Canon MP980 series On-Screen Manual page 809

Printing Does Not Start
Note
To make the machine the one selected by default, select Set as Default Printer (Windows),
Default Printer or Make Default (Macintosh).
Check 9: Configure the printer port appropriately.
Make sure that the printer port is configured appropriately in the printer driver.
1.
Log on as a user account with administrator privilege.
2.
Click Control Panel, then Printer under Hardware and Sound.
In Windows XP, click Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, then Printers and Faxes.
In Windows 2000, click Control Panel then Printers.
3.
Right-click the Canon XXX Printer icon, then select Properties.
4.
Click the Ports tab to confirm the port settings.
Make sure that a port named USBnnn (where "n" is a number) with Canon XXX Printer
appearing in the Printer column is selected for Print to the following port(s).
If the setting is incorrect, reinstall the MP Drivers or change the printer port to the correct one.
Check 10: Either Media Type or Page Size setting in the printer driver is
inappropriate.
When using Fine Art Paper "Photo Rag" or non Canon genuine specialty paper, be sure to select the
type of each media from Media Type and either Fine Art A4 or Fine Art Letter from Page Size or Paper
size.
Confirm the settings following the procedure below, and try printing again.
1.
Ensure that either Fine Art A4 or Fine Art Letter is selected in the application.
If the page size you want to use is not displayed, open the File menu of the application and
select Print. Then ensure that the name of your machine is selected.
2.
Ensure that the paper selected for Media Type in the Main tab (Windows) or the
Print dialog box (Macintosh) in the printer driver matches the paper loaded in the
machine.
3.
Ensure that the Page Size setting in the Page Setup tab (Windows) or the Paper
size setting in the Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh) in the printer driver is the
same as the size set in step 1.
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