Canon mp280 - Manual (Page 628)

Advanced Guide > Troubleshooting > Print Results Not Satisfactory > Colors Are Uneven or Streaked
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Colors Are Uneven or Streaked
Colors Are Uneven
Colors Are Streaked
Check 1: Did you confirm the paper and print quality settings?
Print Results Not Satisfactory
Check 2: Print the Nozzle Check Pattern and perform any necessary
maintenance operations such as Print Head Cleaning.
Print the Nozzle Check Pattern to determine whether the ink ejects properly from the print head
nozzles.
Refer to Routine Maintenance for the Nozzle Check Pattern printing, Print Head Cleaning, and Print
Head Deep Cleaning.
If the Nozzle Check Pattern is not printed correctly:
After performing the Print Head Cleaning, print the Nozzle Check Pattern and examine the
pattern.
If the problem is not resolved after performing the Print Head Cleaning twice:
Perform the Print Head Deep Cleaning.
If the problem is not resolved after performing the Print Head Deep Cleaning, turn off the
machine and perform another Print Head Deep Cleaning after 24 hours.
If the problem is not resolved after performing the Print Head Deep Cleaning twice:
Ink may have run out. Replace the FINE Cartridge.
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