topic Re: PIXMA E470 How to disable staple margin in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA E470 How to disable staple margin

Peterwilliam — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:49:55 GMT

Can anyone help me. I am using a Canon Pixma E470 inkjet printer in India. Whenever I try to print an A4 photograph it creates a staple margin on one side of the picture, which I don't want. I've tried everything to try and disable this but after several hours today I have failed. I have referred to YouTube videos, a downloaded user manual, AI information. All give advice but none of it works. In fact the user manual supposedly for this printer was in fact giving general information for all Canon printers, none of which applied to this model. Has anybody had this problem and solved it?

Re: PIXMA E470 How to disable staple margin

DerrickL — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:49:29 GMT

Like you found AI has some info:

Disabling Staple Margin on PIXMA E470

To disable the staple margin on your PIXMA E470 printer, follow these steps:

Access Printer Driver Setup

Open the printer driver setup window on your computer.
Navigate to the Page Setup tab.

Adjust Stapling Settings

Look for the Stapling Side option.
If you want to disable the staple margin, ensure that the stapling side is set to None or select an option that does not require stapling.
If the option is grayed out, check if you have selected Tiling/Poster or Booklet in the Page Layout settings, as these options will disable stapling features.

Finalize Settings

After making your adjustments, click OK to save the changes.
Proceed to print your document without the staple margin.

This is from the manual for the printer:

https://ij.manual.canon/ij/webmanual/PrinterDriver/W/E470%20series/1.0/EN/PPG/dg-c_margin.html

Re: PIXMA E470 How to disable staple margin

Peterwilliam — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:19:55 GMT

Hi, thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I had tried all those methods. By setting the stapling side to 0 it made no difference. Also on this particular printer, the Canon Pixma E470 there is no setting for Tiling Poster or booklet. This printer is a very basic one and although claims are made to be able to disable stapling side I have not been able to do it.