Media Configuration Tool (Mac Os); The Features Of Media Configuration Tool; Procedures For Installing - Canon imagePROGRAF iPF680 User Manual

The Features of Media Configuration Tool

Media Configuration Tool (Mac OS)

Media Configuration Tool (Mac OS)
The Features of Media Configuration Tool .................................................................................................................. 418
Procedures for Installing ..................................................................................................................................................... 418
Starting Method ...................................................................................................................................................................... 420
Media Configuration Tool Main Window ....................................................................................................................... 421
Editing Media Type Information for Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper ....................................... 422
Adding Media Types ........................................................................................................................................................ 423
Changing Media Names ................................................................................................................................................. 426
Deleting Media Types You Have Added .................................................................................................................. 428
Switching Media Types Display Show/Hide ........................................................................................................... 429
Changing the Display Order of Media Types ........................................................................................................ 431
Checking the update ............................................................................................................................................................. 432

The Features of Media Configuration Tool

The Features of Media Configuration Tool
In imagePROGRAF, the best printer settings for each paper are collected together in media information files in order to
give the highest quality printing results. Settings for Canon genuine paper and Canon feed confirmed paper are provi-
ded by Canon in these media information files.
• Canon genuine paper and Canon feed confirmed paper are detailed in the Paper Reference Guide.
Note
The Media Configuration Tool allows you to perform the following tasks.
When supported paper has been newly added to the printer, you can add that media type to the printer control
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panel and printer driver by using the media information file provided by Canon.
You can rearrange lists of the types of paper on the printer control panel and in printer driver dialog boxes and
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rename them, in addition to other functions.
• Normally, the Media Configuration Tool is installed and the media information is configured when you install the printer
driver from the User Software CD-ROM. Use this software if you want to add new media information or edit existing
Important
media information.
• Administration of paper information using the Media Configuration Tool should be performed by the printer administra-
tor.
Drivers Applicable with Media Configuration Tool
imagePROGRAF Printer Driver
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Procedures for Installing

Procedures for Installing

Start the installer in the new version of Media Configuration Tool, and follow procedures below to install the Media Con-
figuration Tool.
• If 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. Therefore, the following procedure does not normally need to be performed. To
Important
install the Media Configuration Tool without using the User Software CD-ROM, such as when you have downloaded a
new version of the Media Configuration Tool from the Canon website, use the following procedure.
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