Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed confirmedPaper Using Existing SettingsYou can easily print on paper other than genuine Canon paper and feed confirmed paper without makingcomplicated settings by selecting the existing settings provided in the printer control panel and printer driverdepending on the media type you are using. The existing settings consist of general-purpose paper settingsprovided for different media types.Important• The Canon genuine paper settings provided in the printer control panel and printer driver are optimizedfor Canon genuine paper. If these settings are selected for printing on paper other than Canon genuinepaper, the ink may bleed or the print head may rub against the paper. To easily print on paper otherthan Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper, we recommend that you select one of thefollowing general-purpose paper settings.Note• For an overview of the media types, see "Types of Paper."• For instructions on selecting the media type with the control panel, see "Types of Paper". Forinstructions on selecting the media type with the printer driver, see "How to Open the Printer DriverSetup Window" (Windows) or "How to Open the Printer Driver Setup Window" (macOS).Choosing General-Purpose Paper SettingsThese settings anticipate a wide variety of paper other than Canon genuine paper and feed confirmedpaper, and, therefore, these settings make it difficult for bleeding ink and print head rubbing to occur. Fordetails on the relationships between the conditions of paper other than Canon genuine paper and feedconfirmed paper and the media type to select, see "Paper Information List."Note• If you cannot obtain the desired results by selecting the general-purpose paper settings, use thecustom paper adding function in Media Configuration Tool to create settings suitable for the paperyou are using. For details, see "Printing on Paper Other Than Genuine Paper and feed confirmedPaper by Adding a Media Type."49
