Canon I Sensys Mf8550cdn User Guide

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Setting Color Mode
You  can select a color mode (color or black and  white). If  a document has pages in both  color and  black and
white,  by specifying  auto  mode,  color pages are  printed in color, and  black and  white  pages are  printed in
black and  white  automatically.
[Basic Settings] tab  
 Select the  color mode in [Color Mode]  [OK]
[Color  Mode] Select [Black and  White] or [Color]. If  you select [Auto  [Color/B&W]], the  color
mode is  automatically switched page by page.
To  Specify  the Detailed Color  Settings
You  can also  specify  the  detailed color settings such as color adjustment  and  color matching.
[Quality]  tab  
Select the  [Manual Color Settings] check  box  Click [Color Settings]  Specify the  color settings as
necessary   [OK]   [OK].
[Color  Adjustment]
Adjust the  tone, brightness, and  contrast.
[Matching]Specify the  color matching settings (for example,  you can adjust the  settings so that  the  color tones on  your printouts
will  match the  color tones displayed on  your computer  screen).
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Printing a Document
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For more information, click [Help] on  the  printer driver  screen.
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Specifying Paper Source
To print onto  the  specific paper,  specify  the  paper  source that  is  loaded  with the  paper  you want to  use.
NOTE
Before printing,  specify  the  paper  size and  type for  the  paper  loaded  in the  paper  source.
Loading Paper
Specifying Paper Size  and  Type[Paper Source] tab  
 Select [Paper Source] in [Select by]  Select the  paper  source that  is  loaded  with the  paper  you want
to  print on  from [Paper Source]  [OK]
When  a paper  source has been selected,  it turns purple  on  the  illustration of the  machine displayed on  your computer  screen.
Printing Specific Pages onto Different  Paper
You  can print specific pages of a document, such as when you want to  print the  cover of a booklet  on  colored paper.  In this case,
load colored paper  for  the  cover in the  manual  feed  slot and  load plain  paper  for  the  body pages in the  paper  drawer,  and  then
specify  the  paper  settings on  the  printer driver.
[Select by]
As in the  example  described above, when you want to  use specific paper  for  specific pages,  select [Paper Source].
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							[Paper Selection]
Select how to  specify  paper,  such as [Different  for  Cover and  Others]  or [Different  for  First,  Others, and  Last]. Also, specify
which paper  should be used for  the  cover and  the  body pages.
 You  can  select this  option when you  select [Booklet  Printing] in [1-sided/2-sided/Booklet  Printing] in the [Basic Settings]  ta b.Printing
Booklet (MF8580Cdw  / MF8550Cdn  / MF8540Cdn  Only)
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Selecting Document Type
You  can specify  the  document type to  ensure  optimal image quality. There  are  different  settings for  photo
documents,  documents that  have charts  or graphs,  and  documents that  have design drawings with fine  lines.
[Quality]  tab  
 Select the  document type in [Objective]   [OK]
[Objective] Select an  option that  suits the  document type or purpose of printing.  For example,  select [General] for  general use, or select
[Vivid Photo] when you want to  print photo  images in optimal print quality.
[General]
A versatile option that  is  suitable when printing most documents.
[Publications]
Suitable  when printing documents that  have a mix of photo  images, charts, and  graphs.
[Graphics]
Suitable  when printing documents that  have charts  or graphs.
[Vivid Photo]
Suitable  when printing photo  images.
[Designs [CAD]]
Suitable  when printing design drawings that  have many fine  lines.
[High Definition Text]
Suitable  when printing documents that  have small characters.
NOTE:
To specify  detailed settings for  each item  selected on  [Objective], click [Advanced  Settings].  For more information, click [Hel p] on
the  printer driver  screen.
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Printing a Document
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Saving Toner
You  can set the  printer driver  to  print documents using less toner.
