When Printing Becomes Faint Or Colors Are Incorrect - Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Series Quick Start Manual

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect

When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, even if ink remains in the ink tanks, the
Print Head nozzles are probably clogged. Follow the procedures below to clean the nozzles.
If the ruled lines are shifted after running the print head maintenance, align the Print Head.
Before printing the nozzle check pattern or cleaning the Print Head, check the
following;
Open the Top Cover and make sure that all the ink tanks click into place and
then their ink lamps light red.
If any one of the ink lamps is flashing slowly, the associated ink tank is
running low. You can continue printing, but we recommend preparing a new
ink tank to replace the associated ink tank.
If any one of the ink lamps is flashing quickly, the associated ink tank is
empty. Replace the ink tank. See
If an ink lamp is flashing even though ink remains in that ink tank, it is
inserted in the wrong position. Make sure that the correct ink tank color is
inserted in each position referring to the color guide on the print head lock
lever. See
If any one of the ink lamps is unlit, press the
insert it. Make sure that all packaging material is peeled off the ink tank. See
"Replacing Ink Tanks"
Increase the Print Quality setting in the printer driver settings.
See
Step 1
See
Step 2
If the problem remains after performing print head cleaning twice
Step 3
If Print Head Deep Cleaning does not resolve the problem, the Print Head may
be defective. Contact the Customer Care Center.
"Replacing an Ink Tank"
on page 41.
"Print Results Not Satisfactory or Contains Errors"
"Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern"
If white stripes appear
See "Print Head Cleaning"
See "Print Head Deep Cleaning"
"Replacing Ink Tanks"
on page 36.
mark on the ink tank to fully
on page 46
After print head
cleaning, print the
nozzle check pattern.
on page 51
on page 55
Printing Maintenance
on page 41.
on page 65.
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