Paper Type Management Settings

You can register and edit detailed information of frequently used paper types as the <Custom Type>.

To register a new paper type, first duplicate the paper type that resembles the new type in order to copy all of the internal operational parameters. This procedure copies the suitable settings to the new paper type from the registered custom paper easily.

You can also improve printing quality and paper feeding trouble by editing the custom paper, depending on the characteristics.


It is necessary to log in as an administrator to register custom paper types or change the settings of registered custom paper types. Logging into the Machine When you register the custom paper type, you cannot specify the paper source. For more information on registering the paper source, see Specifying Paper Size and Type in the Paper Deck/Drawer. You can import/export the registered custom paper type information, and share it with another Canon machine. Importing/Exporting the Settings Individually

It is necessary to log in as an administrator to register custom paper types or change the settings of registered custom paper types. Logging into the Machine

When you register the custom paper type, you cannot specify the paper source. For more information on registering the paper source, see Specifying Paper Size and Type in the Paper Deck/Drawer.

You can import/export the registered custom paper type information, and share it with another Canon machine. Importing/Exporting the Settings Individually

Registering frequently used paper types

Items that can be specified

Registering frequently used paper types

Press

(Settings/Registration) .

Press <Preferences>

<Paper Type Management Settings>.

Specify the settings.

Paper type drop-down list

Enables you to select the paper type to display.

Enables you to change the display order of the list.

Displays details for the selected paper type on the <Details/Edit> screen. If you select a custom paper type, you can edit it.

Duplicates the selected paper type as a custom paper type.

Deletes the selected custom paper type.

Appears on the <Details/Edit> screen for the custom paper type and enables you to change the settings for the selected item.

You can only edit/delete custom paper types.

Press <OK> .

Items that can be specified

The following items can be specified.

Name

You can change the name of the custom paper type.


When you register the settings for the custom paper type, make sure to change its name. You cannot change the settings of the default paper types registered in the machine.

Basis Weight

You can change the basis weight of the custom paper type.


If you enter a value that is different from the actual weight of the set paper, paper jams may occur, and the quality of the image may be adversely affected.

Finish

You can change the Finish setting of Custom Type you have registered.


If you select a finishing type which is different from that of the loaded paper, paper jams may occur, and the quality of the image may be adversely affected.

Type

You can change the Type setting of Custom Type you have registered.


If you select a paper type which is different from that of the loaded paper, paper jams may occur, and the quality of the image may be adversely affected.

Color

You can change the colour of the custom paper type.


If you select a color which is different from that of the loaded paper, paper jams may occur, and the quality of the image may be adversely affected.

Use as Template Paper

You can set this mode to <On> to use preprinted paper (paper which has logos already printed on it), such as a letterhead.


The custom paper type with <On> set for <Use as Template Paper> is not automatically selected in the following cases. When the paper type for printing is set to <Auto> If <Paper Source Auto Selection> is set to <On> and <Consider Paper Type> is set to <Off> when copying


Methods for loading paper if <Use as Template Paper> is set to <On>: Paper drawer of the main unit: the side with a logo facing down Paper source other than a paper drawer of the main unit: the side with a logo facing up

2nd Side of 2-Sided Page

You can set whether the back side of the custom paper type is previously printed or not. If the back side of the paper is not previously printed, select <Off>.

Adjust Image Position

You can adjust the printed image position, which is misaligned or distorted, by confirming test pages and specifying setting values. Adjusting the Image Position

Adjust Creep Correction

If you want to change the creep (displacement) correction for each page in a booklet, adjust the creep correction width for the registered custom paper type.


For information on creep (displacement), see Making Booklets (Booklet Copying). The value you set here becomes the default correction width when the selected paper type is used for saddle stitching with automatic "Adjust Creep (Displacement) Correction".

Curl Correction Level

You can adjust the curl correction level for custom paper type.


This mode may affect paper feeding. Since increasing the value to a great extent may cause paper jams, adjusting the values in small increments is recommended. Depending on the characteristic of the paper type, such as heavy paper, you may not be able to correct the paper curl properly even if you adjust the curl correction level.

To determine the direction of the paper curl, place the paper in the direction where the paper is output to the output tray.

Adjust the curl correction level in the direction opposite to that of printed paper.

