Canon ImageProGraf iPF 8100/9100

May 23, 2008

Print Mode:

Pressing the button next to the Printer Model window on the Imaging Configurations screen will launch a control panel for this printer.

• Media Type: You should select the Media Type before configuring the rest of your settings. The Media Type you select will determine the Print Mode choices that are available. If your media type is not listed select the closest match. This setting must be the same setting as on the front panel of the printer.
• Print Mode: Select the print mode (resolution and quality) that you would like to print at. Modes listed with two resolutions are the rip resolution and the pixel-replicated printing resolution. These print modes can provide significantly faster processing times, but in some cases there may be a reduction in image quality. This reduced quality may not be noticeable in all images, depending on the image content.
• Print Direction: Print in one direction (unidirectional) or both directions (autodirectional) when possible.
• Colors: Select the inkset you would like to printer to use.
• Cut Method: Select Disabled (printer will not cut after print), Enabled (printer will cut after print), or Draw Line (a dashed line will appear where the printer would have cut).
• Paper Source: Select whether you have roll or sheet media loaded in the printer.
• Paper Size: Choose the paper size. Only available when Manual Feed is selected as the paper source.
• Pixel Replication: Allows you to RIP at a lower resolution, but print at your chosen resolution. The benefits to this can be a faster RIP time, however in some cases there will be a noticeably lower quality (on par with the lower RIP resolution.) This lower quality will not be noticeable in all images, depending on the image content.
• Full Bleed Printing: When enabled, this option allows you to print 3 mm outside of the margin of the printer on each side of the media. When you select this option, increase the size of your print so that it is 3 mm larger than the media width on each side. This option only works when the following media widths are loaded: 10", 14", 16", 20.28", 23.39", 24", 33.11", 36", 40.55", and 42".

Advanced Settings:

When you click on Advanced Settings, the following properties page will be displayed:

• Dry After Print: Select the amount of time you would like the printer to wait at the end of the print before cutting or continuing.
• Dry Between Passes: If you are having ink drying problems on a media, you can add pausing between each pass to allow the ink to dry.

Color Separations:

When you click on Color Separations, the following Properties page will be displayed:

These controls are only available if a monochrome mode has been selected as the Ink Type.

• Separations on RIP: This will cause the RIP to separate the image into individual CMYK plates.
• Make Negative: This inverts monochrome images when printed.
• K, C, M, Y, PC, PM, Gy, Pgy, R, G, B: This allows you to print monochrome images to any of the heads in the printer. This is especially useful to eliminate overuse of a single printhead when printing only monochrome.