The Surface Of The Paper Is Dirty; The Back Side Of The Paper Is Dirty; Banding In Different Colors Occurs; The Contrast Becomes Uneven During Printing - Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5100 User Manual

Problems with the printing quality

The surface of the paper is dirty

The Paper Retainer is soiled.
You are using a paper that does not dry easily.

The back side of the paper is dirty

The Platen has become dirty after borderless printing
or printing on small paper.
The Paper Retainer is soiled.

Banding in different colors occurs

The roll is not loaded correctly in the Roll Feed Unit.
The paper feed amount is not adjusted correctly.
Printing does not proceed smoothly because print
jobs are interrupted during transmission.
In the printer menu, Print Length is specied in
Feed Priority .
The Printhead is out of alignment.
Streaks may occur if you set the Print Quality too
low.

The contrast becomes uneven during printing

The paper feed amount is out of adjustment.
700 Troubleshooting
Cause
Cause
Cause
Cause
Corrective Action
Clean the Paper Retainer . (→P.673)
Specify a time of about a minute in Roll DryingTime .
Corrective Action
Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen .
(→P.670)
Clean the Paper Retainer . (→P.673)
Corrective Action
Remove the roll and reload it.
(→P.118)
Adjust the feed amount.
(→P.615)
Exit other applications and cancel other print jobs.
To adjust the feed amount, specify Band Joint in
Feed Priority in the printer menu.
(→P.615)
Adjust the Printhead alignment.
(→P.610)
Choose a higher level of Print Quality in the
Advanced Settings of the printer driver and try
printing again.
(→P.203)
Corrective Action
Execute Adjust Band during printing.
(→P.615)