Printing Documents (PDF File) Saved on USB Flash Drive

You can print following PDF files (Extension: .pdf) using the operation panel of the printer.

• PDF files scanned using the operation panel of the printer and saved on a USB flash drive

• PDF files automatically or manually saved on a USB flash drive when receiving faxes

• PDF files made using Canon IJ Scan Utility for Windows or macOS™.

 Learn about PDF files you cannot print from the printer.

Follow the procedure below to print a PDF file.

1. Make sure that the printer is powered on.

2. Load A4, Letter, or Legal-sized plain paper in the rear tray or the cassette..

3. Insert a USB flash drive.

4. Select Print on the HOME screen.

5. Select From USB flash drive.

   The document list is displayed.

    When the message informing you that the operation restriction is enabled, ask the administrator of the printer you are using.

    If both photo files and PDF files are saved on the USB flash drive, the confirmation screen to select which file you print is displayed. Select Print documents in the displayed screen.

6. Select a document to print.

   File name list

   

   Preview display

   

   1. Flick vertically to display the name of documents and select document to print.

   2. Select to switch to the preview display.

   3. Flick to display document preview and select document to print.

   4. Select to switch to the file name list.

   5. Select to display the Details screen.

 File names may not be displayed properly on the document list if the file name is long or includes incompatible characters.

 On the preview screen, the first page of each PDF file is displayed on the touch screen. Also, if a document is in landscape format, it will be displayed rotated by 90 degrees.

 For some PDF files, it may take longer to display the preview or part of the preview may be cropped.

 The name of the PDF files is displayed even though the PDF files cannot be printed using the operation panel of the printer. If one of the following conditions is applicable to the PDF files, they are not printable.

• PDF files for which the preview screen is not available ("?" is displayed on the preview screen.)

• PDF files saved using application software other than Canon IJ Scan Utility

 We recommend you display the Details screen and make sure whether a PDF file is printable. If one of the following conditions is applicable to the PDF file, it is not printable.

• Information on the Details screen cannot be displayed.

• Characters other than the printer name or IJ Scan Utility are displayed on Created with.

 PDF files made using applications other than Canon IJ Scan Utility are not printable even if they are saved using Canon IJ Scan Utility.

7. Specify settings as necessary.

   

   Copies

   Specify the number of copies.

   Paper src

   Select a paper source (Rear tray / Cassette 1 / Cassette 2 / Auto) where paper is loaded.

    When Auto is selected, paper is fed from the paper source where the paper that matches the paper settings (page size and media type) is loaded.

   Page size

   Select the paper size of the loaded paper.

   Type (Media type)

   The paper type is set to Plain paper.

   Print qlty (Print quality)

   Specify the print quality.

   2-sidedPrintSetting

   Select two-sided printing or single-sided printing.

   If you select Advanced with 2-sided selected, you can specify the orientation and the stapling side of the document.

    When the printer name or IJ Scan Utility is displayed in Created with on the Details screen, you can select 2-sided to print onto both sides of a single sheet of paper.

8. Press the Black button or the Color button.

   The printer starts printing.

 You can print up to 250 pages at a time. If you try to print more than 250 pages of a PDF file, The specified PDF file contains too many pages. The pages exceeding the number of printable pages will not be printed. Continue? is displayed on the touch screen. To start printing, select Yes. If you need to print more than 250 pages of a PDF file, print them from a computer.

 Depending on the PDF file, it may be printed rotated by 90 degrees.

 If the document size is larger than the page size specified on the printer, the document will be printed at a reduced size. In this case, thin lines on the document may not be printed or images may be misaligned.

PDF Files You Cannot Print

You cannot print the following PDF files even though the name of the PDF files is displayed on the list.

• Files scanned using the operation panel of the printer and saved on a USB flash drive with Format set to other than PDF or Compact PDF

• Files made using Canon IJ Scan Utility and one of the following conditions is applied

  • ​Encrypted data

  • Data more than 2 GB

  • Data including images scanned at 9601 pixels or more in the vertical and horizontal directions

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