Printed colors are inaccurate, Banding in different colors occurs, P.891 – Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9400 User Manual

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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

Cause

Corrective Action

Depending on your printing environment, after border-
less printing in which the leading and trailing edge of
the roll is cut automatically, any ink adhering to the cut-
ter unit may rub off on the next printed document.

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 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.

Printed colors are inaccurate

Printed colors are inaccurate

Cause

Corrective Action

Color adjustment has not been activated in the Advanced Settings
of the printer driver.

In the Advanced Settings of the printer driver, access Color Settings
in Color Mode to adjust colors.
(See "Main Sheet (Windows).")

→P.182

(See "Main Pane (Mac OS X).")

→P.364

Colors have not been adjusted on the computer or monitor.

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.

The Printhead nozzles are clogged.

Print a test pattern to check the nozzles and see if they are clogged.
(See "Checking for Nozzle Clogging.")

→P.838

In the Windows printer driver, Application Color Matching Priority
is not selected.

Click Special Settings on the Layout sheet of the printer driver and se-
lect Application Color Matching Priority in the dialog box.
(See "Layout Sheet (Windows).")

→P.200

There may be a slight difference in how colors are printed after
Printhead replacement because of individual variation among print-
heads.

Execute color calibration.
(See "Corrects slight differences in how colors appear (color calibration).")

→P.820

Printhead characteristics gradually change through repeated use,
and colors may change.

Execute color calibration.
(See "Corrects slight differences in how colors appear (color calibration).")

→P.820

Color may change slightly even on the same model 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 environment.

Follow these steps to prepare the printing environment.

1.

Use the same version of firmware or printer driver.
(See "Updating the Firmware.")

→P.871

2.

Specify the same value for all settings items.

3.

Execute color calibration.
(See "Corrects slight differences in how colors appear (color calibra-
tion).")

→P.820

When reinstalling the printer driver, you changed the region selec-
tion of the Media Configuration Tool.
Changing the region selection of the Media Configuration Tool dele-
tes the region-specific paper information originally registered on the
printer before installation. Using paper with deleted information
when executing color calibration will prevent the resulting calibration
adjustment value from being applied to all other types of the paper.

Prepare paper compatible with calibration in the newly selected region
and perform calibration again.
(See "Corrects slight differences in how colors appear (color calibration).")

→P.820

Banding in different colors occurs

Banding in different colors occurs

Cause

Corrective Action

The paper feed amount is out of adjustment.

Adjust the feed amount.
(See "Adjusting the Feed Amount.")

→P.805

Printing does not proceed smoothly because
print jobs are interrupted during transmission.

Exit other applications and cancel other print jobs.

iPF9400

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

User's Guide

Troubleshooting

Problems with the printing quality

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