The contrast becomes uneven during printing, Images are printed crooked, Documents are printed in monochrome – Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6400S User Manual
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The contrast becomes uneven during printing
The contrast becomes uneven during printing
Cause
Corrective Action
The paper feed amount is out of adjustment.
Adjust the feed amount.
(See "Adjusting the Feed Amount.")
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.")
(See "Loading Sheets in the Feed Slot.")
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.
The length of printed images is inaccurate in the feeding direction
The length of printed images is inaccurate in the feeding direction
Cause
Corrective Action
In the Control Panel menu, Adj. Priority is set
to Print Quality.
Set Adj. Priority to Print Length in the Control Panel menu, and then execute Adjust
Length.
(See "Adjusting the Feed Amount.")
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.")
(See "Loading Sheets in the Feed Slot.")
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.
Images are printed crooked
Images are printed crooked
Cause
Corrective Action
In the Control Panel menu, Skew Check Lv. is set to
Loose or Off.
In the Control Panel menu, set Skew Check Lv. to High Accuracy or Standard.
Documents are printed in monochrome
Documents are printed in monochrome
Cause
Corrective Action
In the Advanced Settings of the printer driver, Mon-
ochrome or Monochrome (Photo), is specified in
Color Mode.
In the Advanced Settings of the printer driver, specify Color in Color Mode and try
printing again.
The Printhead nozzles are clogged.
Print a test pattern to check the color ink nozzles and see if they are clogged.
(See "Checking for Nozzle Clogging.")
Line thickness is not uniform
Line thickness is not uniform
Cause
Corrective Action
In the Special Settings dialog box of
the Windows printer driver, Fast Graph-
ic Process is selected.
Access the printer driver Properties dialog box from Print in the File menu of the source applica-
tion, and follow these steps to print.
1.
Clear the option Open Preview When Print Job Starts on the Main sheet.
2.
Clear the option Page Layout on the Layout sheet.
3.
Click the Special Settings button on the Layout sheet to display the Special Settings dialog
box, and then clear the option Fast Graphic Process.
The contrast becomes uneven during printing
iPF6400S
Troubleshooting
Problems with the printing quality
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