imagePROGRAF Media Configuration Tool Guide For Macintosh Contents Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................ii ■ Compatible Printers .......................................................................................................ii ■ Drivers Applicable with Media Configuration Tool .........................................................ii How to Use This Guide ................................................
Media Configuration Tool Guide Before You Begin Before You Begin imagePROGRAF Media Configuration Tool (known below as the Media Configuration Tool) is software to store media information when media (media types) supported by the printer have been added. It offers functions for users familiar with media and printers. This document contains an outline and information on settings for the Media Configuration Tool version used in Macintosh.
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Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 1 Installing and Starting the Media Configuration Tool Chapter 1 Installing and Starting the Media Configuration Tool The explanation below is on the operating environment and installation procedures for the Media Configuration Tool. Operating Environment You can use the Media Configuration Tool in the following environments. Compatible Operating System • Mac OS 8.6/9.x • Mac OS X (10.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 1 Installing and Starting the Media Configuration Tool 4. After you have read the software User’s Licensing Agreement, click the Accept button. 5. Click the Continue button. 6. Select Easy Install. Note You can install be selecting Custom Install, and selecting only the item you wish to install.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 1 Installing and Starting the Media Configuration Tool 7. Click the Install button. 8. Press the Continue button to quit another application. 9. When the following message is displayed, click the Restart button. The installation of the Media Configuration Tool is complete. Note When the installation is completed properly, the Media Configuration Tool folder is saved in the following folder.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 1 Installing and Starting the Media Configuration Tool 2. Select Uninstall. 3. Click the Uninstall button. 4. Press the Continue button when another application is running. 5. When the following message is displayed, click the OK button. Media Configuration Tool and other items have been uninstalled. 6. Remove User Software CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 1 Installing and Starting the Media Configuration Tool Starting the Media Configuration Tool When the installation completes properly, the Media Configuration Tool is added to Application menu. From the Application menu go to Canon Utilities -> imagePROGRAF and select Media Configuration Tool to open the Media Configuration Tool main screen. Important If a compatible printer driver is not installed, the Media Configuration Tool will not start.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 2 Functions of the Media Configuration Tool Chapter 2 Functions of the Media Configuration Tool The Media Configuration Tool is software to store media information when media (media types) supported by the printer have been added. It offers functions for users familiar with media and printers. The explanation below outlines the functions and operations of the Media Configuration Tool.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 2 Functions of the Media Configuration Tool ■ Detailed Settings of Media Properties When adding media types you can perform detailed settings to match media type properties such as Media Thickness, Vacuum Strength, and Cut Speed. For instance, when adding media that does not dry quickly, you can increase the value for Drying Time. Refer to “Input Media Properties” in Chapter 4 “Adding Media Types” (p.4-4) for an explanation.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 2 Functions of the Media Configuration Tool • The Update Media Types Button When you click this button, the Update Media Types wizard starts. The wizard is used to replace printer and printer driver media information files with media information files that you have downloaded from the Canon Web site or another company’s Web site. • The Add Media Type Button When you click this button, the Add Media Type wizard starts.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 2 Functions of the Media Configuration Tool • The Edit Media Type Button When you click this button, the Edit Media Types wizard starts. This wizard is used to change the display order of the media type on the printer operating panel and printer driver and to delete user-defined media. What follows is an explanation on the wizard screen content.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 3 Updating Media Information File Chapter 3 Updating Media Information File When you click the Update Media Types button on the main screen of the Media Configuration Tool the Update Media Types wizard starts. Using this wizard you can replace printer and printer driver Media Information File with Media Information File you have downloaded from the Canon Web site or another company’s Web site.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 3 Updating Media Information File 2. Click the Update Media Types button. The Update Media Types wizard starts. 3. Click the Browse button to open the Open dialog box. 4. Move the file to a directory containing Media Information File (*.med). 5. Select the Media Information File and click the Open button. The name of the Media Information File you have selected in the Open dialog box is displayed in File Name in the Update Media Types wizard.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 3 Updating Media Information File 6. Click the Next button. The Update Media Type wizard moves to display Select Printer. Select Printer to Update After selecting the Media Information File, select the printer driver where the media information files will be updated. 1. Confirm the printer, where media type information is to be updated, to be displayed in Printer in the Update Media Type wizard.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Important Note Chapter 3 Updating Media Information File Do not attempt to print or turn the off while the program is communicating with the printer. • When the program cannot communicate with the printer, the following warning message is displayed. Read the message and click the Next button. When the program has finished communicating with the printer, the Update Media Types wizard display moves to display Confirm Update.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 3 Updating Media Information File 2. To update click the Execute button. Communication with the printer starts and the following dialog box is displayed. Important Note Do not attempt to print or turn the off while the program is communicating with the printer. • When the program cannot communicate with the printer, the following warning message is displayed. Read the message and click the Execute button again. 3.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types Chapter 4 Adding Media Types When you click the Add Media Type button in the Media Configuration Tool main screen, the Add Media Type wizard starts. Using this wizard you can add media types to the printer and printer drive Media menu. The explanation below is on how to add media types. The procedures to add media types with the Add Media Type wizard are as follows. 