When Printing Becomes Faint Or Colors Are Incorrect - Canon Pixma iP5000 Series Quick Start Manual

Printing Maintenance

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect

When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, even if ink remains in the ink tanks, the
Print Head nozzles are probably clogged. Follow the procedures below to clean the nozzles.
If the ruled lines are shifted after running the print head maintenance, align the Print Head.
Before printing the nozzle check pattern or cleaning the Print Head, check the
following;
Open the Top Cover, and make sure that the ink tank contains ink. If it is out
of ink, replace it.
Ensure that all the orange tape of the ink tank has been peeled off.
Press on the
installed securely.
Ensure that each ink tank is installed at the correct location.
Increase the Print Quality setting in the printer driver settings.
See
Step 1
See
Step 2
If the problem remains after performing print head cleaning three times
Step 3
If Print Head Deep Cleaning does not resolve the problem, contact the Customer
Care Center.
Step 1
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mark on the ink tank and ensure that the ink tank is
"Print Quality is Poor or Contains Errors"
"Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern"
If white stripes appear
See "Print Head Cleaning"
See "Print Head Deep Cleaning"
If the ruled lines are shifted
See "Aligning the Print Head"
on page 67.
on page 49
After print head
cleaning, print the
nozzle check pattern.
on page 53
on page 57
on page 61