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Recommended driver settings
You can select the following printer settings in your Windows driver to achieve the specified results.
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To achieve | Print Color | Print Quality | Halftone | Results | |
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The fastest B&W | Black & White | High speed | Only Pattern 1 | Uses less ink | |
output possible |
| 180x180 dpi | available | Output quality is draft | |
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Fast letter quality | Black & White | Normal | Only Pattern 1 Slightly slower than high | ||
output |
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| Quality is not optimized |
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Fast B&W photo- | Grayscale | Normal | Diffusion | Slower than B&W but | |
graph and graphic |
| 360x360 dpi |
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| better grayscale quality |
output |
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The highest quality | Grayscale | Fine | Diffusion | Slower than Normal but | |
photograph and |
| 360x360 dpi |
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| optimizes B&W grayscale |
graphic output |
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Printing a Document
This procedure provides general steps for printing from the various applications you may run in the Windows environment. The exact steps for printing a document may vary depending on the application program you are using. Refer to your program’s documentation for the exact printing procedure.
1.Start the program you used to create the document, and open the document you want to print.
2.Choose Printer Setup from the File menu.
3.Select the Canon
4.Make any adjustments as appropriate for printing your document, and select OK.
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