Canon 2163B002 service manual Print Control

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Power button OFF

Media ejection

Power-off automatic recovery

Capping

Sensor system power OFF

Hold down for at least once second

If media remains,it is ejected even when printing is in progress.

Backup of various data

Power-off

Writing to EEPROM

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2.2.3 Print Control

1. Print modes

Print methods, such as carriage and paper feed operation, are varied according to the media type, print quality, kind of print data and so forth to achieve high-quality high-speed print free from blurring and uneven density.

Because each color prints in up to 16 passes according the print quality requirement for a print mode, uneven density problems caused by variations in the rate of discharge among different nozzles are eliminated. Deferred print timings do not allow a new ink to overprint the preceding ink until the preceding ink has virtually fixed, thereby reducing the chances of blurred printing.

Different operations take place even in the same print mode according to the paper setting of the print driver.

a) Draft mode

Imaging data is thinned out to print in one or two passes per band (equivalent of the length of a nozzle).

Configure the print driver for print quality Draft to enable draft mode

b) Standard mode

Imaging data prints in one to six (one, two, four or six) passes per band (equivalent of the length of a nozzle).

Configure the print driver for print quality setting Standard to enable standard mode.

c) High quality mode

Imaging data prints in two, four or eight passes per band.

Configure the print driver for print quality High to enable high quality mode.

d) Highest quality mode

Imaging data prints in eight or 16passes per band.

Configure the print driver for print quality Highest to enable highest quality mode.

Print Mode List

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Media Type	Print	Print Quality	Processing	Print resolution	Print	Printing direction
	Priority		resolution	(dpi)	pass	(*1)
			(dpi)
Plain Paper	Image	draft	300	1200x1200	2	Bi-directional
Plain Paper(High Quality)
		standard	300	1200x1200	4	Bi-directional
Plain Paper(High Grade)
		High	600	2400x1200	8	Bi-directional
	Line drawing	draft	600	1200x1200	2	Bi-directional
	/Text
		standard	600	1200x1200	4	Bi-directional
	Office	standard	600	1200x1200	4	Bi-directional
	document
Recycled Coated Paper	Image	standard	300	1200x1200	4	Bi-directional
Coated Paper
		High	600	2400x1200	8	Bi-directional
Heavyweight Coated Paper
Extra Heavyweight Coated Paper		Highest	600	2400x1200	12	Bi-directional

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