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August 2007
BUYERS LAB
Lab Test Report
Canon imagePROGRAF iPF820
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Unlike the drivers on some competitive devices, the Canon imagePROGRAF
iPF820’s GARO driver provides a single-page overview of each one-touch print
profile, allowing users to make quick decisions on which setting best suits their
requirements.
Canon GARO Print Driver
A Borderless Printing selection prints images directly to the edge of the media,
which can reduce trimming and finishing requirements.
One-touch selection in the print driver’s favourites tab can be configured for set-
ting combinations of paper, size and quality settings.
The “Rotate page 90 degrees” selection from the Page Setup tab can be selected
to conserve paper.
For Windows users, the Free Layout function, an easy-to-use image-nesting fea-
ture selectable in the print driver, enables documents and/or images of differ-
ent file formats to be merged onto a single page and printed together across
the paper’s width. Each time a document is sent with the Free Layout feature
enabled, the Free Layout window opens automatically. Each submitted image
appears in the window in the order it was received. When all files have been sent,
the user can reposition them by clicking and dragging the image on the monitor
to its desired location. Once all the images are in place, users can press the print
button and they will be printed on one page.
Maintenance procedures, including nozzle check, printhead adjustment, print-
head cleaning and media feed adjustment, can be performed via the print driver,
Status Monitor and the Web page when logged on as an Administrator. This is a
preferable alternative to activating these functions at the printer’s control panel,
which is required by some other devices. These can be completed remotely and
managed by an IT department if the device is in another location.
For optimal image quality, the imagePROGRAF iPF820 possesses an auto-
switching mechanism 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 manu-
ally changed when a change in media is made on the printer.
— The procedure for generating black-only output from the print driver is not intui-
tive for users. When choosing monochrome mode in the print driver (the logi-
cal choice for black-only printing), four-colour process black is produced on all
media types. To print with black ink only, users must choose the Monochrome
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