Canon Generic Plus UFR II/LIPSLX/LIPS4/PCL6/PS3 Printer Driver Version 3.00 for Microsoft Windows
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This file contains supplemental information to help you install and use this printer driver with Microsoft Windows.
As with most software and hardware products, some information is made available after the development of the manual. Updated information regarding this printer driver is provided in this file. If you require additional assistance, please contact your local Canon company.
This driver allows you to print documents from Windows applications. It also supports the following functions.
- Access Management System
- Encrypted Secure Print
- Canon Driver Configuration Tool
You can change the factory default settings of the driver to create customized driver sets using the Canon Driver Configuration Tool. For detailed information about this utility, refer to the user's guide for Canon Driver Configuration Tool.
When creating a customized driver set based on this driver, use version 4.20 or later of the Canon Driver Configuration Tool.
This driver can be used with the following system environments.
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 10/11
Microsoft Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
For server-based computing environments:
Operating systems in a server environment:
Microsoft Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
Server components:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912(LTSR)/2203(LTSR)/2209/2212/2303/2305/2308
VMware vSphere 7.0/8.0
Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)
Remote Desktop Service on Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
Operating systems for a clustering server:
Microsoft Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
Computer
A computer that runs any of the above operating system software properly
However, the ARM architecture is not supported.
We recommend that you use the installer to update or add a driver. You can also update or add a driver from the Add Printer Wizard of Windows.
For details about the installation procedure, refer to the installation guide from the Canon portal site (https://oip.manual.canon/).
Configuring Print Settings from the Driver
To configure the print settings using the driver, follow the procedure below.
To Change the Default Settings
1. Display [Bluetooth & devices] (or [Devices]) from [Settings] in the Start menu.
2. In [Printers & scanners], display the management screen for the device to set.
To display the management screen, click the device or click [Manage] for the corresponding device.
3. Click [Printing preferences] for the device to set.
To Set When Printing
1. Select the print menu of the application.
2. In the displayed print screen, select the device you are using → click [Preferences].
Depending on the application, [Preferences] may be called "Printer properties" or "Properties."
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Cautions, Limitations and Restrictions When Installing
If you change the user privileges of the computer you are using and run the installer, the installation may not be performed correctly. In this case, log in as an Administrator, and then retry the installation.
If you use this driver in a server based computing environment, use an operating system that supports the driver on the client computer.
When installing a driver on a server PC with an SMB (NetBIOS network) printer used as a shared printer specified, use the Add Printer Wizard to install it as a network printer.
In environments where Server Core is installed to a Windows Server operating system, you cannot use this driver installer. Use the installation function of the operating system to install the driver.
If you install this driver using the installer with default settings, all Generic Plus drivers that are already installed will be updated to their newest versions. To add the newest version of a driver without updating drivers that are already installed, do so according to one of the following procedures.
In the screen for checking the [Printer List for Driver Installation] displayed during installation, select and remove the devices that you do not want to update from [Select Printers to Update], and proceed with the installation.
Specify an inf file with the add printer function of Windows.
When installing an older version driver than the driver that is already installed, if a dialog box asking whether you want to use the current files is displayed, allow them to be used.
If double-byte characters are included in the device name in an English operating system environment, you cannot retrieve the device status from [Device Settings] sheet > [Retrieve Device Status Information]. If this happens, change the name to one that does not include double-byte characters.
If you are using a shared printer in a print server (Point and Print) environment, it is necessary to install Canon Driver Information Assist Service in the server computer in order to use the acquire device information function.
Also, if you are using Microsoft BiDi Communication instead of Canon Driver Information Assist Service, you can switch between them in [Details] > [Other Settings] in the [Device Settings] sheet.
Depending on the environment you are using, the names in [Profile] and of custom paper sizes may be unintelligible. If this happens, install the appropriate language pack.
Add-in software that is sold separately cannot be installed to this driver.
Cautions, Limitations and Restrictions When Printing
If you print a document that has an odd number of pages as a two-sided document from an application, the application may automatically insert a blank page to bring the number of pages up to an even number. When this happens, the blank page inserted by the application is counted up in the same way as a printed page.
To use this printer, you must first set the type of printer you are using and the options installed in the printer in the [Device Settings] sheet of the printer properties dialog box. If you select functions in the printer driver that are not available for the printer you are using, it may result in unintended print results.
If you set a paper source that is not installed in the printer, paper will be supplied from the printer's priority paper source.
