Problems with the printing quality, Printing is faint – Canon imagePROGRAF iPF825 User Manual

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Problems with the printing quality

Printing is faint ................................................................................................................................................. 861
Paper rubs against the printhead .................................................................................................................... 862
The edges of the paper are dirty ..................................................................................................................... 863
The surface of the paper is dirty ...................................................................................................................... 863
The back side of the paper is dirty .................................................................................................................. 864

Printed colors are inaccurate ........................................................................................................................... 864
Banding in different colors occurs ................................................................................................................... 865
Colors in printed images are uneven ............................................................................................................... 865
Image Edges are Blurred or White Banding Occurs ....................................................................................... 866

Setting the Blue Switch on the Platen ......................................................................................................... 867

The contrast becomes uneven during printing ................................................................................................ 870

The length of printed images is inaccurate ...................................................................................................... 870
Documents are printed crooked ...................................................................................................................... 870
Documents are printed in monochrome .......................................................................................................... 870

Line thickness is not uniform ........................................................................................................................... 871
Lines are misaligned ....................................................................................................................................... 871

Problems with the printing quality caused by the type of paper ...................................................................... 872

Printing is faint

Cause

Corrective Action

You may be printing on the wrong
side of the paper.

Print on the printing surface.

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.813

Because the printer was left without
ink tanks installed for some time,
ink has become clogged in the ink
supply system.

After the ink tanks have been installed for 24 hours, run Head Cleaning B.
(See "Cleaning the Printhead.")

→P.815

Paper is jammed inside the Top
Cover.

Follow the steps below to remove the jammed piece of paper inside the Top
Cover.

1.

Press the Online button to bring the printer offline.

2.

Open the Top Cover and make sure the Carriage is not over the Platen.

3.

Remove any scraps of paper inside the Top Cover.
(See "Clearing Jammed Roll Paper.")

→P.847

(See "Clearing a Jammed Sheet.")

→P.851

4.

Close the Top Cover.

During borderless printing, the ink
was not dry enough before cutting.

Specify a longer drying period in the printer menu, in Roll DryingTime in Pa-
per Details
.
(See "Main Menu Settings.")

→P.730

Printing may be faint if Print Qual-
ity
in Advanced Settings in the
printer driver is set to Standard or
Draft.

In Advanced Settings of the printer driver, choose Highest or High in Print
Quality
.
Printing in Draft or Standard mode is faster and consumes less ink than in
Highest or High modes, but the printing quality is lower.

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