The Surface Of The Paper Is Dirty; The Back Side Of The Paper Is Dirty; Immediately After Borderless Printing, The Trailing Edge Margin Is Soiled During Regular Printing - Canon iPF8300S User Manual

Troubleshooting

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 border-
less printing or printing on small paper.
The Platen has become soiled because you
have set Width Detection to Off in the
Control Panel menu.
The Platen suction is too strong.
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Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular
printing
Depending on your printing environment, af-
ter borderless printing in which the leading
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and trailing edge of the roll is cut automatical-
ly, any ink adhering to the cutter unit may rub
off on the next printed document.
The surface of the paper is dirty
> Problems with the printing quality
Cause
Clean the Paper Retainer.
(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.")
In the Control Panel menu, set Roll DryingTime to at least 1 min.
(See "Menu Settings.")
When paper that does not dry easily is used for printing, it may curl during printing
and touch the Output Tray.
In this case, in the Control Panel menu, set Scan Wait Time to an option other than
Off.
However, note that printing will now take longer.
(See "Menu Settings.")
Cause
Cause
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Corrective Action
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Corrective Action
Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen.
(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.")
In the Control Panel menu, set CarriageScanWdth to Fixed.
(See "Menu Settings.")
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Set Width Detection to On in the Control Panel menu, and then open
the Top Cover and clean the Platen.
(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.")
Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen. After this, manually advance
the roll onto the Platen before printing.
(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.")
(See "Feeding Roll Paper Manually.")
In the Control Panel menu, reduce the level of VacuumStrngth.
(See "Adjusting the Vacuum Strength (VacuumStrngth).")
Corrective Action
Follow these steps to change the Between Pages setting of Drying
Time to a value between about 30 seconds and 3 minutes before try-
ing borderless printing again.
1. On the Main sheet of the printer driver, click Advanced Settings
by Media Type.
2. Select an ink drying time in the list for the Between Pages setting
of Drying Time.
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