IMPORTANT
When  the  toner save  setting is  enabled,  fine  lines and  portions  with lighter print density  may  become blurred.[Quality]  tab  
 Select the  document type in [Objective]   Click [Advanced  Settings]  Select [Toner  Save]  in the
[Advanced  Settings] screen  Select [On]  from the  drop-down list   [OK]   [OK]
[Objective]  Selecting  Document  Type
Select the  document type for  which you want to  enable  the  toner save  setting.
[Advanced  Settings] A screen with settings is  displayed.  Click [Toner  Save]  and  select [On]  from the  drop-down list  on  the  bottom of the  screen.
NOTE: You  can specify  whether  to  enable  the  toner save  setting for  each document type. Specify the  toner save  setting for  each
document type listed in [Objective].
In the  [Advanced  Settings] screen, you can specify  various print settings other than toner save  settings.  For more information,
click [Help] on  the  printer driver  screen.
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Combining and Printing Multiple Documents
By using Canon  PageComposer, you can combine multiple documents into one print job and  print the  job with
specified print settings.  This function, for  example,  enables you to  combine documents made  with different
applications  and  print all of the  pages in the  same paper  size.
Open a document  in an application and  display the print dialog  box.
How  to  display the  print dialog  box differs for  each application.  For more information, see  the  instruction  manual  for  the
application you are  using.
Select the printer  driver for the machine, and  click [Preferences]  (or  [Properties]).
Select [Edit  and  Preview]  in [Output  Method].
Click [OK]  on  the  [Information] pop -up  screen.
Click [OK]  at the  bottom of the  screen.
Click [Print] (or  [OK]).
The Canon  PageComposer  starts. Printing  does not  start in this step.
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							Repeat  steps  1 to 4 for the documents you want to combine.
The documents are  added to  the  Canon  PageComposer.
From the [Document Name] list, select the documents to combine, and  click .
To select multiple documents,  click the  documents while holding down [SHIFT] key  or [CTRL]  key.
Change the settings  as necessary, and  click [Combine].
The documents selected in step 6  are  combined.
[Print Preview]
Displays  a preview  of the  document to  be printed.
[Document  List]/[Print  Settings] Click the  [Document List] tab  to  display the  documents added in steps 1  to  4. You  can remove  documents by selecting them
in the  list  and  clicking  [Delete from List].
Click the  [Print  Settings] tab  to  display the  screen for  specifying  print settings such as the  number of copies or 1 -sided/2-
sided  printing.  The settings specified here  are  applied to  the  whole  print job.
NOTE:
For more information, click [Help] on  the  Canon  PageComposer  screen.
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							[Details]
Displays  the  print setting screen of the  printer driver. There  are  fewer  settings available than when using the  ordinary printi ng
method.
On the [Document Name] list, select the combined -document  print job  you want to print, and  click  .
Printing  starts.
For instructions on  how to  cancel printing,  see  
Canceling Prints .
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Printing a Document
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Configuring Printer Settings on the Machine
When  you print a document from a computer, you can specify  many print settings,  such as the  number of copies or color mode,  in the
application you used to  make the  document or on  the  printer driver. However, the   setting described below can
only be specified on  the  machine.

Select whether  to  switch  between  printing on  A4  and  Letter size paper  if  one of these paper  sizes is  loaded  but the  other is  not. For
example,  if  you are  printing a Letter size document but only A4  paper  is  loaded  in the  machine, the  machine will  print your document on
A4  paper.
      Select  or  
Does not  perform  paper  size substitution. Printing  stops and  an  error  message is  displayed when the  machine runs out  of the
paper  that  has been specified.
Performs paper  size substitution. However, if  no  paper  to  substitute is  loaded  in any paper  sources, the  substitution cannot  be
performed.
Other Printer Settings (MF8580Cdw / MF8550Cdn / MF8540Cdn Only)
There  are  other printer settings you can specify  on  the  operation panel of the  machine. These settings are  applied only for  PCL  printing.Printer Settings
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Priority of settings
When  a particular  setting can be specified either on  the  machine, or in an  application or on  the  printer driver, the  settings m ade
in the  application or on  the  printer driver  will  override those specified on  the  machine.
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Printing a Document
Various Print Settings
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