User's Manual

Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed

confirmed Paper Using Existing Settings

You can easily print on paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed confirmed paper without making

complicated settings by selecting the existing settings provided in the printer control panel and printer driver

depending on the media type you are using. The existing settings consist of general-purpose paper settings

provided for different media types.

Important

• The Canon genuine paper settings provided in the printer control panel and printer driver are optimized

for Canon genuine paper. If these settings are selected for printing on paper other than Canon genuine

paper, the ink may bleed or the print head may rub against the paper. To easily print on paper other

than Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper, we recommend that you select one of the

following general-purpose paper settings.

Note

• For an overview of the media types, see "Types of Paper."

• For instructions on selecting the media type with the control panel, see "Types of Paper". For

instructions on selecting the media type with the printer driver, see "How to Open the Printer Driver

Setup Window" (Windows) or "How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Dialog" (macOS).

Choosing General-Purpose Paper Settings

These settings anticipate a wide variety of paper other than Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed

paper, and, therefore, these settings make it difficult for bleeding ink and print head rubbing to occur. For

details on the relationships between the conditions of paper other than Canon genuine paper and feed

confirmed paper and the media type to select, see "Paper Information List."

Note

• If you cannot obtain the desired results by selecting the general-purpose paper settings, use the

custom paper adding function in Media Configuration Tool to create settings suitable for the paper

you are using. For details, see "Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed confirmed

Paper by Adding a Media Type."