Printing Area
18-Jun-2013
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Solution
This page is for the PRO-1 with firmware version 2.000 or later.
Check your PRO-1 firmware version while referring to [ How to upgrade the firmware ], and upgrade the firmware if necessary before going through this page.
With the upgraded firmware, you can perform the following:
- Printing in the color hue (in the PRO Mode) that looks like the one on the monitor
- Reducing the Fine Art Paper margin (from 35 mm to 30 mm)
- Printing on Canvas paper
CAUTION
The latest version of the printer driver needs to be installed.
With Mac OS X v10.4, the above new features are not available.
To ensure the best print quality, the printer allows a margin along each edge of media. The actual printable area will be the area inside these margins.
Recommended printing area 
: Canon recommends that you print within this area.
: Canon recommends that you print within this area.Printable area 
: The area where it is possible to print.
: The area where it is possible to print.However, printing in this area can affect the print quality or the paper feed precision.
REFERENCE
Borderless Printing
- By selecting Borderless Printing option, you can make prints with no margins.
- When performing Borderless Printing, slight cropping may occur at the edges since the printed image is enlarged to fill the whole page.
- For Borderless Printing, use the following paper:
- Photo Paper Pro Platinum <PT-101>
- Photo Paper Plus Glossy II <PP-201>
- Photo Paper Pro Luster <LU-101>
- Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss <SG-201>
- Matte Photo Paper <MP-101>
Performing Borderless Printing on any other type of paper may substantially reduce printing quality and/or result in printouts with altered color hues.
- Borderless Printing is not available for legal, 11" x 17" (279.4 x 431.8 mm), A5, B5, or B4 sized paper, plain paper, or art paper.
- Depending on the type of paper, Borderless Printing may reduce the print quality at the top and bottom edges of the paper or cause these parts to become smudged.
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| A5 | 5.56 x 7.95 inches (141.2 x 202.0 mm) |
| A4 | 8.00 x 11.38 inches (203.2 x 289.0 mm) |
| A3 | 11.43 x 16.22 inches (290.2 x 412.0 mm) |
| A3+ | 12.69 x 18.70 inches (322.2 x 475.0 mm) |
| B5 | 6.90 x 9.80 inches (175.2 x 249.0 mm) |
| B4 | 9.85 x 14.02 inches (250.2 x 356.0 mm) |
| 4" x 6" (10 x 15 cm) | 3.73 x 5.69 inches (94.8 x 144.4 mm) |
| 4" x 8" (101.6 x 203.2 mm) | 3.73 x 7.69 inches (94.8 x 195.2 mm) |
| 5" x 7" (13 x 18 cm) | 4.73 x 6.69 inches (120.2 x 169.8 mm) |
| 8" x 10" (20 x 25 cm) | 7.73 x 9.69 inches (196.4 x 246.0 mm) |
| 10" x 12" (25 x 30 cm) | 9.73 x 11.69 inches (247.2 x 296.8 mm) |
| 11" x 17" (279.4 x 431.8 mm) | 10.73 x 16.69 inches (272.6 x 423.8 mm) |
| 14" x 17" (36 x 43 cm) | 13.73 x 16.69 inches (348.8 x 423.8 mm) |
| Wide | 3.73 x 6.80 inches (94.8 x 172.6 mm) |
Recommended printing area(A) 1.65 inches (42.0 mm)
(B) 1.50 inches (38.0 mm)
Printable area(C) 0.12 inches (3.0 mm)
(D) 0.20 inches (5.0 mm)
(E) 0.13 inches (3.4 mm)
(F) 0.13 inches (3.4 mm)
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| Letter | 8.00 x 10.69 inches (203.2 x 271.4 mm) |
| Legal | 8.00 x 13.69 inches (203.2 x 347.6 mm) |
Recommended printing area(A) 1.65 inches (42.0 mm)
(B) 1.50 inches (38.0 mm)
Printable area(C) 0.12 inches (3.0 mm)
(D) 0.20 inches (5.0 mm)
(E) 0.25 inches (6.4 mm)
(F) 0.25 inches (6.3 mm)
When using art paper or non-Canon genuine specialty paper, printing is not done in a 1.18 inch (30 mm) or 1.38 inch (35 mm) margin along the top and bottom edges. A limit is set to prevent printing along a 1.18 inch (30 mm) or 1.38 inch (35 mm) margin on the top and bottom edges when a page size for art paper is selected in the printer driver. We recommend checking the printing area in the preview screen before printing.
A4, A3, A3+
| Size | Recommended Printing Area (width x height) |
| A4 (art paper, 1.18 inch (30 mm) margin) | 8.00 x 9.33 inches (203.2 x 237.0 mm) |
| A4 (art paper, 1.38 inch (35 mm) margin) | 8.00 x 8.94 inches (203.2 x 227.0 mm) |
| A3 (art paper, 1.18 inch (30 mm) margin) | 11.43 x 14.17 inches (290.2 x 360.0 mm) |
| A3 (art paper, 1.38 inch (35 mm) margin) | 11.43 x 13.78 inches (290.2 x 350.0 mm) |
| A3+ (art paper, 1.18 inch (30 mm) margin) | 12.69 x 16.65 inches (322.2 x 423.0 mm) |
| A3+ (art paper, 1.38 inch (35 mm) margin) | 12.69 x 16.26 inches (322.2 x 413.0 mm) |
Recommended printing area(A) 1.18 inches (30.0 mm) or 1.38 inches (35.0 mm)
(B) 1.18 inches (30.0 mm) or 1.38 inches (35.0 mm)
(C) 0.13 inches (3.4 mm)
(D) 0.13 inches (3.4 mm)
Letter
| Size | Recommended Printing Area (width x height) |
| Letter (art paper, 1.18 inch (30 mm) margin) | 8.00 x 8.64 inches (203.2 x 219.4 mm) |
| Letter (art paper, 1.38 inch (35 mm) margin) | 8.00 x 8.24 inches (203.2 x 209.4 mm) |
Recommended printing area(A) 1.18 inches (30.0 mm) or 1.38 inches (35.0 mm)
(B) 1.18 inches (30.0 mm) or 1.38 inches (35.0 mm)
(C) 0.25 inches (6.4 mm)
(D) 0.25 inches (6.3 mm)
The printing area of the printable disc is from 0.67 inches (17 mm) of the internal diameter to 0.04 inches (1 mm) from the external diameter of the printing surface.
Recommended printing area(A) 0.67 inches (17.0 mm)
(B) 0.04 inches (1.0 mm)