Changing the printer operation mode, Custom settings – Canon PIXMA E474 User Manual

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Changing the Printer Operation Mode

If necessary, switch between various modes of printer operation.

The procedure for configuring Custom Settings is as follows:

Custom Settings

1. Open the

printer driver setup window

2. Make sure that the printer is on, and then click Custom Settings on the Maintenance

tab

The Custom Settings dialog box opens.

Note

• If the printer is off or if communication between the printer and the computer is disabled, an

error message may appear because the computer cannot collect the printer status.
If this happens, click OK to display the most recent settings specified on your computer.

3. If necessary, complete the following settings:

Align heads manually

Usually, the Print Head Alignment function on the Maintenance tab is set to automatic head
alignment, but you can change it to manual head alignment.
If the printing results of automatic print head alignment are not satisfactory, perform manual head
alignment.
Check this check box to perform the manual head alignment. Uncheck this check box to perform
the automatic head alignment.

Rotate 90 degrees left when orientation is [Landscape]

On the Page Setup tab, you can change the rotation direction of the Landscape in the
Orientation.
To rotate the print data 90 degrees to the left during printing, select this item. To rotate the print
data 90 degrees to the right during printing, clear this item.

Important

• Do not change this setting while the print job is displayed in the print wait list. Otherwise,

characters may be omitted or the layout may become corrupt.

Detect the paper width when printing from computer

When you print from the computer, this function identifies the paper that was loaded into this
printer.
When the paper width detected by the printer differs from the width of the paper specified in Page
Size
on the Page Setup tab, a message is displayed.
To use paper width detection when printing from the computer, select the check box.

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