Curl Direction of Printed Paper	Adjustment Direction
When the paper curls upward	Adjust downward (Press <->)
When the paper curls downward	Adjust upward (Press <+>)

Adjust Paper Separation Fan Level

You can change the level of the paper separation fan for registered custom paper. This setting is applied to the paper loaded in the POD Deck Lite-C or Multi-drawer Paper Deck-E.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. <-5> to <-1>: Select when the moisture of the area where air from the fan hits becomes too low due to factors such as the weather conditions and the properties of the paper, and this causes high density images to not be printed evenly or curling to increase in the printed paper. <0>: The regular setting. <1> to <5>: Select when paper jams occur frequently or when using the machine in a high temperature and high humidity environment.

This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

<-5> to <-1>: Select when the moisture of the area where air from the fan hits becomes too low due to factors such as the weather conditions and the properties of the paper, and this causes high density images to not be printed evenly or curling to increase in the printed paper.

<0>: The regular setting.

<1> to <5>: Select when paper jams occur frequently or when using the machine in a high temperature and high humidity environment.

Adjust Fan for Paper Conveyance

If a paper jam often occurs or the output paper is creased and it has a wave like appearance, you may be able to solve the problem by increasing the fan level for paper conveyance before fixation.


Adjust the fan when the paper which length of the parallel edge to the feeding direction is shorter than 200 mm jammed in the paper conveyance before fixation repeatedly. Set to +1 when a plain paper or a thin paper is used. Set to -1 when temperature/humidity is high and heavy paper is used.

Adjust Paper Curve

The paper curve is a deflection which occurs in paper when adjusting the image position. If the printed image is skewed, the output paper is creased, or the lead edge/tail end of the paper is curled, you may be able to correct them by adjusting the setting value of the paper curve.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. To improve image skew, increase the setting value. To improve paper wrinkling, loop formation marks, or curling on the lead edge/tail end of the paper, decrease the setting value.

To improve image skew, increase the setting value.

To improve paper wrinkling, loop formation marks, or curling on the lead edge/tail end of the paper, decrease the setting value.

Adjust Paper Realignment Speed

If the paper realignment speed is not appropriate, the printed image may become rough or color on the tail end of the paper may change. You can adjust the paper realignment speed according to the image problem.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. If the image is rough, press <->. If the color changes at the tail end of the paper, press <->. If the problem does not improve, press <+>.

If the image is rough, press <->.

If the color changes at the tail end of the paper, press <->. If the problem does not improve, press <+>.

Adjust Gloss

This mode enables you to adjust the glossiness of the custom paper type. You can change the glossiness of a printed image when using plain or coated paper by adjusting the temperature of the fixing unit. Press <+> to increase the gloss, and press <-> to decrease the gloss.


Depending on the paper, if the value in this mode is increased, a paper jam may occur. If the value is decreased, the quality of the image could be adversely affected or toner may not be applied properly to the image. Make sure to change the value in small increments as changing the value abruptly may cause some troubles.


Adjusting this mode may affect the paper curl status. Readjust the <Curl Correction Level> setting, if necessary.

Adjust Lead/Tail Margins

You can adjust the lead edge and tail end margins.
Depending on the paper type, if the lead edge and tail end margins are small, the paper is hard to be removed from the roller surface of the fixing unit. For that reason, the quality of the image may be adversely affected, output paper may be folded or bent at the corner, or the paper feeding troubles may occur.
In this case, you may improve the conditions by expanding the margin.

Adjust Temp. to Prevent Wrinkles

You can change the wrinkle correction level in the registered user settings if wrinkles appear or the paper seems thin and worn. Changing the Wrinkle Correction Level

Adjust Primary Transfer Voltage

Normally do not change this setting, as it may cause variation in color.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. If there is variation in the density of black image areas, increasing the primary transfer voltage for black may improve the problem. Avoid changing the primary transfer voltage for yellow, magenta, and cyan where possible, as it may cause variation in color.

If there is variation in the density of black image areas, increasing the primary transfer voltage for black may improve the problem.

Avoid changing the primary transfer voltage for yellow, magenta, and cyan where possible, as it may cause variation in color.

Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage

You can adjust the Secondary Transfer Voltage (the voltage that transfers toner to the paper) when image blurring occurs. Adjusting the Secondary Transfer Voltage

Adj. Lead Edge Sec. Transfer Volt.

If the image on the leading edge is faint or irregular compared to when printing on standard paper, you can change the leading edge secondary transfer voltage (the voltage when transferring the toner image to the paper) of the registered custom paper.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. If the entire image becomes fainter or corrupt, rather than only the lead edge, change <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage>. Adjusting <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage> may affect the settings of <Correct Tail End Toner Application> and <Adjust Image Position>. Readjust these settings, if necessary. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. <Adjustment Level>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the effect for lead edge image problems. Increasing the value too high may cause toner to be missing in high density areas. <Correction Amount>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the distance where control is performed from the lead edge of the paper. The distance increases in +0.1 mm increments.

If the entire image becomes fainter or corrupt, rather than only the lead edge, change <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage>.

Adjusting <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage> may affect the settings of <Correct Tail End Toner Application> and <Adjust Image Position>. Readjust these settings, if necessary.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

<Adjustment Level>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the effect for lead edge image problems. Increasing the value too high may cause toner to be missing in high density areas.

<Correction Amount>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the distance where control is performed from the lead edge of the paper. The distance increases in +0.1 mm increments.

Correct Tail End Toner Application

When curled paper or paper susceptible to curling is used for two-sided copying/printing, toner may not be adequately applied or the color may become faint on the tail end (from the feeding direction) of the paper. For low density images, the color may become fainter or denser. In these cases, change the <Correct Tail End Toner Application> settings of the custom paper type.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. If the entire image becomes fainter or corrupt, rather than only the lead edge, change <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage>. Adjusting <Adjust Lead Edge Secondary Transfer Voltage> may affect the settings of <Correct Tail End Toner Application> and <Adjust Image Position>. Readjust these settings, if necessary. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. <Adjustment Level>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the effect for tail end image problems. Increasing the value too high may cause toner to be missing in high density areas. <Correction Amount>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the distance where control is performed from the tail end of the paper in the lead edge direction when seen from the tail end of the paper. The distance increases in 0.1 mm increments. If performing adjustment does not improve the problem, adjust <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage> or <Adj. Lead Edge Sec. Transfer Volt.>. In this case, decreasing the secondary transfer voltage from the current value can have an effect, but adjustment should be performed gradually as it may affect the image.

If the entire image becomes fainter or corrupt, rather than only the lead edge, change <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage>.

Adjusting <Adjust Lead Edge Secondary Transfer Voltage> may affect the settings of <Correct Tail End Toner Application> and <Adjust Image Position>. Readjust these settings, if necessary.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

<Adjustment Level>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the effect for tail end image problems. Increasing the value too high may cause toner to be missing in high density areas.

<Correction Amount>: Increasing this in the positive direction increases the distance where control is performed from the tail end of the paper in the lead edge direction when seen from the tail end of the paper. The distance increases in 0.1 mm increments.

If performing adjustment does not improve the problem, adjust <Adjust Secondary Transfer Voltage> or <Adj. Lead Edge Sec. Transfer Volt.>. In this case, decreasing the secondary transfer voltage from the current value can have an effect, but adjustment should be performed gradually as it may affect the image.

Toner Amount Reduction Mode

You can adjust the total amount of toner used for each paper type.
If you set this mode to <On>, you can reduce the total amount of toner usage while retaining the CMYK values specified in Color Balance settings. As a result, you may prevent the quality of image from being affected adversely, and reduce the frequency of paper jams and paper feeding troubles.


Depending on the paper type, if the total amount of toner usage is reduced, density, colour, and glossiness may change.

Embossing Depth

You can select <Deep> when printing on textured paper that has significant unevenness.


Specifying <Deep> may cause printing speed to become slower than normal.

Adjust Saddle Fold Position

If the saddle fold position deviates from the center of the paper, you can change the saddle fold position of the registered custom paper type.

This mode can be set when the Booklet Finisher-AG/Booklet Finisher-AC is attached. Staple Finisher-AG/Booklet Finisher-AG/Staple Finisher-AC/Booklet Finisher-AC


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. If you want the position of the fold to move left, increase the set value. If you want the position of the fold to move right, decrease the set value.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

If you want the position of the fold to move left, increase the set value.

