Roll Paper Switching Method - Canon iPF840 User Manual

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To use the function for automatically rotating portrait documents by 90 degrees, select the
90 degrees check box. Furthermore, select and click the width of the roll paper loaded in the printer from
B
the Roll Width list.
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When Rotate Page 90 degrees is selected, pages that were created in the portrait orientation are printed
in the landscape orientation by rotating 90 degrees, which may save paper depending on the paper size.
Note
• When the Rotate Page 90 degrees is selected, print-
ing by rotating the document by 90 degrees is per-
Important
formed only when the width specified in Roll Width
accommodates the vertical length of the document.
Therefore, when using this function, you should set
Roll Width correctly to the width of either of the rolls
loaded in the printer.
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If the media types of the roll paper loaded in the upper and lower rolls are different, printing is performed
on the roll paper that matches the media type specified in the print job.
If both the width and media type of the roll paper loaded in the upper and lower rolls are different when
using the function for rotating the document by 90 degrees, you should correctly set the combination of
roll paper width and media type for any one of the rolls loaded in the printer.
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Confirm the print settings, and then click
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For tips on confirming print settings, see "Confirming Print Settings ."
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Note For more information on how the paper sources are switched depending on the print job, see "Roll Paper
Switching Method."

Roll Paper Switching Method

Roll Paper Switching Method
This section describes how the printer switches between roll paper 1 and roll paper 2 depending on the case. Refer
to this as necessary such as when the printing is not as you expected.
When Roll Paper (Auto) is selected from the Paper Source list in the printer driver, the more suitable roll paper
loaded in the upper or lower roll of the printer is automatically selected depending on the print job.
Whether to use roll paper 1 or roll paper 2 is determined in order from "Condition 1" to "Condition 7" in the following
table.
At this time, the result of the determination changes depending on the Set./Adj. Menu>System Setup>Warn-
ing>Detect Mismatch setting in the printer control panel is set to which one of the following.
The If the Detect Mismatch setting is set to Pause or Hold Job
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• The If the Detect Mismatch setting is set to Warning or None
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If an error or a hold occurs, change the paper to match the print job.
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Note
The following setting in the printer control panel is recommended in order to reduce paper waste.
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Set./Adj. Menu>System Setup>Roll Switching is set to Use Optimal Size
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Paper Menu>Paper Details>(Each media type)>Width Detection is set to On
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If the Automatically switch paper sources (paper size priority) check box is selected in the Device Settings
sheet in the Windows driver, the following table should not be followed.
If the Detect Mismatch setting is set to Pause or Hold Job
Condition 1 Is the roll paper loaded in the printer long enough
to print the paper size specified in the print job?
User's Guide
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Print to start printing.
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Condition
P.270
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P.39
➔
P.41
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Status
Only either roll paper 1 or roll paper 2
is long enough
Roll Paper Switching Method
L
Rotate Page
Judgment result
The roll paper with
enough length is selec-
ted
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