Duplex Printing

The procedure for printing data on sides of a sheet of paper is as follows:
You can also set duplex printing in Additional Features on the Quick Setup tab.

May 11, 2015 Follow the steps below to convert two single sided documents into one double-sided document. Before you begin. Decide where you want to load the paper, and follow the appropriate set of steps below. Once your paper is loaded, go down to the section called Print the copies. Load the paper in the rear tray. Load the paper on the scanner glass. Open Word's Print dialog box. Open the printer driver setup window, and on the Page Setup tab, set Page Size to the same paper size that you specified in Word. Set the Page Layout that you want, and then click OK to close the window. Without starting printing, close the Print dialog box. Open Word's Print dialog box again.

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Set duplex printing

   Check the Duplex Printing (Manual) check box on the Page Setup tab.

3. Select the layout

   Select Normal-size, Fit-to-Page, Scaled, or Page Layout from the Page Layout list.

4. Specify the side to be stapled

   The machine analyzes the Orientation and Page Layout settings, and automatically selects the best Staple Side. When you want to change the setting, select another value from the list.

5. Set the margin width

   If necessary, click Specify Margin... and set the margin width, and then click OK.

6. Complete the setup

   Click OK on the Page Setup tab.

   When you execute print, the document is first printed on one side of a sheet of paper. After one side is printed, reload the paper correctly according to the message.
   Then click OK to print the opposite side.

Important

Double Sided Photo Printing

• When a media type other than Plain Paper is selected from Media Type on the Main tab, Duplex Printing (Manual) appears grayed out and is unavailable.

• When Borderless, Tiling/Poster or Booklet is selected from the Page Layout list, Duplex Printing (Manual) and Staple Side appear grayed out and are unavailable.

Note

• If the back side of the paper becomes smudged during duplex printing, perform Bottom Plate Cleaning in the Maintenance tab.

Canon Mx490 Manual Double Sided Printing Software

1. Placing Items (When Scanning from a Computer)

Learn how to place items on the platen or ADF (Auto Document Feeder) of your scanner or printer.Place items correctly according to the type of item to be scanned.Otherwise, items may not be scanned correctly.

Important

• Do not place objects on the document cover.When you open the document cover, the objects may fall into your scanner or printer, resulting in malfunction.
• Close the document cover when scanning.
• Do not touch the operation panel buttons or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor when opening/closing the document cover.May result in unintended operation.

Placing Items (Platen)

Place items as described below to scan by detecting the item type or size automatically.

Canon Mx490 Double Sided Printing

Important

• When scanning by specifying the paper size in IJ Scan Utility or the scanner driver, align an upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the platen.
• Photos that have been cut to various shapes and items smaller than 1.2 inches (3 cm) square cannot be cropped accurately when scanning.
• Reflective disc labels may not be scanned as expected.
• When scanned using the scanner driver, the response may differ.In that case, adjust the cropping frame (selection box) manually.

For Photos, Postcards, Business Cards, or BD/DVD/CD

For Magazines, Newspapers, or Documents

Placing a Single Item: Place the item face-down on the platen, with 0.4 inch (1 cm) or more space between the edges (diagonally striped area) of the platen and the item.Portions placed on the diagonally striped area cannot be scanned. Important Large items (such as A4 size photos) that cannot be placed away from the edges/arrow (alignment mark) of the platen may be saved as PDF files.To save in a format other than PDF, scan by specifying the data format. Placing Multiple Items: Allow 0.4 inch (1 cm) or more space between the edges (diagonally striped area) of the platen and items, and between items.Portions placed on the diagonally striped area cannot be scanned. more than 0.4 inch (1 cm) Note In IJ Scan Utility, you can place up to 12 items. Positions of slanted items (10 degrees or less) are corrected automatically.

Place the item face-down on the platen and align an upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the platen.Portions placed on the diagonally striped area cannot be scanned. Important Refer to 'Loading Originals' for your model from Home of the Online Manual for details on the portions in which items cannot be scanned.

Placing Documents (ADF (Auto Document Feeder))

Important

• Do not leave thick items on the platen when scanning from the ADF.May result in paper jam.
• Place and align documents of the same size when scanning two or more documents.
• Refer to 'Originals You Can Load' for your model from Home of the Online Manual for details on supported document sizes when scanning from the ADF.

1. Open the document tray.

2. Place the documents on the ADF, then adjust the document guides to the width of the documents.

   Insert the documents face-up until a beep sounds.