Printing Flow With This Machine

Printing With a Printer Driver

Normally, the series of operations involved in printing data from a computer is specified by control commands generated using a printer driver. Control commands are a command system for controlling a printer. For example, when printing using a printer driver, control commands print data according to the following flow.

<1>	Using a printer driver, data to be printed is converted to control commands.
<2>	Control command data is sent to the machine.
<3>	Following the received control commands, the machine processes and prints the data.

This machine supports the following three kinds of control commands:

UFR II Mode

UFR (Ultra Fast Rendering) is printing technology developed by Canon. High-speed printing is made possible by sharing the processing of print data normally done by the machine with the computer.

PCL Mode (PCL Printer only)

PCL (Print Control Language), developed by Hewlett-Packard, is a command system for controlling page printers. Command versions supported by this machine are PCL5c and PCL6.

Printing With Direct Print

Printing with Direct Print can also be done with this machine. Direct Print is a print function that enables you to send TIFF/JPEG format files without using a printer driver from the computer to the machine, which recognizes the file. Therefore, you can print without the need to open files.

You can specify TIFF/JPEG files to be printed from a Remote UI.

IMPORTANT
With Direct Print, "Settings Menu (Common Settings)," and "Imaging Settings," are available from the touch panel display.

NOTE
There are some print settings that cannot be specified from the printer driver. These settings are referred to as "Menu Functions" on the touch panel display. For menu configuration and how to set up the printer environment from the touch panel display, see "Menus for Printer Settings" and "Accessing the Settings Menu." There are some print settings that cannot be specified from a Remote UI. These settings are referred to as "Menu Functions" on the touch panel display. For menu configuration and how to set up the printer environment from the touch panel display, see "Menus for Printer Settings" and "Accessing the Settings Menu." The Direct Print function may not be applicable to some TIFF files.

NOTE

There are some print settings that cannot be specified from the printer driver. These settings are referred to as "Menu Functions" on the touch panel display. For menu configuration and how to set up the printer environment from the touch panel display, see "Menus for Printer Settings" and "Accessing the Settings Menu."

There are some print settings that cannot be specified from a Remote UI. These settings are referred to as "Menu Functions" on the touch panel display. For menu configuration and how to set up the printer environment from the touch panel display, see "Menus for Printer Settings" and "Accessing the Settings Menu."

The Direct Print function may not be applicable to some TIFF files.