If the paper source you have specified and the paper size do not match, an error will occur.
If you specify 2-sided printing for a printer that does not support 2-sided printing, the document will print on one side of the paper.
If you specify stapling for a printer that does not support stapling, the document will be printed unstapled.
If you specify saddle stitching for a printer that does not support saddle stitching, the document will be printed without saddle stitching.
If you select [Output Method] > [Store] when printing from a printer that does not support mail box storage, the document will be printed normally. If an error is displayed on the touch panel display of the printer and the printer goes offline, the document is printed when the printer goes online again.
If you specify department ID management for a printer that does not have department ID management, an error will occur.
Depending on the combination of options of the printer you are using, the printer driver may not recognize the installed options in [Device Settings] sheet > [Retrieve Device Status Information]. In order to use the unrecognized options, set them manually in the [Device Settings] sheet.
If functions that are not supported by this driver are set on the control panel of the device you are using, the functions set on the control panel of the device are enabled when printing.
Depending on the device you are using, paper types and paper sizes that cannot be supplied and information on unusable functions may be retrieved by [Device Settings] sheet > [Retrieve Device Status Information].
The custom paper sizes that can be set for the functions in [Device Settings] sheet > [Finishing Settings] (2-sided printing, stapling, etc.) vary between printers. For details, refer to the manual supplied with the printer.
When a device is connected via USB or WSD, you may not be able to use the acquire device information function, department ID management function, and user authentication function.
If you print diagonal fine lines, such lines may not print correctly (they do not appear on the page or may appear to be broken).
If you are using Server Core in a Windows Server operating system, some print settings are not available under a local environment or Windows Remote Desktop environment.
If you click [Retrieve Device Status Information] in the [Device Settings] sheet, the configuration information of the device is acquired and many of the settings in the [Device Settings] sheet are automatically configured. However, [Paper Source Settings] in the [Device Settings] sheet and some of the settings in the [Detailed Settings] dialog box must be set manually.
The items that can be set in in the print settings screen of the driver change depending on the settings in the [Device Settings] sheet. If you customize the driver using the Canon Driver Configuration Tool, set each sheet in the print settings screen after setting the [Device Settings] sheet.
When you select [Auto [Color/B&W]] for [Color Mode] on the [Basic Settings]/[Quality] sheet, black-and-white pages may be counted as color pages, depending on the data, application, or driver settings. If you want to print a document as a black-and-white job, select [Black and White] for [Color Mode].
If you specify color printing for a black and white printer, the document will be output in black and white, but the print quality may deteriorate and printing may take some time.
Custom paper sizes can be registered on the print settings screen displayed in "
To Change the Default Settings." After logging on with Administrator privileges, register the custom paper size from [Page Setup] > [Custom Paper Size] in the print settings screen.
There are cases where the range of custom paper sizes that can be specified using the driver and the paper sizes that the printer can print differ. For information about custom paper sizes that can be printed, refer to the manual provided with the printer.
If the paper size loaded in the paper source differs from the default paper size, an error message may be displayed on the control panel of the device indicating that there is no paper. If this happens, retrieve the device status information or select a configuration profile that matches the device in the driver.
If you cancel a job from the spooler while printing via a USB connection, you may not be able to print via a network. In order to be able to print from a network, cancel the print job from the control panel of the device.
If the display language of the driver and device do not match, the job name, user name, or stored data name, etc. may not be displayed correctly on the device.
Printing may not be performed correctly if both of the following are set.
[Device Settings] sheet > [Details] > [Finishing] sheet > [Collate [By Device]] > [Off]
[Finishing] > [Collate]
If a secure print job is stored in the device, other print jobs may not print. If you still cannot print the other print jobs after outputting the secure print job, reprint them from the computer.
If you specify two or more copies to print, the following phenomena may occur.
If you specify [Output Method] > [Secure Print], one copy will be printed for each time you enter [PIN].
If you specify [Output Method] > [Store], the number of copies to print and print job specified at the device will be saved and the number of copies for each will be one.
In this case, if you set either one of the following, printing will be performed correctly.
[Spooling at Host] > [Disabled]
[PS Output from Application] > [Off]
If you are using this product in Japan, the following restrictions apply.
If [Drawer 2] is set for the paper source of the envelope feeder on the [Device Settings] sheet, the following sizes of envelopers cannot be correctly fed.
