Canon imageCLASS MF7280 Printer Manual

Quick start guide
Hide thumbs Also See for imageCLASS MF7280:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

PCL/UFR II Printer Guide
PCL/UFR II Printer Guide
Please read this guide before operating this equipment.
ENG
After you finish reading this guide, store it in a safe place for future reference.

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Summary of Contents for Canon imageCLASS MF7280

  • Page 1 PCL/UFR II Printer Guide PCL/UFR II Printer Guide Please read this guide before operating this equipment. After you finish reading this guide, store it in a safe place for future reference.
  • Page 2 Ot¯ imageCLASS MF7280 PCL/UFR II Printer Guide...
  • Page 3: Manuals For The Machine

    Manuals for the Machine The manuals for this machine are divided as follows. Please refer to them for detailed information. Guides with this symbol are printed manuals. • Machine Set-Up • Driver Installation • Quick Reference for Basic Operations • Basic Operations •...
  • Page 4: How This Manual Is Organized

    Chapter 4 Includes the specifications and index. Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions. However, as we are constantly improving our products, if you need an exact specification, please contact Canon.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface ............viii How to Use This Manual .
  • Page 6 Error Time Out ..........2-9 Collate .
  • Page 7 OCR Sets Fonts (PCL) ........4-10 Bar Code Fonts (PCL) .
  • Page 8 Ventura Math ..........4-31 Ventura US .
  • Page 9: Preface

    Thank you for purchasing the Canon imageCLASS MF7280. Please read this manual thoroughly before operating the machine in order to familiarize yourself with its capabilities, and to make the most of its many functions. After reading this manual, store it in a safe place for future reference.
  • Page 10: Displays Used In This Manual

    Displays Used in This Manual The keys which you should press are marked with a When multiple keys can be pressed on the touch panel display, all keys are marked. Select the keys which suit your needs. Press [Printer Settings]. Illustrations Used in This Manual Illustrations of the machine used in this manual may not represent the exact appearance and configuration of the actual machine.
  • Page 11: Legal Notices

    Agfa Corporation. Copyright © 1997-2001 Agfa Monotype Corporation. Trademarks Canon, the Canon Logo, and imageCLASS are trademarks of Canon Inc. Adobe and Adobe Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PCL, PCL5, and PCL6 are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
  • Page 12: Copyright

    Disclaimers The information in this document is subject to change without notice. CANON INC. MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEREOF, WARRANTIES AS TO MARKETABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF USE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT.
  • Page 13: Before You Start Using This Machine

    Before You Start Using This Machine This chapter describes how to set up the printing environment from the touch panel display. Menu Functions ............1-2 What Are Menu Functions? .
  • Page 14: Menu Functions

    Menu Functions This section describes the menu functions and how to access them with the touch panel display. What Are Menu Functions? Specifying the Menu Settings The machine lets you specify settings, such as the number of copies and the paper size, to use when it receives a print job.
  • Page 15: Settings Priorities

    Settings Priorities When the same menu function setting can be specified by using the keys on the machine or by specifying the setting in an application or the printer driver, the setting from the application or printer driver has priority. These settings will override the settings made on the machine.
  • Page 16: Accessing The Menus

    Accessing the Menus To access the printer-related menu functions, display the Printer Settings screen on the touch panel display and use the keys on the display to specify the settings. IMPORTANT You can access menus and modify settings while print jobs are waiting in the queue. However, any new settings will only affect print jobs sent to the queue after the modifications were made.
  • Page 17 Press [ ] or [ ] to select the Printer Settings item ➞ press [OK]. PRINTER SETTINGS 1.DEFAULT PAPERSIZE Menu Functions...
  • Page 18: Using The Printer Settings Menu

