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This section describes the procedure for basic printing.
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When printing photographs taken by your digital camera, you can perform Borderless Printing in easy steps using Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Easy-PhotoPrint EX is provided on the Setup CD-ROM.
Easy-PhotoPrint EX supports Exif Print to optimize photographs taken by an Exif-compliant digital camera by using the print information recorded at the time of shooting to achieve higher print quality. For details on using Easy-PhotoPrint EX, refer to the PC Photo Printing Guide on-screen manual.
Windows
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1. Turn on the printer and load the paper in the printer.
2. Make sure that the proper paper source is selected.
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Press the Paper Feed Switch to select the paper source so that the Rear Tray lamp is lit when feeding from the Rear Tray, and the Cassette lamp is lit when feeding from the Cassette.
3. Create a document or open a file to print using an appropriate application software.
4. Open the printer properties dialog box.
5. Specify the required settings.
(1) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.
(2) Make sure that Paper Feed Switch is selected in Paper Source.
(3) Set Print Quality and Color/Intensity as needed.
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For details on the print settings, refer to the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual.
(4) Click OK.
The Print dialog box is displayed.
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6. Click Print (or OK) to print the document.
Printing begins. Do not open the Top Cover while printing.
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To cancel a print job in progress, press the RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer or click Cancel Printing on the printer status monitor. To display the printer status monitor, click Canon XXX (Where “XXX” is your printer's name) on the taskbar.
Macintosh
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1. Turn on the printer and load the paper in the printer.
2. Make sure that the proper paper source is selected.
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Press the Paper Feed Switch to select the paper source so that the Rear Tray lamp is lit when feeding from the Rear Tray, and the Cassette lamp is lit when feeding from the Cassette.
3. Create a document or open a file to print using an appropriate application software.
4. Select the paper size.
(1) Select Page Setup on the application software's File menu.
The Page Setup dialog box opens.
(2) Make sure that your printer’s name is selected in Format for.
(3) [Select the paper size of the loaded paper in Paper Size.
(4) Click OK.
5. Specify the required settings.
(1) Select Print on the application software's File menu.
The Print dialog box opens.
(2) Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.
(3) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.
(4) Make sure that Paper Feed Switch is selected in Paper Source.
(5) Select the print mode appropriate to your document in Print Mode.
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– Printing a top-quality photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation.
– Printing tables and charts: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition.
– Printing a composite document: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of text.
– Detailed Setting: Select to fine-tune the Print Quality and Halftoning settings.
on the Quality & Media, Color Options, Special Effects, Borderless Printing, or Duplex Printing & Margin screen to view the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual. If the on-screen manuals are not installed, the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual is not displayed even if is clicked.6. Click Print to print the document.
Printing begins. Do not open the Top Cover while printing.
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Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress. If you are using Mac OS X v.10.2.8, click the printer icon in the Dock to start up the Print Center and doubleclick the name of your printer in the Printer List.
To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired document in the Name list and click Delete. To temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To cancel all the jobs in the list, click Stop Jobs.