I would like to print my Pages document on Matte Photo Paper

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I would like to print my Pages document on Matte Photo Paper

I would like to print my Pages document on Matte Photo Paper which is in the rear feeder of my Canon Pixma MX882 printer. The print function in Pages/Yosemite does not give me that option.The only options are to print on plain paper from the cassette. When I print images from iPhoto, I have more paper options. When I try to convert the doc to a jpeg, with Graphic Converter so I can drop it in iPhoto, the result is very blurred almost unreadable.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Dec 3, 2014 7:35 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 3, 2014 8:33 PM in response to Argyles

Have you gone to Canon's website and downloaded the very latest Printer Driver for your Model?

Also have you looked amongst the paper handling options in your Print dialogue for the rear feeder option.

What is stopping you putting the high quality paper in your regular paper cassette?

Peter

Here is the link for the Yosemite driver:

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/printers_multifunction/pixma_mx_s eries/pixma_mx882#DriversAndSoftware

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Argyles Author

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Dec 11, 2014 5:31 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Thanks Peter. I have the latest printer driver from Canon. The Print dialog for iPhoto is the only Apple app that has the option of printing on other than plain paper. This includes Preview and PDF. The printer rejects the heavier paper when I try to print on it from the regular paper cassette. The limitation is Apple's/Yosemite.

Does anyone know a 3rd Party app or workaround for this. Specifically, I want to print a "Pages " document on higher quality paper from the rear feeder.

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Jeff Shenk

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Dec 11, 2014 7:23 PM in response to Argyles

According to the manual for your printer, you can set both the type of paper and the source (rear tray or cassette) on the Quality and Media page of the print driver. That's the standard dialog that Pages uses, not the special one used for iPhoto.

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Argyles Author

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Dec 11, 2014 9:28 PM in response to Argyles

Actually, I did not have the proper driver installed. When I finally installed it properly, I was able to print from the rear feeder.

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