Canon imagePROGRAF iPF850 User Guide - Page 32

Enhanced Printing Options Printing by Automatically Switching Between Upper and Lower Roll Paper Example of paper to load 2 Paper source Roll Paper Width Upper 36-in. Roll (914.4 mm) Lower A1/A2 Roll (594.0 mm) Media Type Plain Paper Canon Coated Paper iPF850 • Double-roll switching cannot function if roll paper of a media type that cannot be automatically cut is fed to Important the platen. For information on support for automatic cutting, refer to Paper Reference Guide. (See "Displaying the Pa- per Reference Guide.") ➔P.335 • For details on how to load roll paper in the printer, see "Handling rolls." ➔P.342 Note • If roll paper of different widths and different types are loaded in the upper and lower rolls, printing is per- formed on the roll paper that matches the media types specified in the print job. Since errors may occur or printing may be performed on the unintended roll depending on the settings, it is recommended in this case that you print by specifying the better suited roll paper 1 or roll paper 2 without using double-roll switching. Using double-roll printing • For more information on how the paper sources are switched, see "Roll Paper Switching Method." ➔P.39 Printing by Automatically Switching Between Upper and Lower Roll Paper Prints by automatically switching between roll paper 1 and roll paper 2 depending on the type of media and size specified in the print job. For details, refer to the following topics depending on the operating system you are using. • Printing by Automatically Switching Between Upper and Lower Roll Paper (Windows) ➔P.32 • Printing by Automatically Switching Between Upper and Lower Roll Paper (Mac OS) ➔P.37 Printing by Automatically Switching Between Upper and Lower Roll Paper (Windows) This section describes how to print by automatically switching between roll paper 1 and roll paper 2 depending on the print job. Normally, refer to Basic Printing Method ➔P.33 . If you want to print by reducing as much margin of roll paper as possible, refer to Method of Conserving More Paper ➔P.34 . In this case, you need to load roll paper of the same media type in the upper and lower rolls. • If you set Set./Adj. Menu>System Setup>Roll Switching to No RollSwitching in the control panel, printing Important may be performed on the unintended roll paper. It is recommended that you set this setting to Use Optimal Size in advance. • Double-roll switching cannot function if roll paper of a media type that cannot be automatically cut is fed to the platen. For information on support for automatic cutting, refer to Paper Reference Guide. (See "Displaying the Paper 32 Reference Guide.") ➔P.335 User's Guide