[F-21] Printing an Image on a Paper Size Larger than A4 (Poster Printing)

You can enlarge a single-page image and print it out on multiple sheets of paper.
You can then join these printouts together to create one large poster.
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].

Specify the poster size.
  1. Click the [Page Setup] tab.
  2. Set [Page Layout] to one of the following settings.
    • [Poster [2 x 2]]
    • [Poster [3 x 3]]
    • [Poster [4 x 4]]
NOTE
About [Page Options]

The [Page Options] settings are not applied when printing posters.

Selecting [Page Layout]

[Page Layout] cannot be selected in the following cases.
  • When the [Watermark] check box is selected on the [Page Setup] sheet
  • When a setting other than [Same Paper for All Pages] is selected for [Paper Selection] on the [Paper Source] sheet
  • When the [Spooling at Host] setting on the [Device Settings] sheet is set to [Disabled]
    Use the following procedure to change the [Spooling at Host] setting.

    1. 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]
    2. Open the printing preferences dialog box.
      1. Select [Canon LBP5050].
      2. Click [File].
      3. Click [Properties].
    3. Click the [Device Settings] tab.
    4. Select [Auto] for [Spooling at Host].
    5. Click [OK].
    You cannot change these settings unless you have printer administrative rights. Contact your system administrator if you are not sure about your administrative rights.

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].

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