Problems With The Printing Quality; Printing Is Faint - Canon iPF830 Series Basic Manual

iPF830 Series

Problems with the printing quality

Problems with the printing quality
Printing is faint ............................................................................................................................................... 107
Paper rubs against the Printhead .................................................................................................................. 108
The edges of the paper are dirty .................................................................................................................... 108
The surface of the paper is dirty .................................................................................................................... 109
The back side of the paper is dirty ................................................................................................................. 109
Printed colors are inaccurate ......................................................................................................................... 109
Banding in different colors occurs ................................................................................................................. 110
Colors in printed images are uneven .............................................................................................................. 110
Image edges are blurred or white banding occurs ......................................................................................... 111
The contrast becomes uneven during printing ............................................................................................... 111
The length of printed images is inaccurate in the feeding direction ................................................................. 112
Images are printed crooked ........................................................................................................................... 112
Documents are printed in monochrome ........................................................................................................ 112
Line thickness is not uniform ......................................................................................................................... 112
Lines are misaligned ...................................................................................................................................... 113

Printing is faint

Printing is faint
Cause
You may be printing on the
wrong side of the paper.
The Printhead nozzles are
clogged.
Because the printer was left
without ink tanks installed for
some time, ink has become
clogged in the ink supply sys-
tem.
Paper is jammed inside the Top
Cover.
The ink was not dry when pa-
per was cut.
Printing may be faint if Print
Quality in Advanced Settings
in the printer driver is set to
Standard or Fast.
You are printing on paper that
tends to generate dust when
cut.
Basic Guide
Print on the printing surface.
Print a test pattern to check the nozzles and see if they are clogged.
(See "Checking for Nozzle Clogging.")
To check for nozzles after printing, set Frequency in Nozzle Check in the Control Panel menu to
a setting other than Off.
Furthermore, to have a warning displayed depending on the result of the nozzle check, set Warn-
ing in Nozzle Check in the Control Panel menu to On.
Note that when Warning is set to On, printing may stop depending on the content of the warning.
(See "Menu Settings.")
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After the ink tanks have been installed for 24 hours, run Head Cleaning B from the Control Pan-
el.
(See "Cleaning the Printhead.")
Follow the steps below to remove the jammed piece of paper inside the Top Cover.
1.
Open the Top Cover and make sure the Carriage is not over the Platen.
2.
Remove any scraps of paper inside the Top Cover.
(See "Clearing Jammed Roll Paper.")
(See "Clearing a Jammed Sheet.")
3.
Close the Top Cover.
Specify a longer drying period in the Control Panel menu, in Paper Details > Roll DryingTime.
(See "Menu Settings.") User's Guide
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In Advanced Settings of the printer driver, choose Highest or High in Print Quality.
Printing in Fast or Standard mode is faster and consumes less ink than in Highest or High
modes, but the printing quality is lower.
(See "Giving Priority to Particular Graphic Elements and Colors for Printing.")
In the Control Panel menu, set CutDustReduct. in Paper Details to On.
(See "Reducing Dust from Cutting Rolls.")
Corrective Action
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