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Printing is faint

Problems with the printing quality

Problems with the printing quality
Printing is faint ....................................................................................................................................................................... 950
Paper rubs against the printhead .................................................................................................................................. 951
The edges of the paper are dirty ................................................................................................................................... 951
The surface of the paper is dirty ................................................................................................................................... 952
The back side of the paper is dirty ............................................................................................................................... 952
Roller marks are left across the trailing edge of paper ....................................................................................... 953
Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular printing .................................... 953
Printed colors are inaccurate ........................................................................................................................................... 953
Banding in different colors occurs ................................................................................................................................ 953
Colors in printed images are uneven ............................................................................................................................ 954
Image edges are blurred or white banding occurs ................................................................................................ 955
Setting the Blue Switch on the Platen .................................................................................................................... 955
The contrast becomes uneven during printing ........................................................................................................ 958
The length of printed images is inaccurate in the feeding direction ............................................................. 958
Images are printed crooked ............................................................................................................................................. 958
Documents are printed in monochrome ..................................................................................................................... 958
Line thickness is not uniform ........................................................................................................................................... 958
Lines or colors are misaligned ......................................................................................................................................... 959
Borders appear during borderless printing ............................................................................................................... 959
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 system.
Paper is jammed inside the Top
Cover.
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The ink was not dry when paper
was cut.
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 set-
ting other than Off.
Furthermore, to have a warning displayed depending on the result of the nozzle check, set Warning 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 Panel.
(See "Cleaning the Printhead.")
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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, Fed Manually.")
3.
Close the Top Cover.
Specify a longer drying period in the Control Panel menu, in Paper Details > Roll DryingTime.
(See "Menu Settings.")
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Corrective Action
P.890
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P.891
P.938
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P.941
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