User manual CANON LASERSHOT LBP2900 BROCHURE

[. . . ] x FCC (Federal Communications Commission) . xi Laser Safety (110 - 127 V/220 - 240 V models) . xiii Legal Limitations on the Usage of Your Product and the Use of Images . xx Chapter 1 Before You Start Using This Printer Features and Benefits . [. . . ] You can select the text string to use from the list of strings that have been setup as watermarks. Alternatively, you can click on [Edit Watermark] in the [Page Setup] sheet and create a new watermark or edit an existing watermark. 4 Printing a Document Watermark Printing 1 For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, display the [Device Settings] sheet and set [Spooling at Host] to [Auto]. Using the Printing Functions 4-43 2 Display the [Page Setup] sheet and place a checkmark next to [Watermark]. 4 Printing a Document 3 Select the character string to print as a watermark from the list on the right of [Watermark]. 4 Confirm the settings, then click [OK]. 4-44 Using the Printing Functions Editing Watermarks 1 For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, display the [Device Settings] sheet and set [Spooling at Host] to [Auto]. 4 Printing a Document 4-45 2 Display the [Page Setup] sheet, place a checkmark next to [Watermark], and then click [Edit Watermark]. Using the Printing Functions The [Edit Watermark] dialog box is displayed. 4 Printing a Document 3 Specify the following items as needed: [Position]: [Angle]: [Name]: [Text]: [Font]: [Style]: [Size]: [Color]: [Watermark Border]: [Watermark Type]: [Print on First Page Only]: Specify the position to print the selected watermark on the document. Enter X and Y axis values between -50 and 50. Specify the angle to print the selected watermark on the document. Enter a name for the watermark which will be displayed in the [Watermark] list in the [Page Setup] sheet. Enter the characters to be printed as the watermark. Select the font to be used for the watermark (True Type fonts only). Select the font style for the watermark. Specify the font size for the watermark. Specify whether a border encloses the watermark when printed. Select the watermark type from [Transparent] or [Solid]. If you select [Reduce and Arrange], the page image will be automatically reduced slightly so that the image will not protrude out of printable area when the image is shifted. If you choose [Stagger Image with Size as-is], the page image will be shifted without being reduced. Any part of the page image that extends outside of the printable area will be lost from the printout. 3 Verify the settings, then click [OK]. The [Finishing] sheet reappears. 4 Printing a Document Specifying the Finishing Method You can specify a variety of print processing options. 1 Display the [Finishing] sheet, then click [Finishing Details]. Using the Printing Functions 4-53 The [Finishing Details] dialog box is displayed. 2 Configure the following items as necessary: [Paper Size Override]: Specify this option when Letter size pages are printed on A4 size paper or A4 size pages are printed on Letter size paper. Rotates the document by 180 degrees while printing. This function can be used to print on envelopes, index card and other material that can only be fed to the printer in one specific direction. Depending on the paper you are using and the environment where you are using the printer, printing quality may be reduced. The [Special Print Mode] property provides a number of settings for resolving problems related to printing quality. Specifies whether to spool print data in EMF (metafile) format. If this option is selected, print data is spooled in EMF format. Specify this option when printing data that contains a mixture of color pages and black-and-white pages. Checking this box may increase the printing speed of mixed color/black-and-white documents. 4 Printing a Document [Rotate Print Data 180 Degrees]: [Special Print Mode]: [EMF Spooling] (Windows 2000/XP/ Server 2003 only): [Print Mixed Color/monochrome Documents at High Speed]: 3 Verify the settings, then click [OK]. The [Finishing] sheet reappears. 4-54 Using the Printing Functions Specifying the Paper Feed Method You can choose from a variety of options for selecting the paper source. 1 Display the [Paper Source] sheet. 4 Printing a Document 2 Configure the following items as necessary: [Paper Selection]: You can only choose the paper selection method when the optional 250-sheet paper feeder is installed. [. . . ] If we perform a color print based on the colors we can see on the computer display with the aim of matching those colors, the printed colors will be a little different. Use the color samples or color adjustment tools that come with the application software to adjust the displayed colors to the colors that are actually printed. 8 8-10 About Color Printing Adjusting the resolution It doesn't matter how high the resolution of printing data is, you cannot get better picture quality than the resolution of the printer. A resolution of 600 dpi at printer sizes is sufficient. If the resolution of print data is too high, print processing will take a large amount of time, and the data size will also grow. [. . . ]