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Printing Documents
This section describes the procedure to print a document of A4 size on plain paper.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
 Note
 Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details on the operation, refer to the instruction manual of your application.
The screens used in this section are for printing with Windows 7 operating system Home Premium (hereafter referred to as "Windows 7").
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Make sure that the machine is turned on.
See Operation Panel.
Load paper.
See Loading Plain Paper / Photo Paper.
Here we load A4 plain paper in the Rear Tray.
Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.
Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
Open the printer driver setup window.
(1) Select Print on the File menu or the command bar in your software application.
The Print dialog box will appear.
(2) Make sure that your machine's name is selected.
Note
If another printer's name is selected, click and select your machine's name.
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(3) Click Preferences (or Properties).
Specify the required print settings.
(1) Select Business Document in Commonly Used Settings.
Note
When the print object such as Business Document or Photo Printing is selected in Commonly Used Settings, the items in Additional Features will be selected automatically. The settings suitable for the print object such as media type or print quality will also appear.
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(2) Make sure of the displayed settings.
Here we make sure that Plain Paper in Media Type, Standard in Print Quality, and A4 in Printer Paper Size are selected.
Note
When you specify two or more copies in Copies, the printed pages will be collated.
The settings can be changed.
However, after changing Printer Paper Size, confirm that the setting for Page Size on the Page Setup sheet matches the setting set in the software application.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
If you select the wrong media type, the machine may not print with the proper print quality.
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(3) Click OK.
Note
For details on the printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide. The Instructions button appears on the Quick Setup, Main and Maintenance sheets if the on-screen manual is installed on your computer.
You can name the changed settings and add to Commonly Used Settings.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
If the Always Print with Current Settings check box is selected, the current settings will be applied from the next print job onward. Some software applications may not have this function.
To display the preview to confirm the print result, select the Preview before printing check box. Some software applications may not have a preview function.
You can specify the detailed print settings on the Main sheet or Page Setup sheet.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
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Start printing.
Click Print (or OK) to start printing.
Note
The message on how to load envelopes will appear when printing on them. This message will not appear next time if you select the Do not show this message again. check box.
For details on the settings to print envelopes, see Loading Envelopes.
To cancel a print job in progress, press the Stop/Reset button on the machine or click Cancel Printing on the printer status monitor.
To display the printer status monitor, click the printer icon on the taskbar. In Windows Vista operating system (hereafter referred to as "Windows Vista") or Windows XP, click Canon XXX Printer (where "XXX" is your machine's name) on the taskbar.
If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are unsatisfactory, adjust the print head position.
See Aligning the Print Head.
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