[F-11] Printing on Custom Size Paper or Paper at a Size of Statement, Foolscap or 16K

The following describes how to print on custom size paper or paper at a size of Statement, Foolscap or 16K.

Step 1: Loading Paper
Step 2: Registering the Paper Size
Step 3: Printing from an Application

Size of usable custom size paper
Usable paper types

"Paper Requirements"

Step 1: Loading Paper

There are two paper sources.

Paper cassette

Load custom size paper or paper at a size of Statement, Foolscap, or 16K in the paper cassette.
Remove the paper cassette.
Gently pull out the paper cassette with both hands.
CAUTION
Be sure to remove the paper cassette

If paper is loaded with the paper cassette only partially open, the paper cassette may fall out or the printer may fall over, resulting in personal injury.

Load the paper.
Align the paper with the rear of the paper cassette.
CAUTION
Precautions when loading paper

Be careful not to cut your hands with the edges of the paper.
NOTE
Align the paper stack when loading

Fan the paper thoroughly and align the edges of the stack on a flat surface before loading the paper.
If the paper stack is not aligned, several sheets of paper may be fed at a time.
Loading paper with a front and back

When using paper with a letterhead or logo, load the paper as follows.
  • Load the paper with the side to be printed facing up.
  • Load the paper with the letterhead or logo facing the rear or left side of the paper cassette.

Slide the paper guides to the position of the size of the paper to be loaded.
  1. Slide the side paper guides so that they are aligned with the width of the paper.
  2. While holding the lock release lever at the front, slide the paper guide so that it is aligned with the length of the paper.

Place the paper under the hooks (A).
Make sure that the paper stack does not exceed the marks on the load limit guides (B).
NOTE
Paper cassette capacity

You can load up to approximately 150 sheets of paper in the paper cassette.
(Plain paper: 80 g/m2)

Insert the paper cassette into the printer.
Push the paper cassette into the printer firmly until it is all the way in.
CAUTION
Precautions when inserting the paper cassette

When inserting the paper cassette, be careful not to catch your fingers.

Manual feed slot

Slide the paper guides of the manual feed slot to the outside.
Align the paper guides to a width slightly larger than the width of the paper.

Load one sheet of paper.
Insert the paper into the manual feed slot until it catches. The paper is fed to the printer automatically. (The paper is not fed when the printer is printing or during sleep mode.)
Load only one sheet of paper in the manual feed slot at a time.

Align the position of the paper guides with the width of the paper.
IMPORTANT
Be sure to align the paper guides with the width of the paper.

If the paper guides are not aligned properly with the paper, this may result in paper jams.
NOTE
Loading paper with a front and back

When using paper with a letterhead or logo, load the paper as follows.
  • Load the paper with the side to be printed facing up.
  • Insert the paper by the side with the letterhead or logo.
When paper is loaded in the manual feed slot

You do not need to register the paper size.
Select the appropriate paper size in the application, and then print the document.
"Printing from an Application"

Step 2: Registering the Paper Size

The paper cassette of the printer cannot automatically detect the paper size. Therefore, you need to register the size of the loaded paper.
Open the Printer Status Window.
  1. Click the icon of the printer () in the taskbar.
  2. Select [Canon LBP5050].

Open the [Cassette Settings] dialog box.
  1. Click [Options].
  2. Click [Device Settings].
  3. Click [Cassette Settings].

Register the paper size.
  1. Click [Custom].
  2. Click [OK].

Open the [Printers and Faxes] or [Printers] folder.
  • Windows Vista: [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Printers]
  • Windows XP Professional and Server 2003: [Start] → [Printers and Faxes]
  • Windows XP Home Edition: [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Printers and Other Hardware] → [Printers and Faxes]
  • Windows 2000: [Start] → [Settings] → [Printers]

Open the printing preferences dialog box.
  1. Select [Canon LBP5050].
  2. Click [File].
  3. Click [Printing Preferences].
NOTE
If you are using Windows Vista

By default, the menu bar is not displayed.
Use the following procedure to display the menu bar.
  1. Click [Organize] on the toolbar.
  2. Click [Layout].
  3. Select [Menu Bar].

Open the [Custom Paper Size Settings] dialog box.
  1. Click the [Page Setup] tab.
  2. Click [Custom Paper Size].

Select and enter the following options as needed.
  • [Name of Custom Paper Size]: Name of the custom paper size
  • [Unit]: Unit of the paper size
  • [Paper Size]: Width and height of the custom paper
NOTE
Setting restrictions

The height value of the paper size must exceed the width value.

About [Name of Custom Paper Size]
  • The name must not exceed 31 characters.
  • The number of custom paper sizes that can be entered depends on the system environment.

Click [Register].
The name and size of the registered custom paper are displayed in [Paper List].

Check the settings, and then click [OK].

Step 3: Printing from an Application

Open the [Print] dialog box.
  1. In an application, click [File].
  2. Click [Print].

Open the printing preferences dialog box.
  1. Select [Canon LBP5050].
  2. Click [Properties] or [Preferences].

Set the paper size.
  1. Click the [Page Setup] tab.
  2. Select the name of the custom paper size for [Page Size].
  3. Select [Match Page Size] for [Output Size].
NOTE
To print from the paper cassette

Use the following procedure to check that the output size setting and the size of the paper loaded are the same.
  1. Click [] to open the Printer Status Window.
  2. Click [Options] → [Device Settings] → [Cassette Settings].
  3. Check that the [Output Size] setting in the printing preferences and the [Cassette Settings] setting are the same.

Set [Paper Source] and [Paper Type].
  1. Click the [Paper Source] tab.
  2. Select the paper source you want to use for [Paper Source].
  3. Select the paper type for [Paper Type].
  4. Click [OK].
NOTE
When [Auto] is selected for [Paper Source]

The paper source changes automatically according to the paper to be printed.

Checking the paper settings

It is recommended that you check the [Page Setup] sheet and [Paper Source] sheet settings each time you print a document.

Settings effective only in the same application

The specified printing preferences become the settings only for jobs printed from this application.
These settings are deleted when the application is closed.

Click [OK] on the [Print] dialog box.
Printing starts.
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