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'''<big>Printing with the Canon C600i
</big>
'''
Upload your PDF by Airdrop - see yellow sticker - to the Mac.
Your file can be found in the folder "downloads".
From here you drag it to the Tab "Held" in the app Command Workstation by Fiery.
Doubleclick on the file, go to Presets.
Now adjust Media Type. If doublesided, also check 2-sided printing (long edge/short edge)
on the Layout Tab and choose Scaling (100% or scale).
'''If you have checked these 5 items, press PRINT.
'''
More details below:
'''<big>QuickStart guide: printing on the Big Canon high speed laserprinter c600i
</big>'''
For a fair price, from € 0,15 for a single side A4, you can upgrade the quality of your prints by printing on the c600i.
There is a variety of papers in stock. Matte, glossy, green label, sulphate.
From 90 up to 300 grammes.


All these papers are especially designed for laser printing.
== 1. Drag to Held ==


You can also use your own paper, but beware that not everything is printable.
[[File:Canon_Held.jpeg]]


Do not bend or roll up the paper that still needs to be printed!


* drag your pdf from the desktop to the line called "Held"
* double-click your file to open the options window


'''How to prepare your files?'''
== 2. Fill in the Quick Access ==


The software program that we use for printing is called Fiery Command Workstation.
[[File: Canon_QuickAccess.jpeg]]


There is a tab called HELD. That is where you drop your files in.
'''Fill in the fields according to your design'''<br>
<br>
For thin paper (100-160 grams) you start with '''PRESETS'''. <br>
120 gram A4 and A3, 160 gram and 100 gram green label are already in the machine, <br>
we named the trays 1,2,3 and paper deck<br>
For paper from our own collection (drawer 1 - drawer 22) you start with the '''PAPER CATALOG'''.<br>
if you brought your own paper, use '''MEDIA TYPE''' and find a description that suits.<br>


Files can only be PDF, and preferably PDF/x a:2001.
1. How many copies do you need?<br>
2. choose your desired paper-size (A4, A3)<br>
3. what kind of paper would you like to print on? <br>
- The numbers in the paper catalogue match the numbers on our paper drawers.<br>
- Media type will automatically change.<br>
4. The orientation, or 2-sided printing has to be chosen. You can choose between ''Short Edge'' and ''Long Edge''. <br>
'''Landscape''' files should be ''Short Edge'' <br>
'''Portrait''' files should be ''Long Edge''.<br>


This is the kind of PDF that integrates all your used fonts and puts the file in CMYK.
== 3. Send to Print ==
<br>
[[File:Canon_ok_print.jpeg]]<br>


From InDesign you export your files as a PDF file.
- click 'OK' to save your setting<br>
- if the printer is free you can click "print"<br>


From Illustrator you save your files as PDF files.


In the next screen after saving, fill in the type of PDF (PDF/x a:2001) where it says "none".
== 4. Adding paper manually ==


If you bought paper somewhere else, beware of three aspects of the paper: the weight, the size and if it is glossy or matte. Try to find the most similar paper in our own paper selection, using our '''paper catalog'''. If there is no such paper in our drawers, go to '''Media Type''' and find the right description there.


'''After you dropped your PDF in the HELD tab, double click on it.
'''


In the next screen in the upper right side, you can click and look for presets.


If you find a preset that is (close to) what you want, choose it.
- Make sure to check the package of you paper for the weight of the paper:<br>
The Canon C600i can print on '''up to 300 grams''' paper.<br>
- Upload your pdf 2001 file as always into the Fiery Command workstation Held folder and double click your file to open the properties/setup window. Select MEDIA in the left column. <br>


You can still adjust all options.
[[File: Canon_Paperguide1.jpg]]


There are minimal five options you need to check. This is what the printer wants to know:


1. Manually select the multi-purpose tray as paper source and chose your paper size.<br>
2. Instead of using the paper catalog, you use the '''media type menu''' to select the weight of your paper.<br><br>
For matt paper use the “heavy” settings, for glossy and coated paper use the “2-sided coated” settings. <br><br>


tab MEDIA
'''When in doubt ask the station instructor for help.'''<br>
<br>


• What is the size of the paper you are going to print on?
== 5. printing a magazine ==


• What kind of paper is that?
You need to have a PDF (PDF/X: a:2001) with single pages, so no spreads.<br>
Preferably a total amount of pages that is devidable by 4, so 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 etc.<br>
Otherwise you will have blank pages in your magazine.<br>
Drag it to the '''held folder''' and choose a '''Preset''' that begins with Booklet.<br>
The standard setting is for a "self cover" magazine. Then the cover is the same paper as the rest.<br>
If you have less or as much as 24 pages (= 6 sheets), you can have it stapled by the machine. Go to "Finishing" and choose "Saddle Stitch". With all the presets you can click Print now and the complete magazine falls out of the machine, only the "Booklet_manual_Feed" asks for more settings.<br>
<br>


