Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8400 User Guide - Page 532

Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed confirmed Paper by Adding a Media Type Type Approximate weight Approximate thickness Proof 80 g/m² 0.10 mm (0.0039 in.) Art Paper 65 g/m² 0.15 mm (0.0059 in.) Art Paper 200 g/m² 0.35 mm (0.014 in.) Art Paper 300 g/m² 0.44 mm (0.017 in.) Sign/CAD Paper 470 g/m² 0.35 mm (0.014 in.) Sign/CAD Paper 300 g/m² 0.28 mm (0.011 in.) Sign/CAD Paper 240 g/m² 0.18 mm (0.0071 in.) Sign/CAD Paper 150 g/m² 0.11 mm (0.0043 in.) Printer control panel News Proof JPN Paper Washi HW. Art Paper Ex HW. Art Paper Bannr Vinyl Adhesive Vinyl Glossy Film CAD Clear Film Printer driver Newsprint for Proofing Japanese Paper Washi Heavyweight Art Paper Extra Heavyweight Art Paper Banner Vinyl Adhesive Vinyl Glossy Film CAD Clear Film iPF8400 Handling and Use of Paper Paper Selecting Special Settings Special settings are provided that allow you to select the amount of ink used in steps. You can fix lackluster colors or bleeding ink by selecting special settings where the amount of ink used is suitable for the paper you are using. The special settings are organized as follows so that they can be used as follows depending on the type of black ink and the media type. Type of special settings Type of black ink Example of applicable paper "Special 1" to "Special 5" BK (photo black) Glossy paper, proofing paper "Special 6" to "Special 10" MBK (matte black) Coated Paper, Matte Paper, Art Paper "Special 1" and "Special 6" use the least amount of ink, with the amount of ink used increasing through 5 steps as the number increases up to "Special 5" and "Special 10" which use the greatest amount of ink. Although colors become more vivid as the amount of ink used increases, bleeding also occurs more easily. We recommend that you try in order starting from "Special 1" or "Special 6" while checking the state of the printing. • If you cannot obtain sufficiently good image quality by selecting the general-purpose settings or special settings, you can cre- Note ate settings as suitable for the paper you are using by using the "Add Custom Paper" function in the Media Configuration Tool. For details, see "Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed confirmed Paper by Adding a Media Type." →P.532 Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed confirmed Paper by Adding a Media Type The Add Custom Paper function in the Media Configuration Tool is provided as a method for improving print quality and feed properties over printing paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed confirmed paper using the generalpurpose settings. This can be expected to improve properties such as print quality because it allows you to configure settings such as the maximum amount of ink to use and the height of the printhead depending on the characteristics of the paper you are using. Furthermore, printing can be performed by adding the settings created using this function to the printer control panel and printer driver as a new media type. For details on Media Configuration Tool, refer as follows. • Media Configuration Too（l Windows） →P.589 • Media Configuration Too（l Macintosh） →P.618 • For details on how to select the added media type in the control panel, see "Changing the Type of Paper." →P.543 Important • For details on how to select the media type in the printer driver, refer to the following topics. Specifying Paper in the Printer Driver (Windows) →P.178 Specifying Paper in the Printer Driver (Mac OS X) →P.366 • We recommend that you use an ICC profile created using commercially available profile creation software in order to perform color management accurately on paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed confirmed paper. The cre- 532 ated ICC profile can be registered to the printer driver and printed. For details, see "Matching Sheet (Windows)." → P.193 User's Guide