Printing from Your Computer. Canon MP970, PIXMA MP970

Printing from Your Computer

This section describes procedure for basic printing.

Printing with Windows

Note

When printing photographs taken by your digital camera, you can perform Borderless Printing in easy steps using Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Easy-PhotoPrint EX is provided on the Setup CD-ROM. Easy-PhotoPrint

EX supports Exif Print to optimize photographs taken by an Exif-compliant digital camera by using the print information recorded at the time of shooting to achieve higher print quality. For details on using Easy-

PhotoPrint EX, refer to the PC Photo Printing Guide on-screen manual.

1

Turn on the machine and load the paper in the machine.

See “Turning the Machine On and Off” on page 5 and “Loading Printing Paper” on page 9.

2

Create a document or open a file to print using an appropriate application software.

3

Select Print on the application software’s File menu.

4

Make sure that Canon XXX Printer (where

“XXX” is your machine’s name) is selected in

Select Printer, and click Preferences (or

Properties).

5

Specify the required settings and click OK.

You can change the paper source to be used with the printer driver as well as the Operation Panel on

the machine. For details, see “Changing the Paper

Source” on page 15.

Note

For details on other printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or the PC

Printing Guide on-screen manual. Instructions is only displayed when the on-screen manuals are installed.

6

Click Print (or OK).

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Printing with Macintosh

1

Turn on the machine and load the paper in the machine.

See “Turning the Machine On and Off” on page 5 and “Loading Printing Paper” on page 9.

2

Create a document or open a file to print using an appropriate application software.

3

Select Page Setup on the application software’s File menu.

4

Make sure that your machine’s name is selected in Format for.

5

Select the page size of the loaded paper in

Paper Size.

6

Click OK.

7

Select Print on the application software’s File menu.

8

Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.

9

Specify the required settings.

You can change the paper source to be used with the printer driver as well as the Operation Panel on

the machine. For details, see “Changing the Paper

Source” on page 15.

Note

For details on other printer driver functions, click to view the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual. If the on-screen manuals are not installed, the PC Printing

Guide on-screen manual is not displayed even if is clicked.

10

Click Print.

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