Printing Area
FAQ ID: 8200400500
Release date: 11 March 2009
Solution
To ensure the best print quality, the printer allows a margin along each edge of media. The actual printable area will be the area inside these margins.
Recommended printing area : 
Canon recommends that you print within this area.
Printable area : 
The area where it is possible to print.
However, printing in this area can affect the print quality or the paper feed precision.
NOTE
Borderless Printing
- By selecting Borderless Printing option, you can make prints with no margins.
- When performing Borderless Printing, slight cropping may occur at the edges since the printed image is enlarged to fill the whole page.
- For Borderless Printing, use the following paper:
- Glossy Photo Paper "Everyday Use" GP-501
- Photo Paper Glossy GP-502
- Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss SG-201
- Photo Paper Pro Platinum PT-101
- Photo Paper Plus Glossy II PP-201
- Photo Paper Pro II PR-201
- Matte Photo Paper MP-101
Performing Borderless Printing on any other type of paper may substantially reduce printing quality and/or result in printouts with altered color hues.
Borderless Printing on plain paper may result in printouts with reduced quality. Use them only for test printing. You can perform Borderless Printing on plain paper only when printing from your computer.
- Depending on the type of paper, Borderless Printing may reduce the print quality at the top and bottom edges of the paper or cause these parts to become smudged.
- When printing in grayscale, depending on an image, the printing troubles may occur on the top and/or bottom edges of the paper such as uneven coloration or white streaks.
Letter, Legal
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| Letter | 8.00 x 10.69 inches / 203.2 x 271.4 mm |
| Legal | 8.00 x 13.69 inches / 203.2 x 347.6 mm |
:Recommended printing area:Printable area
Envelopes
| Size | Recommended Printing Area (width x height) |
| European DL* | 4.06 x 7.50 inches / 103.2 x 190.5 mm |
| US Comm. Env. #10* | 3.86 x 8.34 inches / 98.0 x 211.8 mm |
:Recommended printing area
Other Sizes than Letter, Legal, Envelopes
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| A5 | 5.56 x 7.95 inches / 141.2 x 202.0 mm |
| A4 | 8.00 x 11.38 inches / 203.2 x 289.0 mm |
| A3 | 11.4 x 16.2 inches / 290.2 x 412.0 mm |
| A3+ (13" x 19" / 32.9 x 48.3 cm) | 12.7 x 18.7 inches / 322.2 x 475.0 mm |
| B5 | 6.90 x 9.80 inches / 175.2 x 249.0 mm |
| B4 | 9.9 x 14 inches / 250.2 x 356.0 mm |
| 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm | 3.73 x 5.69 inches / 94.8 x 144.4 mm |
| 4" x 8" / 10 x 20 cm | 3.73 x 7.69 inches / 94.8 x 195.2 mm |
| 5" x 7" / 13 x 18 cm | 4.73 x 6.69 inches / 120.2 x 169.8 mm |
| 11" x 17" / 279.4 x 431.8 mm | 10.7 x 16.7 inches / 272.6 x 423.8 mm |
| 8" x 10" / 20 x 25 cm | 7.73 x 9.69 inches / 196.4 x 246.0 mm |
| 10" x 12" / 254.0 x 304.8 mm | 9.7 x 11.7 inches / 247.2 x 296.8 mm |
| 14" x 17" / 355.6 x 431.8 mm | 13.7 x 16.7 inches / 348.8 x 423.8 mm |
| Wide | 3.73 x 6.80 inches / 94.8 x 172.6 mm |
:Recommended printing area:Printable area
Sizes for Art Paper
When using the Art Paper or non Canon genuine specialty paper, printing is not done in a 1.38 inches / 35 mm margin along the top and bottom edges. A limit is set to prevent printing along a 1.38 inches / 35 mm margin on the top and bottom edges when a paper size for Art Paper is selected in the printer driver.
- Art A4 (Margin 35), Art A3 (Margin 35), Art A3+ (Margin 35)
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| Art A4 (Margin 35) | 8.0 x 8.9 inches / 203.2 x 227.0 mm |
| Art A3 (Margin 35) | 11.4 x 13.8 inches / 290.2 x 350.0 mm |
| Art A3+ (Margin 35) | 12.7 x 16.3 inches / 322.2 x 413.0 mm |
:Recommended printing area
- Art Letter (Margin 35)
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| Art Letter (Margin 35) | 8.0 x 8.2 inches / 203.2 x 209.4 mm |
:Recommended printing area
Printable DVD/CDs
The printing area of both printable DVDs and CDs is the area excluding the 1 mm area from the internal and external diameters of the label.
:Recommended printing areaApplicable Models
- PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II