Paper setting for Printing

By registering the paper size and the media type loaded in the cassette, you can prevent the printer from misprinting by displaying the message before printing starts when the paper size or the media type of the loaded paper differs from the print settings.

• When you load paper in the cassette:

  

  The screen to register the cassette paper information is displayed.

  

  Press the OK button, then register the paper size and the media type according to the loaded paper.

  Important

  • For details on the proper combination of paper settings you can specify by the printer driver or on the LCD:

    Setting the Media Type with the Printer Driver and on the Printer

    Setting the Paper Size with the Printer Driver and on the Printer

• When the paper settings for printing are different from the cassette paper information registered to the printer:

  Ex:

  • Paper setting for printing: B5

  • Cassette paper information registered to the printer: A4

  

  When you start printing, a message is displayed.

  

  Confirm the message, then press the OK button. When the screen to select the operation is displayed, select one of the operations below.

  Note

  • Depending on the setting, the choices below may not be displayed.

  Use cass. settings

  Select if you want to print on the paper loaded in the cassette without changing the paper settings.

  For example, when the paper setting for printing is B5 and the cassette paper information registered to the printer is A4, the printer starts printing with B5 on the paper loaded in the cassette.

  Replace the paper

  Select if you want to print after replacing the paper of the cassette.

  For example, when the paper setting for printing is B5 and the cassette paper information registered to the printer is A4, you load B5 sized paper in the cassette before you start printing.

  The cassette paper information registration screen is displayed after replacing the paper and inserting the cassette. Register the cassette paper information according to the paper you loaded in the cassette.

  Note

  • If you do not know what paper information to register to the printer, press the Back button when the screen to select the operation is displayed. When the previous screen is displayed, confirm the paper size and the media type, then register them to the printer.

  • For details on the proper combination of paper settings you can specify by the printer driver or on the LCD:

    Setting the Media Type with the Printer Driver and on the Printer

    Setting the Paper Size with the Printer Driver and on the Printer

  Cancel printing

  Cancels printing.

  Select when you change the paper settings specified for printing. Change the paper settings, then try printing again.

  Note

  • You can disable the message which prevents misprinting. When you disable the message, the printer starts printing even though the paper settings for printing and the cassette paper information registered to the printer are different.

    • To change the setting using the operation panel:

      Cassette settings

    • To change the setting using the printer driver:

      Changing the Printer Operation Mode