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Colors in printed images are uneven – Canon imagePROGRAF TM-300 36" Large-Format Inkjet Printer with L36ei Scanner Kit User Manual

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Colors in printed images are uneven

Check 1

Does this paper curl easily?

Colors in printed images may be uneven at the leading edge of paper that curls easily. Change the

Transport

unit vacuum strength

in the touch screen to increase the grip on the paper, or set a margin of at least 0.8

inches (20 mm) at the front edge of the paper.

Adjusting Vacuum Strength

Check 2

Make sure you are not printing with AirPrint. (macOS)

Select a printer to use on

Printers & Scanners

under

System Preferences

.

If "...AirPrint" is included in the printer name shown on

Kind

, you are using the printer with AirPrint. In this case,

install the CUPS driver and perform printing using the CUPS driver.

Check 3

Colors in printed images may be uneven if the

Print Quality

setting is too low

If using Windows, select

Advanced Settings

from the

Main

tab of the printer driver, and then select a higher

Print Quality

setting.

If using macOS, select

Quality & Media

in the printer driver, and then select a higher

Print Quality

setting.

When

Fast

or

Standard

is selected, the printing time is shorter and less ink is used than with

High

, but the print

quality is reduced.

Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data

(Windows)

Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data (macOS)

Check 4

Colors in printed images may be uneven on the boundary between shades if

there are dark and light areas in an image

Using the unidirectional printing function may reduce color unevenness in this situation.

Follow the steps below for unidirectional printing.

• Windows

Open

Paper Detailed Settings

from the

Main

tab of the printer driver, and then select

Unidirectional

Printing

.

• macOS

Open

Paper Detailed Settings

in the printer driver, and then select

Unidirectional Printing

.

Check 5

If printing borderless, colors in printed images may be a little uneven at the

leading edge of the paper because printing is interrupted to cut the paper

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