[Envelope Monarch]/[Envelope No. 10 (COM10)]/[Envelope DL]/[Envelope C5]/[Envelope B5]
Even if [2/3 Holes]/[2/4 Holes]/[4 Holes [Swedish]] is selected in the [Device Settings] sheet > [Finishing Settings] > [Punch], the punch holes of [3 Holes] or [4 Holes [Swedish]] will not be made, as they are not supported by the device.
When you select [Tab Paper] for [Sheets to Insert] and select [Drawer 2] for [Paper Source] in the [Insert Sheets Settings] dialog box of the [Paper Source] sheet, the tab paper will not be correctly output from a device that does not support this combination of settings.
Depending on the printer you are using, in the following cases printing may take longer than usual.
If you specify portrait orientation when printing from an A4 (landscape) paper source.
If you specify landscape orientation when printing from an A4R (portrait) paper source.
If you specify landscape orientation for A3 paper.
In such cases, if you appropriately set [Driver Processing for Data Rotation] in [Device Settings] sheet > [Details] > [Paper Source] sheet, you may be able to improve the print speed.
Set [[Fold + Trim] Function of [Saddle Stitch Setting]] manually if you have a finisher that supports the function.
Set [Offset When Staple Specified] manually if you have a finisher that supports the function.
Set [[Specify Number of Copies to Stack] Function] manually if you are using a stacker.
If you change the name of the device, some profile settings registered in the driver (profiles added from the document properties) will be deleted. If you want to save the profiles, before changing the name of the device, save the profile settings as a file, and import the saved file after changing the name of the device.
For the UFR II/LIPSLX driver
Depending on the device you are using, the print result may be incorrect if long-sized paper is set as the custom paper size and the print orientation is set to landscape orientation. In this case, acquire the device information or set [Device Settings] sheet > [Details] > [Page Setup] sheet > [Rotate Data When Long Paper Printing] > [On].
For the PCL6 driver
Depending on the device you are using, the print result may be incorrect if long-sized paper is set as the custom paper size and the print orientation is set to landscape orientation. In this case, acquire the device information or set [Device Settings] sheet > [Details] > [Page Setup] sheet > [Rotate Data When Long Paper Printing] > [On].
When creating an overlay form on one computer, you cannot specify another computer in the network as the location to save the new form file.
Even if you enable the speed priority function in [Compression Processing for Data Transfer], depending on the environment you are using and the print data, printing may take even more time than when the image priority function has been enabled.
Certain TrueType fonts may not be printed correctly. If this occurs, you should disable the [Use Printer Fonts] setting in the [Advanced Settings] dialog box to ensure that all fonts are downloaded with the document, rather than using only those fonts that reside in the printer. The [Advanced Settings] dialog box is displayed by clicking the [Advanced Settings] button in the [Quality] sheet.
Rotated text will not be printed correctly with some applications when [TrueType Mode] is set to [Download as TrueType] or [Download as Bit Image] in the [Advanced Settings] dialog box. The [Advanced Settings] dialog box is displayed by clicking the [Advanced Settings] button in the [Quality] sheet.
When you use the creasing function, there may be cases where the paper is not creased or is creased in a direction other than the direction you intended to crease.
For the PS3 driver
PostScript does not support ROP (Raster Operation). Therefore, printing may not be performed correctly if ROP processing is specified from the application.
When printing from Illustrator CS, a message is displayed that shows the PPD file you specified is invalid. However, clicking [OK] in the message box continues printing.
Some applications send the PostScript command to the printer directly when using the PostScript printer driver. For these applications, the following functions may not be available.
From the [Basic Settings]/[Page Setup] sheet: [Page Layout], [Manual Scaling]
From the [Page Setup] sheet: [Watermark]
From the [Basic Settings]/[Finishing] sheet: [Collate], [Staple + Collate] (For printers where an optional hard disk is not installed)
From the [Paper Source] sheet: [Paper Selection]
From the [Quality] sheet: [Print as Negative Image], [Print as Mirror Image]
*** You can use the above functions when the [PS Output from Application] setting in the [Device Settings] sheet is set to [Off].
Cautions and Restrictions When Using the Print Processor Function
To use the print processor function, enable [Perform Processing with Print Processor] in the [Device Settings] sheet > [Details] > [Other Settings] sheet. However, normally it is not necessary to use the print processor function.
When enabling the print processor function, perform the following procedure to check that the name of the print processor is set to "CnXP0PP." If it is not set to "CnXP0PP", restrictions to some functions may occur.
