Printing Area

FAQ ID: 8100102700

Release date: 20 October 2008

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Solution

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 (dark blue): Canon recommends that you print within this area.
Printable area (light blue): 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 PR-101
- Glossy Photo Paper "Everyday Use" GP-501
- Photo Paper Glossy GP-502
- Photo Paper Plus Glossy PP-101
- Photo Paper Plus Glossy II PP-201
- 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 on plain paper may result in printouts with reduced quality. Use them only for test printing.
  • 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.

A5, A4, B5, 4" x 6", 4" x 8", 5" x 7", 8" x 10", Credit Card, Wide

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
B5 6.90 x 9.80 inches / 175.2 x 249.0 mm
4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm 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" / 127.0 x 177.8 mm 4.73 x 6.69 inches / 120.2 x 169.8 mm
8" x 10" / 203.2 x 254.0 mm 7.73 x 9.69 inches / 196.4 x 246.0 mm
Credit Card 1.86 x 3.07 inches / 47.2 x 78.0 mm
Wide 3.73 x 6.80 inches / 94.8 x 172.6 mm

Recommended printing area
Printable area

Letter, Legal

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
Printable area

Envelopes

Size Recommended Printing Area (width x height)
European DL 4.06 x 7.12 inches / 103.2 x 180.8 mm
US Comm. Env. #10 3.86 x 7.96 inches / 98.0 x 202.1 mm

Recommended printing area

Applicable Models

  • PIXMA iP2600

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