Lines or colors are misaligned, Borders appear in borderless printing – Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8400S User Manual

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Lines or colors are misaligned

Cause

Corrective Action

The Printhead is not being
aligned correctly.

Adjust the Printhead alignment.
(See "Automatic Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors.")➔P.97
(See "Manual Adjustment to Straighten Lines and Colors.")➔User's Guide

When printing fine lines or text at high precision on glossy or semi-glossy photo or proofing
paper, set the optimal Printhead height before aligning the printhead.
(See "Enhancing Printing Quality.")➔User's Guide

In the Control Panel menu, use a lower Head Height setting.
(See "Troubleshooting Paper Abrasion and Blurry Images.")➔User's Guide

The type of paper specified
in the printer driver does not
match the type loaded in the
printer.

Load paper of the same type as you have specified in the printer driver.
(See "Loading Rolls in the Printer.")➔P.14
(See "Loading Sheets in the Printer.")➔P.21

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.

Depending on the type of
paper, printed lines may be
noticeably misaligned.

Specify Proof in Print Priority in the printer driver.
(See "Giving Priority to Particular Graphic Elements and Colors for Printing.")➔User's
Guide

Borders appear in borderless printing

Cause

Corrective Action

If borderless printing was performed at the
actual size, paper wider than the page size
was selected.

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.")➔User's Guide

The printing image data has margins.

Check that the printing image data does not have any objects like crop
marks and transparent objects.

Margins are configured in the application
software you are using.

Check that no margins are configured in the application software you
are using.

BordlessOversize is set to Little in the
Control Panel menu.

Set BordlessOversize to Standard in the Control Panel menu.
(See "Menu Settings.")➔User's Guide

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