    Using the Printer Settings Menu The Printer Settings menu enables you to access common features. Below is an abbreviated outline of the Printer Settings menu structure. For a detailed description of all Printer Settings menu options, see Chapter 2, "Printer Settings Menu."...
  • Page 19 Press (Additional Functions). PQRS Additional Functions Log In/Out Clear Display Contrast Processing/ Error Data Press [Printer Settings]. WXYZ Start Power Using the Printer Settings Menu...
  • Page 20 Press [ ] or [ ] to select <COPIES> ➞ press [OK]. The <COPIES> menu is displayed. Using the Printer Settings Menu PRINTER SETTINGS 1.DEFAULT PAPERSIZE PRINTER SETTINGS 3.COPIES...
  • Page 21 Press [ ] or [ ] to specify the number of copies ➞ press [OK]. COPIES You can also use (numeric keys) to enter the value. (The numeric keys are not available depending on the Printer Settings item.) You can change the value by pressing [ ] or [ ], even if you have entered the value using (numeric keys).
  • Page 22: Printer Settings Menu

    Printer Settings Menu This chapter describes how to use the Printer Settings menu and its submenus. An Overview of Printer Settings ..........2-2 Settings Menu.
  • Page 23: An Overview Of Printer Settings

    An Overview of Printer Settings The following table lists all settings of the Printer Settings menu. ■ Settings Menu Additional Functions PRINTER SETTINGS DEFAULT PAPERSIZE DEFAULT PAPERTYPE COPIES 2-SIDED PRINTING PRINT QUALITY IMAGE REFINEMENT DENSITY TONER SAVER PAGE LAYOUT BINDING MARGIN ERROR TIME OUT COLLATE...
  • Page 24 ■ PCL Settings Additional Functions PRINTER SETTINGS PCL SETTINGS ORIENTATION PORTRAIT FONT NUMBER 0 to 120; 0 POINT SIZE 4.00 to 999.75 point; 12.00 point PITCH 0.44 to 99.99 cpi; 10.00 cpi FORM LINES 5 to 128 lines; 60 lines PC1004, PIFONT, PSMATH, PSTEXT, ROMAN8, VNINTL, VNMATH, VNUS, WIN30, WINBALT, WINL1, WINL2, WINL5,...
  • Page 25: Settings Menu

    Settings Menu Default PaperSize , STMT, EXECUTIV, ISO-B5, ISO-C5, COM10, MONARCH, DL, A4, A3, B4, B5, A5, 11X17, LGL This parameter defines the default paper size used when the paper size cannot be set within the application software, when no paper source is specified. IMPORTANT If you are printing from an OS (operating system) that does not have a printer driver for the machine, make sure that the paper loaded in the paper drawer matches the...
  • Page 26: Copies

    - Heavy Paper 2: 24 to 28 lb bond (91 to 105 g/m - Heavy Paper 3: 28 to 32 lb bond (106 to 128 g/m • Canon transparency film is recommended for printing on transparencies. • Canon label paper is recommended for printing on labels.
  • Page 27: Print Quality

    Print Quality ■ Image Refinement ON*, OFF This setting smooths the jagged outlines of characters and graphics. If [ON] is selected, smoothing is performed before printing. If [OFF] is selected, jobs are printed without being smoothed. NOTE The results of image refinement may be different depending on the types of characters and graphics you want to print.
  • Page 28: Page Layout

    Page Layout ■ Binding LONG EDGE*, SHORT EDGE This parameter determines whether the binding position is along the long edge or the short edge of the paper. When binding for two-sided printing, the image orientation is automatically adjusted for correct layout. When the binding position is on the long edge of the paper: Two-sided printing in portrait orientation...
  • Page 29: Margin

    ■ Margin -01.90 INCHES to 01.90 INCHES (in increments of 0.01"); 00.00 INCHES* This setting sets the page margin. The settings can be set in increments of 0.01" (0.5 mm) between -1.90" (-50.0 mm) and 1.90" (50.0 mm). Use [ ] to increase the width of the inside margin. Use [ ] to increase the width of the outside margin.
  • Page 30: Error Time Out

    Binding and Margin Settings Refer to the figures below to set binding and margins. Portrait printing with margin Front Back (Two-sided printing) Set the paper orientation in the application you are using. Error Time Out (TIME OUT PERIOD: 5 to 300 SEC), OFF; 15 SEC This setting enables you to force jobs to finish if no data is received during the set period of time.
  • Page 31: Collate