1. Select Printer “Select Printer to be Added” (p.4-1) ↓ 2.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types 2. Click the Add Media Type button. The Add Media Type wizard starts. 3. Select from the Printer list the printer where you will add the media type. Note When you do not save the printer driver where the media is to be added, the message Cannot find the printer driver to add to. is displayed. Click the Cancel button to cancel adding the media type. 4. Click the Next button.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types When the program is done communicating with the printer, the screen moves to display Add Media Type: Enter Media Type Name. Input Media Name You can input the name of the media you have added here. The names you enter here display on the Printer driver, the Printer operating panel and the Remote UI. Indicated below are the conditions for inputting media names.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types 4. Click the Next button. The screen moves to display Add Media Type: Enter Media Type Information. Input Media Properties You can set the properties of the media that is to be added. Select the item that has similar properties from standard media, and then set properties of the new media based on those setting values. 1.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types 2. Click the Media Type Detailed Settings button to open the Media Type Detailed Settings dialog box. 3. Set the Drying Time for the media type to be added. a. Set the between pages (Drying Time) in Between Pages in Drying Time. The following settings are available for drying time in Between Pages. Between Pages Setting No This eliminates the wait time for the ink to dry. 30 sec. 1 min., 3 min., 5 min., 10 min., 30 min., 60 min.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types The following settings are available for Far End Margin. Far End Margin Setting 5 mm For media that has no problem when printing with a standard size margin. 10 mm When printing an image at the very end of the end margin, the cutter touches the page before the ink has dried and dirties the printed image. This setting sets the margin about 5 mm (in the feed direction) longer than the standard margin for the media size.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types Media Thickness Setting Standard For media that is a standard thickness and has no problem printing. Thin Select this when the media set is thin, or when the image is adversely affected. 6. From the Vacuum Strength list set the Vacuum Strength when printing a media type to be added. The following settings are available for Vacuum Strength. Vacuum Strength Setting Strongest For media that does not settle even when set to Strong.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Media Feed Amount After Cutting 150 mm, 390 mm Important Chapter 4 Adding Media Types Setting Sets the media purge amount for media that does not easily fall into place after being auto cut. The purged media is returned to the original position during cutting and continues to print with no change in print starting position. • Place a checkmark in Normally Print Cutline to Reduce Cut Dust for media that easily produces cut waste, such as backlight film.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types Check Addition When you input the detailed information on media types with the Add Media Type: Confirm Addition and click the Next button, the Printer, Driver Details, and the Update Software are displayed. You can make the final check of what is to be added in this window. 1. Check the items to be added that are displayed in the Add Media Type wizard. 2. Select Add Media Type from Options.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 4 Adding Media Types 4. When the media types have been properly added, the screen below appears. Click the Finish button to close the Add Media Type wizard. Note • When the installation completes properly, the new media information file is saved in the folder below. OSX.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 5 Editing Media Types Chapter 5 Editing Media Types When you click the Edit Media Type button in the Media Configuration Tool main screen, the Edit Media Types wizard starts. Using this wizard you can change the display order or delete media type from the media type used in the printer and printer driver. The explanation below is on how to edit media types. The procedures to edit the media type in the Edit Media Type wizard are as follows. 1.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 5 Editing Media Types 3. Select the printer where the media type is to be edited from the Printer list. 4. Click the Next button. Communication with the printer starts and the following dialog box is displayed. Important Note Do not attempt to print or turn the off while the program is communicating with the printer. • When the program cannot communicate with the printer, the following warning message is displayed. Read the message and click the OK button.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Important Chapter 5 Editing Media Types When you edit the media type, the information about the media type overwrites the media type information file. It follows then that the information added for the media is lost. To add and register media, select Add Media Type, confirm the information in the media type details list, then make a memo. 1. Edit the media information in the Edit Media Type wizard. Changing the Display Order of Media Types a.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Important • • • • Chapter 5 Editing Media Types You cannot input “\” (back slash). You cannot use “-” (hyphen) at the front of the media name. Only spaces are prohibited from entry into names. A warning message will be displayed in any of the following cases: a. When the media selected is the standard media (Canon media) b. When the media name is not input c. When the number of character input exceeds the limit d. When a media type of the same name is already saved e.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Chapter 5 Editing Media Types 3. When the printer and software media types have been properly updated, the screen moves to display Edit Media Types: Finish. Click the Finish button to close the Edit Media Types wizard. Note • When the media type edition is completed, new media information files are created in the following folder. OSX.
Media Configuration Tool Guide Index Index A Add Media Type, 2-2, 4-9 Add Media Type Button, 2-3 Adding Media Types, 4-1 B backlight film, 4-8 Between Pages, 4-5 Between Scans, 4-5 C Cancel, 3-4 Canon media, 2-2, 5-4 CD-ROM drive, 1-1 Confirm Addition, 4-8 Confirm Update, 3-4 Continues to add new media type, 4-9 Continues to change the display order of media types or delete media type, 4-9 customer defined media, 2-1 Cut Speed, 2-2, 4-7 Cut with Standard Cutter, 4-8 D Do Not Cut Until User Operation After
Media Configuration Tool Guide Index Update Media Types Button, 2-3 Update Media Types wizard, 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-4 Updating Media Information Files, 3-1 User Software CD-ROM, 1-1 V Vacuum Strength, 2-2 W warning message, 1-5, 3-4, 3-5, 4-2, 4-9, 5-2, 5-4 Web site, 2-1, 2-3 Wizard Screen Content, 2-4 Index-2