Canon 2159B002 user manual Register a Custom Media Size in Media Design

Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes

Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS 9)

This topic describes how to print a banner about ve times as long as the roll width based on the following example.

•Document: An original designed for a horizontal banner

•Page size: Non-standard (100×500 mm, [3.9×19.7 in])

•Paper: Roll

•Paper type: Plain Paper

•Roll paper width: 10 inches (254.0 mm)

The steps to print a vertical or horizontal banner are as follows.

1.In the application, create an original in the format of a horizontal or vertical banner.

2.Register a Custom Media Size in Media Design.

Banners tend to be in non-standard sizes, so register a Custom Media Size. In this example, 100×500 mm (3.9×19.7 in) is registered.

3.Print the banner, using the settings that correspond to banners.

Register a Custom Media Size

This example describes how to register and print using a page size that is horizontally elongated and suitable for banners in either horizontal or vertical format.

1. Create the document in the application.

2. Select the printer in Chooser.

3. Choose Page Setup in the application menu to display the Page Attribute dialog box.

4. Click Media Design in the Page Attribute list to display the Media Design pane.

5. Enter a desired paper name in B Custom Name. “My Horizontal Banner” is used in this example.

6. In C Units, click D mm.

7. Under F Media Size, enter “100” in G Wid. and “500” in H Hght.

8. Click J Add to add the paper size of “My Horizontal Banner.”

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