    However, in some cases, the data is not deleted from the machine's memory, and the print job may not print correctly. Canon recommends that you reset the printer to delete the data and print the job again.
  • Page 32: Pcl Settings

    PCL Settings PCL Settings ■ Orientation PORTRAIT , LANDSCAPE This setting enables you to set the paper orientation. If [PORTRAIT] is selected, the print image is printed in portrait orientation regardless of the orientation of the paper in the paper drawers. A B C D E Portrait If [LANDSCAPE] is selected, the print image is printed in landscape orientation...
  • Page 33: Pitch

    ■ Pitch 0.44 to 99.99 cpi (in increments of 0.01 cpi); 10.00 If the number selected in Font Number is that of a fixed pitch scalable font, 'PITCH' appears as the setting item. It enables you to specify the pitch for the default font.
  • Page 34: Append Cr To Lf

    ■ Append CR to LF , YES This setting enables you to specify whether to append a carriage return (CR) when line feed code (LF) is received. If [YES] is selected, the print head moves to the beginning of the next line when line feed code is received.
  • Page 35: Enlarge A4

    ■ Enlarge A4 , ON This setting determines whether to expand the printable area of A4 size paper to that of Letter size in width. If [ON] is selected, all the area on a page 1/8" (4.23 mm) from the top and bottom edges and 1/16"...
  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting This chapter explains how to solve printing problems and the remedial steps to take if printing fails. Printing Problems ............3-2 Printer Trouble .
  • Page 37: Printing Problems

    If you have difficulties in printing, we recommend that you resolve with the following remedies. NOTE Please contact your local authorized Canon dealer if a problem persists, or if you encounter problems not listed in following sections. Printer Trouble Indicators off and display blank.
  • Page 38 Printing does not start. Cause 1 Output tray is full of paper during the print job. Remedy Remedy Remove the paper in the tray. Cause 2 The machine and host computer are not properly connected. Remedy Check the cable connection between the host computer and machine. (See Chapter 1, "Connecting the Machine to a Network"...
  • Page 39 The machine does not work. Cause There is a problem with the machine or the software. Remedy Look at the message on the touch panel display and act accordingly. You cannot print a job or store a job. Cause The total number of pages in all jobs has exceeded the limit which can be processed.
  • Page 40: Print Problems

    Print Problems Printer not using the font you want. Cause You have specified a font that is not available. Remedy Check whether the font you specified is available with the machine. (See "Typeface Samples," on p. 4-11 and "Symbol Sets," on p. 4-16.) One edge of the document is cut off.
  • Page 41 Printing garbled text. Cause 1 The printer selection you made when you set up or installed your software application was incorrect. Remedy Make sure the correct printer is selected. (See Chapter 2, "Getting Started," in the PCL Driver Guide or the UFR II Driver Guide.) Cause 2 If different portions of the text are garbled every time you print, the interface cable may be too long, and spurious noise is corrupting the data.
  • Page 42: Other Print Problems

    The fixing roller inside the fixing unit may be dirty. Clean the fixing roller. (See Chapter 7, "Routine Maintenance," in the Reference Remedy Guide.) Black stripes appear on multiple sheets in sequence Cause The cartridge may be damaged. Remedy Contact your local authorized Canon dealer. Other Print Problems...
  • Page 43: Appendix

    Appendix This chapter shows print samples for different fonts, describes font information, and lists a summary of the specifications for the machine. Some Basic Facts about Fonts ..........4-2 What Is a Font? .
  • Page 44: Some Basic Facts About Fonts

    Some Basic Facts about Fonts This section summarizes some of the basic facts you should know about fonts. What Is a Font? A font is a collection of letters and symbols used when printing a document. In general, a group of letters and symbols sharing a common design is referred to as a font.
  • Page 45: Typeface

    Typeface Typeface refers to the design of the characters and symbols. The following figure shows an example of some typefaces. Stroke Weight Stroke weight refers to the thickness of the print. There are light, medium, and bold stroke weights. The printer function has medium and bold fonts available. The figure below shows an example of medium and bold printing.
  • Page 46: Point Size