1. Select the device to be set in the Windows printer list → display the printer properties screen.
(1) Display [Bluetooth & devices] (or [Devices]) from [Settings] in the Start menu.
(2) In [Printers & scanners], display the management screen for the device to set.
To display the management screen, click the device or click [Manage] for the corresponding device.
(3) Click [Printer properties] for the device to set.
2. Display the [Advanced] sheet → click [Print Processor].
3. In the displayed dialog box, check the selected print processor.
When the print processor function is enabled, the following restrictions apply.
When the following functions are being used, it is necessary to set the required information before printing.
[Secure Print]/[Department ID Management]/[User Authentication]/[Encrypted Secure Print]/[Access Management System]
You cannot use the [Edit and Preview] function.
The number of pages displayed in the operating system's screen for displaying jobs and the actual number of pages being printed may differ.
When using overlay printing, you cannot select a form file on the host.
If the required information is not set before printing, the print job may be canceled when printing is executed.
When performing booklet printing with saddle stitching, printing will not be performed correctly if the number of pages that can be saddle stitched by the device is exceeded. Refer to the manual of the device in advance to set a number of pages that can be saddle stitched.
Limitations of Specific Printer Models
If you are using the iR-ADV C2020/2030 without the optional hard disk drive or the iR-ADV C2020L/2030L, you cannot use the following functions:
[Secure Print]
[Promote Print]
When saving print data in an inbox in some iR series printers, the print style (one-sided printing/two-sided printing) setting, paper source setting, and some page layout and scaling settings etc. will not be displayed correctly on the printer's control panel. However, printing will be executed as set.
In some iR series printers, if stapling cannot be performed at the specified stapling position the document is output without being stapled.
In some iR series printers, if you specify in the control panel of the printer the staple position for landscape print data saved in an inbox, a different position may be stapled to the actual vertical orientation of the print result.
When saving print data in an inbox in some iR series printers, the set number of copies may not be correctly displayed on the printer's control panel if you select [Off] for [Finishing]. When saving data in an inbox, select a setting other than [Off] for [Finishing].
If you are using imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2020/C2020F/C2030/C2030F, [Rotate] can only be used when you select [Device Settings] sheet > [Details] > [Finishing] sheet > [Collate [By Device]] > [On].
If you are using imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2020/C2020F/C2030/C2030F, long papers of the custom paper size and the secure printing function of the device are supported by function version 2.0 or higher.
If you are using the iR-ADV C2020/2030, C2020i/2030i, C2020L/2030L, or C2025, the following restrictions apply when you set [Resolution] to [1200 dpi] in the [Advanced Settings] dialog box of the [Quality] sheet:
You can only set [Staple Position] to the long side of an A4 sheet.
You cannot use the [Rotate] and [Print with Mixed Paper Sizes/Orientations] settings in the [Finishing] sheet.
Depending on the function version of the printer you are using, you may not be able to use the [Copy Set Numbering] setting in the [Advanced Settings] dialog box of the [Finishing] sheet.
If you are using the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C350F, you cannot use [[Rotate] Function].
If you are using the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C351, be sure to set [Optional Drawer/Cassette] in the [Paper Source] dialog box of the [Device Settings] sheet to [Drawer x 3].
If you use the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C7065/C7055 in Japan, the function for allowing you to select [Hold] from [Output Method] when printing is not supported.
If you are using imageRUNNER ADVANCE 8085/8095/8105 with the optional Staple Finisher-F1 or Booklet Finisher-F1 attached, you cannot output postcards or custom paper sizes (with a height of 148.0 to 181.9 mm (5.83 to 7.16 inches)).
Set [Enabled Setting Items for Trim Settings with 13x19 Paper] manually if you are using the imagePRESS C6010/C6011 or imagePRESS C7010VP/C7011VP.
In some imagePRESS series printers, if you have specified Eco (Staple-Free) binding for an unspecifiable position, the document will be printed without Eco (Staple-Free) binding.
If [Config. Profile] is set to [Basic Configuration] or [Basic Configuration (Compatible)], the following may occur when printing with a Canon LBP printer.
Print jobs may be printed without [PIN] authentication even if you set [Secure Print].
Print jobs and user names may be displayed as "--" on the control panel of the device.
For the LIPS4 driver
Set [Optional Fonts] manually if you are using the LBP9650C or LBP9660C.
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