Canon Knowledge Base - Use Borderless Printing (Mac OS X) MP280 / MP495 / MP499

Description

Borderless printing allows a document to be printed to the edges of the paper, leaving no border.

Solution

Borderless Printing

The borderless printing function allows you to print data without any margin by enlarging the data so that it extends slightly off the paper. Without the borderless printing function, a margin is provided around the printed data. If you want to print data such as a photo without providing any margin around it, select Borderless Printing.

The procedure for performing borderless printing is as follows:

For Mac OS X 10.6.x and v.10.5.x

Click the button in the Print dialog.

The setup window switches to the detailed display.

Note: To open the Print dialog, you typically select Print... from the File menu of your application software.
Select the printer.

Select your model name from the Printer menu.
Select the size of the paper for borderless printing.

Select xxx (borderless) from the Paper Size menu.

The above illustration shows the PIXMA MP480 dialog box.
Select Borderless Printing from the pop-up menu on the Print Dialog.
Adjust the amount of extension from the paper.

Adjust the amount of extension using the Amount of Extension slider as necessary.
Moving the slider to the right makes the amount larger and moving the slider to the left makes the amount smaller.
It is recommended to set the slider at the second position from the right for most cases.

The above illustration shows the PIXMA MP480 dialog box.
Complete the setup.
Click Print.
When you execute print, the data is printed without any margins on the paper.

For Mac OS X v.10.4.11

Select Page Attributes from the pop-up menu on the Page Setup Dialog.
Select the printer.

Select your model name from the Format for menu.
Select the size of the paper for borderless printing.

Select xxx (borderless) from the Paper Size menu, and then click OK.

The above illustration shows the PIXMA MP480 dialog box.
Select Borderless Printing from the pop-up menu on the Print Dialog.
Adjust the amount of extension from the paper.
Adjust the amount of extension using the Amount of Extension slider as necessary.
Moving the slider to the right makes the amount larger and moving the slider to the left makes the amount smaller.
It is recommended to set the slider at the second position from the right for most cases.

The above illustration shows the PIXMA MP480 dialog box.
Complete the setup.
Click Print.
When you execute print, the data is printed without any margins on the paper.

Important

Borderless Printing only supports specific paper sizes. Make sure to select a paper size with the wording "(borderless)" from the Paper Size.
When the Amount of Extension slider is set to the rightmost position, the back side of the paper may become smudged.
When borderless printing is enabled, High Resolution Paper, T-Shirt Transfers, and Envelope appear grayed out and are unavailable in Media Type list of Quality & Media of the pop-up menu in the Print dialog.
Print quality may deteriorate or the sheet may be stained at the top and bottom depending on the type of paper used.
When the ratio of the height to the width differs from the image data, a portion of the image may not be printed depending on the size of the media used.
In this case, crop the image data with an application software according to the paper size.

Note

When Plain Paper is selected from the Media Type menu of the Quality & Media, borderless printing is not recommended.

Expanding the range of the document to print

Specifying a large amount of extension allows you to perform borderless printing with no problems. However, the portion of the document that extends off the paper range will not be printed. Subjects around the perimeter of a photo may not be printed.

Try borderless printing once. If you are not satisfied with the result of borderless printing, reduce the amount of extension. The extension amount becomes shorter as the Amount of Extension slider is moved to the left.

Important

If the Amount of Extension is shortened, an unexpected margin may be produced on the print, depending on the size of paper.

Note

If the Amount of Extension slider is set to the leftmost position, image data will be printed in the full size.

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Page Setup Dialog

In the Page Setup dialog, you configure the basic print settings such as the size of paper loaded in the machine or the scaling ratio.

To open the Page Setup dialog, you typically select Page Setup... from the File menu of your application software.

Settings
Click the pop-up menu to switch the display, and then select the following items:

Page Attributes
Set the paper size or scaled printing.

Format for
Select the model to be used for printing.

Paper Size
Select the size of the paper to be used for printing.
To set a non-standard size, select Manage Custom Sizes....

Orientation
Select the print orientation.
For landscape printing with Mac OS X v.10.4.11, you can select the top and bottom of the paper to match the paper to be printed.

Scale
Set the scaling percentage.
You can expand or reduce the size of the document when printing.

Note

With Mac OS X v.10.6.x and Mac OS X v.10.5.x, you can set the Paper Size and the Orientation from the Print dialog.

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