Printing With a Printer Driver

Normally, the series of operations involved in printing data from a computer is specified by control commands generated using a printer driver. Control commands are a command system for controlling a printer. For example, when printing using a printer driver, control commands print data according to the following flow.


<1> Using a printer driver, data to be printed is converted to control commands.
<2> Control command data is sent to the machine.
<3> Following the received control commands, the machine processes and prints the data.

Remark

This machine supports the following three kinds of control commands:

  • UFR II Mode

UFR (Ultra Fast Rendering) is printing technology developed by Canon. High-speed printing is made possible by sharing the processing of print data normally done by the machine with the computer.

  • PCL Mode (PCL or PS Printer only)

PCL (Print Control Language), developed by Hewlett-Packard, is a command system for controlling page printers. Command versions supported by this machine are PCL5e and PCL6.

  • PostScript Emulation Mode (PS Printer only)

PS (PostScript), developed by Adobe, is a command system for controlling page printers. This mode emulates the operation of a printer in conformance with PostScript. The command version supported by this machine is PostScript emulation 3.

  • To print in the above printer modes, a Printer Driver supported by this machine must be installed.