In which drawer is the paper?
'''Booklet on other paper than the papers already in the Canon printer'''<br>
You can choose paper from our collection (drawers 1-22) or even buy your own paper somewhere else. In these cases you have to pick the right paper from the Paper Catalog or pick a Media Type. Do not forget to Define Cover in the Layout Menu. The printer will first print the cover, also when it is a self cover. So when you cover is a separate document, you also have to go to "Define Cover". For stapling, see above.<br>


<br>
'''Gluebinding'''<br>
When you want a gluebinded book, ask us to turn the machine on. That will take at least a half hour.
You can use the booklet function as well, but now turn off the folding and stapling in Finishing. You can cut the printed sheets in half and make one pile. Remember that, if you have a lot of pages (<100) you need a spine in your cover. Make two carves with a folding bone for the spine. In the glue binder, the line close to the back of your cover should align with the arrow on the glue binder where you put your cover.<br>
You can also print on A4 if you are making an A4 booklet. Now you have to cut off the paper on the left side before glue binding. It is cheaper though to print on A3 and cut in half. To be save, print the booklet smaller than A4 (95% or lower) so there is still a flexible margin for the cover.<br><br>


In the next tab LAYOUT fill in:


• Do you want to scale your file, or is it 100%?


• Is it double sided and if so, does it turn of the short or the long edge?
== 6. avoid paper jams ==


It will happen! <br><br>
But when you follow these rules, you can '''avoid''' or minimise the paper jams.<br><br>
1. Do not mix up Clear Film with Tracing Paper.<br>
2. Put '''at least 10 sheets''' more than you are printing in the multi purpose tray. <br>
3. Let the pile of paper breathe. Take the ends, hold firm and twist a little. Now some air gets in between the sheets to prevent them to get stuck to another sheet.<br>
4. Do not print double sided on paper thicker than 250 grams. Glossy goes fine, Greenlabel not. If it gets stuck more than two times in a row, print your paper twice single sided.<br>
5. Glossy 115 A3 with a full black print on it will get stuck frequently in the fuser. Maybe because the machine heatens up too much there. Wait a minute before trying again. Do not print a lot of very black images full size A3 directly after each other. <br>
6. Do not let the printer staple more than 6 sheets 120 grams (24 page magazine), 4 sheets 160 grams, 2 sheets 250 gram.<br>
7. '''With 'YOUR OWN PAPER' we try twice'''. So if it does not print after the second try, or it gets jammed, we skip your paper. <br>
8. Textured aquarel paper will be likely to jam. Also already rolled up paper or damaged paper.<br>
9. Do not print paper that is not cut properly. A paper that is 21 cm X 28 cm will jam if you send it as an A4.


'''Booklet'''


For booklet printing, always use a PDF with separate pages, never spreads.


If you have a self cover magazine (everything has the same paper quality), your cover is page 1 in your PDF.
For folded and staples magazines, your total amount of pages should be devidable by four.


So you can have 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 pages in your PDF.


For more that 24 pages it is recommended to glue bind, or to print your book in signatures.


For signatures, use the Nested Saddle option. Fill in how many sheets you need in one signature.


The default setting for Booklet is Saddle Stitch. This means that your first and last pages will be on the same sheet.
At the printer's paper tray<br>
[[File: Canon_Paperguide2.jpg]]<br>
Put your paper in the multi-purpose tray and close the slides until the printer recognises
your paper size. <br>
Press ''change'' at paper type.<br>


For self covers it means that your frontcover is on the right side of the sheet, and the backcover on the left.  
[[File: Canon_Paperguide3.jpg]]<br>
This will be sheet 1.
To find the paper type menu you need for your own paper, select ''standard paper type'' in the drop-down menu on the left.<br>


In the Booklet modus, you do not print pages, but sheets. And each sheet has four pages.
[[File: Canon_Paperguide4.jpg]]<br>
Use the menu to select ''the same paper type'' you selected in the printing program.<br>
Press ok twice and you are ready to go.

Latest revision as of 12:36, 1 November 2023


1. Drag to Held

Canon Held.jpeg


  • drag your pdf from the desktop to the line called "Held"
  • double-click your file to open the options window

2. Fill in the Quick Access

Canon QuickAccess.jpeg

Fill in the fields according to your design

For thin paper (100-160 grams) you start with PRESETS.
120 gram A4 and A3, 160 gram and 100 gram green label are already in the machine,
we named the trays 1,2,3 and paper deck
For paper from our own collection (drawer 1 - drawer 22) you start with the PAPER CATALOG.
if you brought your own paper, use MEDIA TYPE and find a description that suits.