    Point Size Point size refers to the height of the character. Character size is measured in points. One inch is divided into 72 points and 1 point is 1/72 of an inch (about 0.35 mm). The printer function has bitmapped fonts and scalable fonts available. The bitmapped fonts are fixed in size, but the scalable fonts are not fixed in size.
  • Page 47: Character Width (Fixed And Ps)

    Character Width (Fixed and PS) Each character has a different width from all the other characters in a font at a given point size. For example, "W" is a wider letter than "I." There are two ways to print letters of different widths: you can print all letters with the same spacing, regardless of their actual width;...
  • Page 48: Symbol Set

    Symbol Set When you print the letter "A," the host computer sends a code corresponding to "A" (hexadecimal 41 is an example of this) to the machine. This code is referred to as the character code. The machine stores an internal representation of each character, and selects from among these character patterns the pattern corresponding to the received code.
  • Page 49: Fonts And Scalable Fonts

    Fonts and Scalable Fonts There are two types of fonts available, and these fonts are distinguished by the type of data from which they are formed. • Bitmapped fonts • Scalable fonts Bitmapped Fonts Each character of bitmapped fonts are composed of a grid of small dots and stored in the machine's memory in dot matrix format.
  • Page 50: Scalable Fonts

    Scalable Fonts With scalable fonts, characters are freely enlarged or compressed from the one point to any size you wish in 0.1 point increments. Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 51: Standard Scalable Fonts (Pcl)

    Standard Scalable Fonts (PCL) With scalable fonts, characters are freely enlarged or compressed from one point to any size you wish in 0.1 point increments. (The maximum range of scaling depends on the size of the memory installed in the machine and the size of the paper used.) The following scalable typefaces are included with the machine.
  • Page 52: Ocr Sets Fonts (Pcl)

    OCR Sets Fonts (PCL) OCR A OCR B Bar Code Fonts (PCL) BC 3 of 9 Thin BC 3 of 9 Light BC 3 of 9 BC 3 of 9 Semi BC 3 of 9 Heavy Code 128 Code 128 Bold Code 128 Condensed Code 128 Condensed Bold...
  • Page 53: Typeface Samples

    Typeface Samples Standard Scalable Fonts (PCL) Courier CG Times CG Times Bold CG Times Italic CG Times Bold Italic CG Omega CG Omega Bold CG Omega Italic CG Omega Bold Italic Coronet Clarendon Condensed Univers Medium Univers Bold Univers Medium Italic Univers Bold Italic Univers Medium Condensed Univers Bold Condensed...
  • Page 54 Marigold Albertus Medium Albertus Extra Bold Arial Arial Bold Arial Italic Arial Bold Italic Times New Times New Bold Times New Italic Times New Bold Italic Helvetica Helvetica Bold Helvetica Oblique Helvetica Bold Oblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique Palatino Roman Palatino Bold...
  • Page 55 ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Oblique ITC Bookman Light ITC Bookman Demi ITC Bookman Light Italic ITC Bookman Demi Italic New Century Schoolbook Roman New Century Schoolbook Bold New Century Schoolbook Italic New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Times Roman Times Bold Times Italic Times Bold Italic ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic...
  • Page 56: Bar Code Scalable Fonts (Pcl)

    Bar Code Scalable Fonts (PCL) BC 3 of 9 Thin BC 3 of 9 Light BC 3 of 9 BC 3 of 9 Semi BC 3 of 9 Heavy Code 128 Code 128 Bold Code 128 Condensed Code 128 Condensed Bold Code 128 Expanded Code 128 Expanded Bold Interleaved 2 of 5 Light...
  • Page 57: Ocr Code Scalable Fonts (Pcl)

    OCR Code Scalable Fonts (PCL) OCR A OCR B Bitmapped Fonts (PCL) Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer Line Printer 4-15 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 58: Symbol Sets

    Symbol Sets ASCII DeskTop 4-16 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 59: Iso 8859-1 Latin 1

    ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 ISO 8859-10 Latin 6 4-17 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 60: Iso 8859-2 Latin 2

    ISO 8859-2 Latin 2 ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 4-18 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 61: Iso French

    ISO French ISO German 4-19 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 62: Iso Italian

