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Updating media information in printer driver – Canon imagePROGRAF GP-4000 User Manual

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Updating Media Information in Printer Driver

This function gets the latest media information from the printer and updates the media information in the
printer driver.
When the media information is updated, the media displayed for

Media Type

on the

Main

tab is updated to

the latest information.

The procedure for updating media information is described below.

1.

Display the

Devices and Printers

window

1.

Select the

Control Panel

->

Hardware and Sound

(

Hardware

) ->

Devices and Printers

.

The

Devices and Printers

window is displayed.

2.

Display setup window

2.

Right-click the "Your model name" icon, and select

Printer properties

.

The printer's

Properties

window appears.

3.

Update media information

3.

Click

Update Media Information

the

Device Settings

tab.

When a confirmation message appears, click

Start

.

If the paper information on the driver cannot be updated, click

Initial Check Items

and check the

displayed information.
The printer driver media information will update.

Important

• It may take some time to update the media information.

4.

Finish updating media information

4.

When a confirmation message appears, click

OK

.

The media information will be updated.

Important

• Restart the printer driver after updating media information.
• Do not change media information on the printer while you are updating media information on

the driver.

Important

• Ensure that a user with administrative privileges carries out the media information update.

Users other than administrators can check if a media information update is required, but cannot carry
out the update itself.

• When you have added, deleted, or edited media using administrative tools (the Media Configuration

Tool) but have not updated the media information, issues may arise such as the inability to print.

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