Lines Or Colors Are Misaligned; Borders Appear In Borderless Printing - Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8400 User Manual

iPF8400
Cause
Depending on the type of paper, the
thickness of printed lines may be notice-
ably inconsistent.

Lines or colors are misaligned

Lines or colors are misaligned
Cause
The Printhead is not being aligned correct-
ly.
The type of paper specified in the printer
driver does not match the type loaded in
the printer.
Depending on the type of paper, printed
lines may be noticeably misaligned.

Borders appear in borderless printing

Borders appear in borderless printing
Cause
If borderless printing was performed at the actual size,
paper wider than the page size was selected.
The printing image data has margins.
Margins are configured in the application software you
are using.
BordlessOversize is set to Little in the Control Panel
menu.
User's Guide
Specify Proof in Print Priority in the printer driver.
(See "Giving Priority to Particular Graphic Elements and Colors for Printing.")
Adjust the Printhead alignment.
(See "Automatic Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors.")
(See "Manual Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors.")
When printing fine lines or text at high precision on glossy or semi-glossy photo or proofing pa-
per, set the optimal Printhead height before aligning the printhead.
(See "Enhancing Printing Quality.")
In the Control Panel menu, use a lower Head Height setting.
(See "Troubleshooting Paper Abrasion and Blurry Images.")
Load paper of the same type as you have specified in the printer driver.
(See "Loading Rolls in the Printer.")
(See "Loading Sheets in the Printer.")
Make sure the same type of paper is specified in the printer driver as you have loaded in the
printer.
1.
Press the Stop button and stop printing.
2.
Change the type of paper in the printer driver and try printing again.
Specify Proof in Print Priority in the printer driver.
(See "Giving Priority to Particular Graphic Elements and Colors for Printing.")
When performing borderless printing at the actual size, use roll paper with the same
width as the width of the page size.
(See "Borderless Printing at Actual Size.")
Check that the printing image data does not have any objects like crop marks and
transparent objects.
Check that no margins are configured in the application software you are using.
Set BordlessOversize to Standard in the Control Panel menu.
(See "Menu Settings.")
Corrective Action
Corrective Action
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P.804
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P.806
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P.802
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P.539
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P.561
Corrective Action
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P.91
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P.673
Lines or colors are misaligned
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P.63
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P.63
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