    ISO Italian ISO Norwegian 4-20 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 63: Iso Spanish

    ISO Spanish ISO Swedish 4-21 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 64: Iso United Kingdom

    ISO United Kingdom Legal 4-22 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 65: Mc Text

    Math-8 MC Text 4-23 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 66: Microsoft Publishing

    Microsoft Publishing PC-1004 4-24 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 67: Pc-775

    PC-775 PC-8 4-25 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 68: Pc-8 D/N

    PC-8 D/N PC-850 4-26 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 69: Pc-852

    PC-852 PC-Turkish 4-27 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 70: Pi Font

    Pi Font PS Math 4-28 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 71: Ps Text

    PS Text Roman-8 4-29 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 72: Symbol

    Symbol Ventura International 4-30 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 73: Ventura Math

    Ventura Math Ventura US 4-31 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 74: Windows 3.0 Latin 1

    Windows 3.0 Latin 1 Windows 3.1 Latin 1 4-32 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 75: Windows 3.1 Latin 2

    Windows 3.1 Latin 2 Windows 3.1 Latin 5 4-33 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 76: Windows Baltic

    Windows Baltic Wingdings 4-34 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 77: Of 9 Barcode

    3 of 9 Barcode Code 128 4-35 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 78: Codabar

    CODABAR Interleaved 2 of 5 4-36 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 79: Msi / Plessey

    MSI / Plessey PostNet 4-37 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 80: Upc / Ean Barcode

    UPC / EAN barcode OCR-A 4-38 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 81: Ocr-B

    OCR-B Dingbats 4-39 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 82: Iso Latin 9

    ISO Latin 9 PC-8 Greek CP437 4-40 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 83: Pc-858

    PC-858 PC-860 4-41 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 84: Pc-865

    PC-865 Roman 9 4-42 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 85: Iso Substitution Table

    ISO Substitution Table This section provides a list of the character code tables for the character in each symbol set. 4-43 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 86 The shaded characters in the table are replaced with the corresponding ones in the following table according to the graphic set used. 4-44 Some Basic Facts about Fonts...
  • Page 87: Specifications

    Specifications Specifications are subject to change without notice for product improvement or future release. Controller Specifications Memory Capacity (RAM) (ROM) Host interface Software Specifications Command Language Resident Fonts Printable Area ARM9 196 MHz Standard 256 MB Standard 32MB (16MB + 16MB) One USB connector (V 2.0) PCL5e, PCL6, and UFR II PCL:...
  • Page 88: Index

    Index Numerics 2-Sided Printing, 2-5, 2-7 3-hole Punch Paper, 2-4 Accessing the Menus, 1-4 Append CR to LF, 2-13 Attributes of Fonts, 4-2 Bar Code Font List, 4-10 Binding, 2-7 Bitmapped Fonts, 4-7 Bond Paper, 2-4 Carriage Return, 2-13 Character Width, 4-2, 4-5 Collate, 2-10 Color Paper, 2-4 Controller Specifications, 4-45...
  • Page 89 Heavy Paper, 2-4 Image Refinement, 2-6 Initialize Printer Set, 2-10 ISO Substitution Table, 4-43 Italics, 4-3 Labels, 2-4 Landscape, 2-11 Letterhead, 2-5 Line Feed, 2-13 Margin, 2-8 Menu Functions, 1-2 Oblique, 4-3 OCR Font List, 4-10 Orientation, 2-11, 4-2, 4-5 Page Layout, 2-7 PCL, 2-11 PCL Settings, 2-3...
  • Page 90 Standard Scalable Fonts, 4-11 Unit of Measure, 2-12 Upright, 4-3 Using the Printer Settings Menu, 1-6 X dimension, 2-12 Y dimension, 2-12 4-48 Index...
  • Page 91 CANON INC. 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan CANON U.S.A., INC. One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042, U.S.A. CANON CANADA INC. 6390 Dixie Road Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1P7, Canada CANON EUROPA N.V. Bovenkerkerweg 59-61 1185 XB Amstelveen, The Netherlands CANON FRANCE S.A.S.

Table of Contents