Immediately After Borderless Printing, The Trailing Edge Margin Is Soiled During Regular Printing; Printed Colors Are Inaccurate; Banding In Different Colors Occurs - Canon iPF8400SE imagePROGRAF User Manual

Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular printing

BordlessOversize is set to Standard in the Con-
trol Panel menu.
Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular printing
Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular printing
Depending on your printing environment, after
borderless printing in which the leading and trail-
ing edge of the roll is cut automatically, any ink
adhering to the cutter unit may rub off on the next
printed document.

Printed colors are inaccurate

Printed colors are inaccurate
Color adjustment has not been activated in the
Advanced Settings of the printer driver.
Colors have not been adjusted on the computer or
monitor.
The Printhead nozzles are clogged.
In the Windows printer driver, Application Color
Matching Priority is not selected.
Color may change slightly even on the same mod-
el of printer if you use a different version of the
firmware or printer driver, or when you print under
different settings or in a different printing environ-
ment.

Banding in different colors occurs

Banding in different colors occurs
Cause
The paper feed amount is out of
adjustment.
Printing does not proceed smooth-
ly because print jobs are interrup-
ted during transmission.
In the Control Panel menu, Adj.
Priority is set to Print Length.
The Printhead is out of alignment.
The Printhead nozzles are clog-
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ged.
Cause
Cause
Cause
Adjust the feed amount.
(See "Adjusting the Feed Amount.")
Exit other applications and cancel other print jobs.
Setting Adj. Priority to Print Quality in the Control Panel menu and adjusting the feed amount
may improve results.
(See "Adjusting the Feed Amount.")
Adjust the Printhead alignment.
(See "Automatic Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors.")
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 setting 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 warn-
ing.
Set BordlessOversize to Little in the Control Panel menu.
(See "Menu Settings.")
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Follow these steps to change the Between Pages setting of Drying Time to a
value between about 30 seconds and 3 minutes before trying borderless print-
ing 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.
In the Advanced Settings of the printer driver, access Color Settings in Color
Mode to adjust colors.
(See "Main Sheet (Windows).")
(See "Main Pane (Mac OS).")
Refer to the computer and monitor documentation to adjust the colors.
Adjust the settings of the color management software, referring to the software
documentation as needed.
Print a test pattern to check the nozzles and see if they are clogged.
(See "Checking for Nozzle Clogging.")
Click Special Settings on the Layout sheet of the printer driver and select Ap-
plication Color Matching Priority in the dialog box.
(See "Layout Sheet (Windows).")
Follow these steps to prepare the printing environment.
1. Use the same version of firmware or printer driver.
(See "Updating the Firmware.")
2.
Specify the same value for all settings items.
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