1. How many copies do you need?
2. choose your desired paper-size (A4, A3)
3. what kind of paper would you like to print on?
- The numbers in the paper catalogue match the numbers on our paper drawers.
- Media type will automatically change.
4. The orientation, or 2-sided printing has to be chosen. You can choose between Short Edge and Long Edge.
Landscape files should be Short Edge
Portrait files should be Long Edge.

3. Send to Print


Canon ok print.jpeg

- click 'OK' to save your setting
- if the printer is free you can click "print"


4. Adding paper manually

If you bought paper somewhere else, beware of three aspects of the paper: the weight, the size and if it is glossy or matte. Try to find the most similar paper in our own paper selection, using our paper catalog. If there is no such paper in our drawers, go to Media Type and find the right description there.


- Make sure to check the package of you paper for the weight of the paper:
The Canon C600i can print on up to 300 grams paper.
- Upload your pdf 2001 file as always into the Fiery Command workstation Held folder and double click your file to open the properties/setup window. Select MEDIA in the left column.

Canon Paperguide1.jpg


1. Manually select the multi-purpose tray as paper source and chose your paper size.
2. Instead of using the paper catalog, you use the media type menu to select the weight of your paper.

For matt paper use the “heavy” settings, for glossy and coated paper use the “2-sided coated” settings.

When in doubt ask the station instructor for help.

5. printing a magazine

You need to have a PDF (PDF/X: a:2001) with single pages, so no spreads.
Preferably a total amount of pages that is devidable by 4, so 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 etc.
Otherwise you will have blank pages in your magazine.
Drag it to the held folder and choose a Preset that begins with Booklet.
The standard setting is for a "self cover" magazine. Then the cover is the same paper as the rest.
If you have less or as much as 24 pages (= 6 sheets), you can have it stapled by the machine. Go to "Finishing" and choose "Saddle Stitch". With all the presets you can click Print now and the complete magazine falls out of the machine, only the "Booklet_manual_Feed" asks for more settings.

Booklet on other paper than the papers already in the Canon printer
You can choose paper from our collection (drawers 1-22) or even buy your own paper somewhere else. In these cases you have to pick the right paper from the Paper Catalog or pick a Media Type. Do not forget to Define Cover in the Layout Menu. The printer will first print the cover, also when it is a self cover. So when you cover is a separate document, you also have to go to "Define Cover". For stapling, see above.


Gluebinding
When you want a gluebinded book, ask us to turn the machine on. That will take at least a half hour. You can use the booklet function as well, but now turn off the folding and stapling in Finishing. You can cut the printed sheets in half and make one pile. Remember that, if you have a lot of pages (<100) you need a spine in your cover. Make two carves with a folding bone for the spine. In the glue binder, the line close to the back of your cover should align with the arrow on the glue binder where you put your cover.
You can also print on A4 if you are making an A4 booklet. Now you have to cut off the paper on the left side before glue binding. It is cheaper though to print on A3 and cut in half. To be save, print the booklet smaller than A4 (95% or lower) so there is still a flexible margin for the cover.


6. avoid paper jams

It will happen!

But when you follow these rules, you can avoid or minimise the paper jams.

1. Do not mix up Clear Film with Tracing Paper.
2. Put at least 10 sheets more than you are printing in the multi purpose tray.
3. Let the pile of paper breathe. Take the ends, hold firm and twist a little. Now some air gets in between the sheets to prevent them to get stuck to another sheet.
4. Do not print double sided on paper thicker than 250 grams. Glossy goes fine, Greenlabel not. If it gets stuck more than two times in a row, print your paper twice single sided.
5. Glossy 115 A3 with a full black print on it will get stuck frequently in the fuser. Maybe because the machine heatens up too much there. Wait a minute before trying again. Do not print a lot of very black images full size A3 directly after each other.
6. Do not let the printer staple more than 6 sheets 120 grams (24 page magazine), 4 sheets 160 grams, 2 sheets 250 gram.
7. With 'YOUR OWN PAPER' we try twice. So if it does not print after the second try, or it gets jammed, we skip your paper.
8. Textured aquarel paper will be likely to jam. Also already rolled up paper or damaged paper.
9. Do not print paper that is not cut properly. A paper that is 21 cm X 28 cm will jam if you send it as an A4.




At the printer's paper tray
Canon Paperguide2.jpg
Put your paper in the multi-purpose tray and close the slides until the printer recognises your paper size.
Press change at paper type.

Canon Paperguide3.jpg
To find the paper type menu you need for your own paper, select standard paper type in the drop-down menu on the left.

Canon Paperguide4.jpg
Use the menu to select the same paper type you selected in the printing program.
Press ok twice and you are ready to go.