Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6450 User Manual
Basic guide

Large Format Printer
Basic Guide
Safety Precautions......................................................2
Manuals for this printer ................................................... 6
Handling rolls .................................................................. 9
Handling sheets ............................................................ 18
Ink Tanks...................................................................... 31
Printheads .................................................................... 38
Maintenance Cartridge ................................................. 45
Cleaning the Printer ...................................................... 51
Operations and Display Screen .................................... 61
Printer parts.................................................................. 72
Preparing to Transfer the Printer .................................. 78
Installing the Printer Driver (Windows) ......................... 86
Installing the Printer Driver (Mac OS X) ....................... 88
Convenient Printer Driver Features .............................. 90
Adjustments for Better Print Quality
Adjusting the Printhead ................................................ 97
Adjusting the feed amount ............................................ 99
Problems Regarding Paper ........................................ 102
Printing does not start ................................................. 111
The printer stops during a print job ............................. 112
Problems with the printing quality ............................... 113
Spectrophotometer Trouble Shooting ......................... 124
Cannot print over a network ........................................ 125
Installation problems ................................................... 127
Other problems ........................................................... 129
Messages regarding paper ......................................... 133
Messages regarding ink .............................................. 142
Messages regarding printing or adjustment ................ 144
Messages regarding printheads ................................. 149
Messages regarding the maintenance cartridge ......... 151
Messages regarding the hard disk .............................. 152
Other Messages ......................................................... 154
Error Messages .......................................................... 156
Manuals for this printer
Setup Guide
Basic Guide
User's Guide
Electronic manual
Paper Reference Guide
Electronic manual
ENG
Read this manual before attempting to operate the printer.
Keep this manual in a handy location for future referencing.
ver1.00 2012-06-26
Document Outline
- Cover
- Preface
- Handling Paper
- Consumables and Maintenance
- Printer Parts
- Printer Relocation
- Software Installation
- Adjustments for Better Print Quality
- Troubleshooting
- Problems Regarding Paper
- Clearing Jammed Paper (Paper Feed Slot)
- Clearing Jammed Roll Paper
- Clearing a Jammed Sheet, Fed Manually
- Cut sheets cannot be pulled out from the front paper feed slot
- Roll paper cannot be inserted into the paper feed slot
- Cannot load sheets
- Paper is not cut neatly
- Paper is not cut
- Depression on the leading edge is left
- Margins are wide
- Printing does not start
- The printer stops during a print job
- Problems with the printing quality
- Printing is faint
- Paper rubs against the printhead
- The edges of the paper are dirty
- The surface of the paper is dirty
- The back side of the paper is dirty
- Roller marks are left across the trailing edge of paper
- Immediately after borderless printing, the trailing edge margin is soiled during regular printing
- Printed colors are inaccurate
- Banding in different colors occurs
- Colors in printed images are uneven
- Image edges are blurred or white banding occurs
- Setting the Blue Switch on the Platen
- The contrast becomes uneven during printing
- The length of printed images is inaccurate in the feeding direction
- Images are printed crooked
- Documents are printed in monochrome
- Line thickness is not uniform
- Lines or colors are misaligned
- Borders appear during borderless printing
- Spectrophotometer Trouble Shooting
- Cannot print over a network
- Installation problems
- Other problems
- Problems Regarding Paper
- Error Message
- Messages regarding paper
- Paper mismatch
- MediaType Mismatch
- The paper is too small.
- The paper is too small.
- PaprWidth Mismatch
- Paper size not detected.
- Insufficient paper for job
- This paper cannot be used.
- Roll printing is selected.
- Roll printing is selected, but manual paper is loaded.
- The roll is empty.
- Roll feed unit error.
- No Roll Unit.
- Manual printing is selected.
- Manual printing is selected, but a roll is loaded.
- Wrong paper feed slot for manual paper.
- Paper jam.
- Paper loaded askew.
- Paper not aligned with right guide.
- Cannot detect papr
- Cannot feed paper.
- Cannot cut paper.
- End of paper feed.
- Borderless printng not possible.
- Roll paper is not securely in contact with roll holder.
- Messages regarding ink
- Ink insufficient.
- No ink left.
- Remaining level of the ink cannot be correctly detected. Check ink tank.
- Cannot detect ink level correctly. Close tank cover.
- Close Ink Tank Cover
- Ink tank is empty.
- Not much ink is left.
- Check if ink tank is set, and its color and direction.
- The following ink tanks cannot be recognized.
- Do not pull out ink tank.
- Messages regarding printing or adjustment
- Cannot execute this command. Use other paper.
- Cannot print as specified.
- Cannot calibrate.
- Excessive temperature or humidity.
- Please execute common calibration.
- Please commn calibrt using above paper.
- Please calibrate using above paper.
- Before borderless printing, move the blue platen switch.
- Blue platen switch is dirty.
- Move the blue platen switch No.xx to the right. (xx represents a number)
- Cannot adjust paper feed.
- Check printed document.
- Spectrophotometer Unit not connected.
- Spectrophotometer Sensor not mounted.
- Spectrophotometer Unit Calibration white tile error.
- Spectrophotometer Unit eject guide not mounted.
- Spectrophotometer Unit Backing plate error.
- Spectrophotometer up-down unit cover open.
- Spectrophotometer Unit cover open.
- Spectrophotometer read error.
- Clean calibration white tile because it may be dirty.
- Messages regarding printheads
- Messages regarding the maintenance cartridge
- Messages regarding the hard disk
- Other Messages
- Error Messages
- Messages regarding paper
- Index