Specifications

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Canon imagePROGRAF iPF710
Buyers LaBoratory LAB TEST REPORT—European Edition
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 Up to 50 different paper/size/quality setting combinations can be user-con-
gured for one-touch print selection in the print driver’s Favorites tab.
— Though not uncommon, when sending A1 PDF documents, in either portrait
or landscape mode, the prints incorrectly rotate 90 degrees, resulting in
wasted paper. (This did not occur with A4 documents.) Choosing “Rotate
page 90 degrees (Conserve paper)” in the Page Setup tab solves the prob-
lem.
 Maintenance procedures, including nozzle check, printhead adjustment,
printhead cleaning and media feed adjustment, can be performed via the
print driver, Status Monitor and the Web page when logged on as an Admin-
istrator. This is a preferable alternative to activating these functions at the
printer’s control panel, which is required by some other devices.
 For optimal image quality, the iPF710 possesses an auto-switching mecha-
nism that automatically uses the correct black ink, either dye or pigment,
depending on the media type chosen in the print driver. This is an advantage
over competing devices that require different black inks to be manually
changed when a change in media is made on the printer.
— The procedure for generating black-only output from the print driver is not
intuitive for users. When choosing monochrome mode in the print driver
(the logical choice for black-only printing), four-colour process black is pro-
duced on all media types. To print with black ink only, users must choose the
Monochrome (BK Ink) selection that becomes available only when the Print
Priority is changed from Image to Line Drawing/Text.