Canon iP8700 series Online Manual page 133

Important
• When this function is used, it takes longer to print to A3 plain paper.
Also the print quality may deteriorate.
Prevent paper abrasion
The printer can increase the gap between the print head and the paper during high-density printing
to prevent paper abrasion.
Check this check box to prevent paper abrasion.
Align heads manually
Usually, the Print Head Alignment function of Test Print on the pop-up menu in the Canon IJ
Printer Utility is set to automatic head alignment, but you can change it to manual head alignment.
If the printing results of automatic print head alignment are not satisfactory,
alignment.
Check this check box to perform the manual head alignment. Uncheck this check box to perform the
automatic head alignment.
Detect the paper width when printing from computer
When you print from the computer, this function identifies the paper that was loaded into this printer.
When the paper width detected by the printer differs from the width of the paper specified in Paper
Size on the Print dialog, a message is displayed.
To use paper width detection when printing from the computer, select the check box.
Important
• When you use a custom page size, correctly set the size of the paper loaded in the printer in
the Custom Paper Sizes dialog.
If an error message is displayed even though paper of the same size that was specified is
loaded, uncheck the Detect the paper width when printing from computer check box.
3. Apply the settings
Click Apply and when the confirmation message appears, click OK.
The printer operates with the modified settings hereafter.
133
perform manual head