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BASIC GUIDELINES FOR CANON IJ SETUP

10 january 2020

BASIC GUIDELINES FOR CANON IJ SETUP

How to execute different operation on canon IJ printer:

Print is the basic operation which the user can carry out in day to day life on the canon printer. Users can execute the following steps sequentially to print on the canon printer with the use of IJ print utility. 

  • Turn on the Canon printer.
  • Put the appropriate size papers in the paper tray.
  • Launch the printer driver setup on the system.
  • Choose frequently used profile from the available option with a common print setting.
  • Setup canon IJ profile with the different factors like media type, input paper size, etc.
  • Set the output printer quality from the option high, standard or draft mode. For fast printing, speed users can select the draft mode.
  • Complete the setup procedure and save settings by clicking the ok button.
  • After completing the process user can open the file which he wants to print with the use of canon IJ print utility tool.
  • Go to File-> Print.
  •  Collect the output document from the printer unit.


Apart from the printing on the canon ij setup user can perform several other operations like copy, scan or fax on the canon printer. 


To copy file and get its hard copy from the Canon printer is very easy with the Canon IJ print utility tool. Here are the steps which assist users to copy from the Canon IJ printer device.


  • Power on the Canon IJ printer.
  • Load the printer papers in the standard supported size.
  • Place the original document which user wants to copy on the platen of the canon IJ printer.
  • Hit the paper button on the canon printer to ON the upper paper lamp.
  • The user who wants a color copy of the original document can press the color button. If the user wants a black and white hard copy of the original document then they can press the black button from the printer unit. 
  • The user who wants two copies can press the color or black button of the printer again to get more copies.

Scanning means converting hard copy of a document to soft copy. Users can use the steps given below to scan the document from the Canon IJ printer.

  • Turn on the printer and computer system.
  • Place the paper on the platen of the Canon IJ printer.
  • Open canon IJ scan utility tool from the system.
  • Go to setting-> document scan.
  • Set different parameters of scanning like scan option area, color mode, paper size, data format of the output document.
  • Users can also set the save in path to store the scanned document.
  • Users can simply click on default set all the parameters automatically.
  • Click on the ok button to save settings.
  • Go to the document option to start scanning.
  •  Check the save in path for viewing the scanned or the output document.


We hope that users will able to set up their ij.start.canon setup on their system. For more information and guidance user should contact the canon technical team.