Main tab Description. Canon PIXMA MG2450, Pixma MG 2455, PIXMA MG2440, PIXMA MG2400 serie

Main tab Description

The Main tab allows you to create a basic print setup in accordance with the media type.

Unless special printing is required, normal printing can be performed just by setting the items on this tab.

Settings Preview

The paper illustration shows how the original will be laid out on a sheet of paper.

You can check an overall image of the layout.

Media Type

Selects a type of printing paper.

Select a media type that matches the paper that is loaded in the machine. This ensures that printing is carried out properly for the specified paper.

Paper Source

Shows the source from which paper is supplied.

Print Quality

Selects your desired printing quality.

Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose.

High

Gives priority to print quality over printing speed.

Standard

Prints with average speed and quality.

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Draft

This setting is appropriate for test printing.

Custom

Select this when you want to set the printing quality level individually.

Set... is enabled and you can open the

Custom dialog box to specify custom settings.

Set...

Open the Custom dialog box. You can then individually set the print quality level.

Select Custom for Print Quality to enable this button.

Custom dialog box

Set the quality level, and select the desired print quality.

Quality

You can use the slider bar to adjust the print quality level.

Important

Certain print quality levels cannot be selected depending on the settings of

Media Type.

Note

The High, Standard, or Draft print quality modes are linked with the slider bar. Therefore when the slider bar is moved, the corresponding quality and value are displayed on the left. This is the same as when the corresponding radio button is selected for Print Quality on the Main tab.

Color/Intensity

Selects color adjustment method.

Auto

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast, and so on are adjusted automatically.

Manual

Select when you set the Color Correction method and individual settings such as

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast, etc.

Set... is enabled and you can open the

Color Adjustment tab and

Matching tab

of the

Manual Color Adjustment dialog box to specify the desired settings.

Set...

In the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box, you can adjust individual color settings such as Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast on the Color

Adjustment tab, and select the Color Correction method on the Matching tab.

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Note

If you want to use an ICC profile to adjust colors, use the Manual Color

Adjustment dialog box to set the profile.

Color Adjustment Tab

This tab allows you to adjust the color balance by changing the settings of the Cyan,

Magenta, Yellow, Brightness, Intensity, and Contrast options.

Preview

Shows the effect of color adjustment.

The color and brightness change when each item is adjusted. You can check the color adjustment status easily by changing the preview image to one similar to the results to be printed with Sample Type.

Sample Type

Selects a preview image displayed on the Color Adjustment tab.

If necessary, select a preview image from Standard, Portrait, Landscape, or Graphics, whichever is most similar to the print results.

View Color Pattern

Displays a pattern for checking color changes produced by color adjustment.

If you want to display the preview image with a color pattern, check this check box.

If you want to display the preview image with a sample type, uncheck this check box.

Note

The graphic is in monochrome when the Grayscale Printing check box is checked.

Cyan / Magenta / Yellow

Adjusts the strengths of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.

Moving the slider to the right makes a color stronger, and moving the slider to the left makes a color weaker.

You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.

This adjustment changes the relative amount of ink of each color used, which alters the total color balance of the document. Use your application if you want to change the total color balance significantly. Use the printer driver only if you want to adjust the color balance slightly.

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Brightness

Selects the brightness of your print.

You cannot change the levels of pure white and black. However, the brightness of the colors between white and black can be changed.

Intensity

Adjusts the overall intensity of your print.

Moving the slider to the right increases the intensity, and moving the slider to the left decreases the intensity.

You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.

Contrast

Adjusts the contrast between light and dark in the image to be printed.

Moving the slider to the right increases the contrast, moving the slider to the left decreases the contrast.

You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.

Important

When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Cyan, Magenta, and

Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable.

Print a pattern for color adjustment

When the color balance or intensity/contrast is changed, the pattern printing function prints a list of the adjustment results along with the adjustment values.

Select this function when printing a pattern for color adjustment. The Pattern

Print preferences... becomes enabled, the

Pattern Print dialog box opens, and

a pattern can be set.

Pattern Print preferences...

The Pattern Print dialog box opens and allows you to set adjustment items and pattern printing settings such as number of patterns.

Pattern Print dialog box

Performs the setup for printing of patterns that allow you to check the color balance and intensity/contrast of documents.

Parameters to Adjust

Select the item to be checked by pattern printing.

Cyan/Magenta/Yellow

Prints a pattern that allows you to check the cyan/magenta/yellow balance.

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Intensity/Contrast

Prints a pattern that allows you to check the intensity/contrast balance.

Important

When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Cyan/

Magenta/Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable.

Printer Paper Size

Selects the paper size to be used for pattern printing.

This setting is linked to Printer Paper Size on the Page Setup tab.

Note

Depending on the paper size selected on the Page Setup tab, there may be sizes that cannot be selected.

Amount of Pattern Instances

Sets the number of patterns to be printed.

You can select from Largest, Large, and Small. When you select a pattern size, the number of patterns that can be printed is as follows:

Largest

Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 37

Intensity/Contrast 49

Large

Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 19

Intensity/Contrast 25

Small

Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 7

Intensity/Contrast 9

Note

Largest and Large cannot be selected when certain paper sizes or output paper sizes are selected.

The setting preview on the Main tab displays an image that allows you to check the overall layout.

Color Variation Between Instances

Sets the amount of color change between neighboring patterns.

Select from Large, Medium, and Small. Large produces a large amount of change, and Small produces a small amount of change.

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Note

Large is about double the size of Medium, and Small is about half the size of Medium.

Matching Tab

Allows you to select the method for adjusting colors to match the type of document to be printed.

Color Correction

Allows you to select Driver Matching, ICM (ICC Profile Matching), or None to match the purpose of the print operation.

Driver Matching

With Canon Digital Photo Color, you can print sRGB data with color tints that most people prefer.

ICM (ICC Profile Matching)

Adjusts the colors by using an ICC profile when printing.

Specify the input profile to be used.

None

Disables color adjustment with the printer driver.

Note

In the XPS printer driver, ICM has become ICC Profile Matching.

Input Profile

Specifies the input profile to be used when you select ICM (ICC Profile

Matching) for Color Correction.

Standard

The standard printer profile (sRGB), which supports the color space of ICM, is used. This is the default setting.

Adobe RGB (1998)

The Adobe RGB profile, which supports a wider color space than sRGB, is used.

Important

Adobe RGB (1998) is not displayed when input profiles of Adobe RGB are not installed.

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Note

In the XPS printer driver, ICM has become ICC Profile Matching.

Important

If the application software is set so that ICM is disabled, ICM is unavailable for

Color Correction and the printer may not be able to print the image data properly.

When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Color Correction appears grayed out and is unavailable.

Grayscale Printing

This function converts the data to monochrome data when printing your document.

Check this check box to print a color document in monochrome.

Uncheck this check box to print a color document in color.

Important

Depending on the Media Type settings, the same print results may be produced even if the Print Quality is changed.

Preview before printing

Shows what the print result will look like before you actually print the data.

Check this check box to display a preview before printing.

Uncheck this check box if you do not want to display a preview.

Important

To use the Canon IJ XPS Preview, you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client

Profile installed on your computer.

Defaults

Restores all the settings you have changed to their default values.

Clicking this button restores all the settings on the current screen to their default values

(factory settings).

Features

Setting the Print Quality Level (Custom)

Adjusting Color Balance

Adjusting Brightness

Adjusting Intensity

Adjusting Contrast

Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)

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Adjusting Intensity/Contrast Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)

Specifying Color Correction

Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver

Printing with ICC Profiles

Printing a Color Document in Monochrome

Displaying the Print Results before Printing

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