "attributes." The typeface is one such attribute. The letters and symbols that are actually printed are determined by the values of a collection of these attributes.

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Typeface

Stroke Weight

Style

Point Size Height of the letters (e.g. 10 point or 5 point).

Pitch (cpi)

Character Width (Fixed/PS)

Orientation Orientation of the characters on a page ("Portrait" or "Landscape").

Symbol Set

Some Basic Facts about Fonts

The design of the letters (for example, Courier, CG Times, Letter, or Gothic).

The thickness of the lines with which the letters are drawn (e.g. bold, medium, or light).

Whether the letters are drawn straight or at an angle (e.g. upright or italic).

Number of characters that are printed in one inch (e.g. 10 cpi, 12 cpi, or Scale).

Indicates whether the character width is set to "Fixed" or "Proportional."

The rule that deﬁnes the correspondence between the character codes coming from the host computer, and the letter forms that appear on the page (for example, Roman-8).

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Typeface

Typeface refers to the design of the characters and symbols. The following ﬁgure shows an example of some typefaces.

Stroke Weight

Stroke weight refers to the thickness of the print. There are light, medium, and bold stroke weights. The printer function has medium and bold fonts available. The ﬁgure below shows an example of medium and bold printing.

Style

Style refers to the shape of the characters. The printer function can print in two styles: upright and italic.

With some fonts, like Letter Gothic, the term "Oblique" is used in the same manner as italics.

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Point Size

Point size refers to the height of the character. Character size is measured in points. One inch is divided into 72 points and 1 point is 1/72 of an inch (about 0.35 mm). The printer function has bitmapped fonts and scalable fonts available. The bitmapped fonts are ﬁxed in size, but the scalable fonts are not ﬁxed in size. Scalable fonts are freely scalable to any size you wish in 0.1 point increments. The following ﬁgure shows an example of various point sizes.

Appendix

NOTE

See "Fonts and Scalable Fonts," on p. 5-6, for more information on bitmapped fonts and scalable fonts.

Pitch (cpi)

Pitch refers to the number of characters that are printed in one inch. The unit is cpi (characters per inch). As the number of characters per inch increases, the space between characters decreases; as the cpi decreases, the space between characters increases.

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Character Width (Fixed and PS)

Each character has a different width from all the other characters in a font at a given point size. For example, "W" is a wider letter than "I." There are two ways to print letters of different widths: you can print all letters with the same spacing, regardless of their actual width; or you can change the spacing between letters to accommodate these different widths. Printing all letters with the same spacing is called "Fixed spacing," while changing the spacing to accommodate different letter widths is called "Proportional spacing."

Because the Fixed spacing method prints all letters with the same spacing, the number of characters which will ﬁt into a given length is a ﬁxed quantity which can be speciﬁed.

If the characters are printed with Proportional spacing, then the number of characters that will ﬁt into an inch varies depending on the letters printed.

Orientation

Orientation refers to the direction of printing. The printer function can print using two different paper orientations: portrait and landscape. With portrait orientation, text is printed across the width of the paper (short edge), and with landscape orientation, text is printed across the length of the paper (long edge).

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Symbol Set

When you print the letter "A," the host computer sends a code corresponding to "A" (hexadecimal 41 is an example of this) to the machine. This code is referred to as the character code. The machine stores an internal representation of each character, and selects from among these character patterns the pattern corresponding to the received code. In this case, the machine searches for the pattern for "A," and prints it.

■ The process by which letters are printed

Computer Machine Character

The machine uses a ﬁxed rule to decide which letter or symbol corresponds to the character code sent from the host computer. For example, the letter "A" is printed for the hexadecimal code "41." The rule which determines the correspondence between character codes and printed letters is called the "symbol set."

Fonts and Scalable Fonts

There are two types of fonts available, and these fonts are distinguished by the type of data from which they are formed.

• Bitmapped fonts

• Scalable fonts

Bitmapped Fonts

Each character of bitmapped fonts are composed of a grid of small dots and stored in the machine's memory in dot matrix format.

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Patterns

Canon C3100 N User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Manuals for the Machine

How This Manual Is Organized

Contents

Preface

How to Use This Manual

Symbols Used in This Manual

Keys Used in This Manual

Displays Used in This Manual

Illustrations Used in This Manual

Abbreviations Used in This Manual

Legal Notices

License Notice

Trademarks

Copyright

Disclaimers

Before You Start Using This Machine

Menu Functions

What Are Menu Functions?

Additional Functions Screen

Accessing the Menus

Using the Printer Settings Menu

Using the Report Settings Menu

Printer Settings Menu

An Overview of Printer Settings

Settings Menu

Copies

2-Sided Printing

Paper Feed

Print Quality

Layout

Job Securing Time

Timeout

Print After Completing RIP

Finisher

Punch

Transparency Interleaving

Personality

Mode Priority

Color Mode

Gradation Settings

Halftones

Compressed Image Output

Initialize

PCL/PS Settings

Utility Menu

Initialize PCL Hard Disk

Initialize PS Hard Disk

Reset Printer

Report Settings Menu

An Overview of Report Settings

PCL Menu

Font List

PS Menu

Font List

Troubleshooting

Responding to Error Messages

Resetting the Machine After a Service Call Message

When a Message Is Displayed

Printing Problems

Printer Trouble

Printing Problems

Print Quality Problems

Appendix

Some Basic Facts about Fonts

What Is a Font?

Attributes of Fonts

Fonts and Scalable Fonts