Procedures for Installing ................................................................................................................................. 400

Updating Media Information After Installation .................................................................................................. 402

Media Configuration Tool Main Window .......................................................................................................... 406

Editing Media Type Information for Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper ............................................... 408

Adding Media Types .................................................................................................................................. 409

Changing Media Names ............................................................................................................................ 413

Deleting Media Types You Have Added ..................................................................................................... 416

Switching Media Types Display Show/Hide ................................................................................................ 417

Changing the Display Order of Media Types .............................................................................................. 419

Applying a Saved Media Information File on Another Computer ................................................................. 421

Checking the update ...................................................................................................................................... 423

The Features of Media Configuration Tool

In imagePROGRAF, the best printer settings for each paper are collected together in media information files in or-

der to give the highest quality printing results. Settings for Canon genuine paper and Canon feed confirmed paper

are provided by Canon in these media information files.

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Canon genuine paper and Canon feed confirmed paper are detailed in the Paper Reference Guide.

Note

Using the Media Configuration Tool allows you to do the following.

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When new paper supported by the printer is added, the media information file can be automatically downloa-

ded from the Canon website and the new media information can be added to the printer control panel and

printer driver.

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You can rearrange lists of the types of paper on the printer control panel and in printer driver dialog boxes and

rename them, in addition to other functions.

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Normally, when the printer driver is installed from the User Software CD-ROM, the Media Configuration Tool is

also installed and the media information is also configured. Use this software if you are not using the User Soft-

Important

ware CD-ROM, or to add new media information or edit existing media information.

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Administration of paper information using the Media Configuration Tool should be performed by the printer admin-

istrator.

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A computer that is connected to the Internet is required in order to download the media information file from the

website.

Drivers Applicable with Media Configuration Tool

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imagePROGRAF Printer Driver

Procedures for Installing

Start the installer in the new version of Media Configuration Tool, and follow procedures below to install the Media

Configuration Tool.

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When you install the printer driver from the User Software CD-ROM, the Media Configuration Tool is also instal-

led and the media information is also configured. The following procedure is therefore not normally needed. Per-

Important

form the following procedure if you are installing the Media Configuration Tool without using the User Software

CD-ROM, such as by downloading the latest version of the Media Configuration Tool from the Canon website.

iPF840

User's Guide

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Media Configuration Tool (Mac Os); The Features Of Media Configuration Tool; Procedures For Installing - Canon iPF840 User Manual

The Features of Media Configuration Tool