If you want the position of the fold to move right, decrease the set value.

Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position

If the paper is saddle stitched in the center but the fold position deviates from the center of the paper, you can change the fold position of the registered custom paper type.

This mode can be set when the Booklet Finisher-AG/Booklet Finisher-AC is attached. Staple Finisher-AG/Booklet Finisher-AG/Staple Finisher-AC/Booklet Finisher-AC


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. If both the saddle stitch position and the fold position deviate from the center of the paper, first adjust the fold position to match the saddle stitch position in <Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position>, and then adjust the saddle stitch position and fold position in <Change Fold/Stitch Position>. <Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position> only adjusts the fold position and <Change Fold/Stitch Position> adjusts both the saddle stitch position and fold position. For information on adjusting the paper fold position, see Change Fold/Stitch Position. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. If you want the position of the fold to move right (if you are facing the paper), increase the set value. If you want the position of the fold to move left (if you are facing the paper), decrease the set value.

If both the saddle stitch position and the fold position deviate from the center of the paper, first adjust the fold position to match the saddle stitch position in <Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position>, and then adjust the saddle stitch position and fold position in <Change Fold/Stitch Position>. <Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position> only adjusts the fold position and <Change Fold/Stitch Position> adjusts both the saddle stitch position and fold position. For information on adjusting the paper fold position, see Change Fold/Stitch Position.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

If you want the position of the fold to move right (if you are facing the paper), increase the set value.

If you want the position of the fold to move left (if you are facing the paper), decrease the set value.

Change Fold/Stitch Position

If the fold position slightly deviates from the center of the paper, you can change the saddle stitch position of the registered custom paper type.

This mode can be set when the Booklet Finisher-AG/Booklet Finisher-AC is attached. Staple Finisher-AG/Booklet Finisher-AG/Staple Finisher-AC/Booklet Finisher-AC


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. If both the saddle stitch position and the fold position deviate from the center of the paper, first adjust the fold position to match the saddle stitch position in <Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position>, and then adjust the saddle stitch position and fold position in <Change Fold/Stitch Position>. <Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position> only adjusts the fold position and <Change Fold/Stitch Position> adjusts both the saddle stitch position and fold position. For information on adjusting the paper fold position, see Adjust Saddle Stitch Fold Position. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. If you want the position of the fold to move right (if you are facing the paper), increase the set value. If you want the position of the fold to move left (if you are facing the paper), decrease the set value.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

If you want the position of the fold to move right (if you are facing the paper), increase the set value.

If you want the position of the fold to move left (if you are facing the paper), decrease the set value.

Adjust Hole Punch Position

If the hole punch position of the paper differs according to the paper type, you can change the hole punch position of the registered custom paper type. For example, if the positions of the punch holes on multiple paper types in the Sheet Insertion mode are not exactly the same, you can use this mode to make fine adjustments.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment. If you want the positions of the punch holes to shift down toward the bottom, increase the setting value. If you want the positions of the punch holes to shift up toward the top, decrease the setting value.

Follow the guidelines below to perform adjustment.

If you want the positions of the punch holes to shift down toward the bottom, increase the setting value.

If you want the positions of the punch holes to shift up toward the top, decrease the setting value.

Adj. Paper Convey. Before Fixation

If image problems or paper jams occur while printing, adjusting the paper feeding speed in the area before toner fixation may improve the problem.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. This mode may affect paper feeding. Since increasing the value to a great extent may cause paper jams, adjusting the values in small increments is recommended.

This mode may affect paper feeding. Since increasing the value to a great extent may cause paper jams, adjusting the values in small increments is recommended.

Adj. Ppr. Convey. in Inv./Outp. Area

If image problems or paper jams occur while printing, adjusting the paper feeding speed in the duplexing/output area may improve the problem.


This mode is displayed only if the setting is opened by the dealer or service representative. Even if it is displayed, users other than the administrators should not change the settings. For instructions on changing the settings, contact your dealer or service representative. This mode may affect paper feeding. Since increasing the value to a great extent may cause paper jams, adjusting the values in small increments is recommended.

This mode may affect paper feeding. Since increasing the value to a great extent may cause paper jams, adjusting the values in small increments is recommended.