Canon Pixma Ip4700 User Guide

Advanced GuideTroubleshooting
Contents > Routine Maintenance > W hen Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect 
If print results are blurred or colors are not printed correctly, the pint head nozzles are probably c logged.
Follow the procedure below to print the nozzle chec k pattern, check the print head nozzle condition, then
clean the Print Head. 
If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results  are otherwise unsatisfactory, aligning the...

      
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Contents > Routine Maintenance > W hen Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect >  Printing the Nozzle Check
Pattern
 Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 
Print the nozzle check pattern to determine whether  the ink ejects properly from the print head nozzles.
You need to prepare: a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized p lain paper
 Note
 If the remaining ink level is low, the nozzle check pattern will not be printed correctly. Replace the
ink tank whose ink is low.
See Replacing...

(3) Confirm the displayed message and click Print Check Pattern.
The nozzle check pattern will be printed. 
Do not perform any other operations until the printe r completes the printing of the nozzle check pattern.
 Note
 Clicking Initial Check Items displays the items to be checked  before printing the nozzle
check pattern.
6.Examine the nozzle check pattern.
See 
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern.
1.Make sure that the power is turned on.
2.Make sure that one or more sheets of A4 or Letter-sized  plain...

(3) Confirm the displayed message and click Print Check Pattern.
The nozzle check pattern will be printed. 
Do not perform any other operations until the printe r completes the printing of the nozzle check pattern.
 Note
 Clicking Initial Check Items displays the items to be checked  before printing the nozzle
check pattern.
6.Examine the nozzle check pattern.
See 
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern.
 
     
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Contents > Routine Maintenance > W hen Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect >  Examining the Nozzle
Check Pattern
 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 
Examine the nozzle check pattern, and clean the Pri nt Head if necessary.
1.Check if there are missing lines in the pattern (1)  or horizontal white streaks in the
pattern (2).
If there are missing lines in the pattern (1): Clean the print head nozzles of the Black ink group (PG BK).
(A) Good
(B) Bad (Lines are...

(1) Click Cleaning.
      
  
  
(2) Make sure that one or more sheets of A4 or Letter-size d plain paper are loaded
in the Cassette.
Follow the procedure from (3) in step 5 (W indows or Ma cintosh) in Cleaning the Print Head to clean the Print
Head.
  
   
Go to Select the ink group to clean. in Cleaning the Print Head.
   
Go to Select the ink group to clean. in Cleaning the Print Head.
 
     
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Contents > Routine Maintenance > W hen Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect >  Cleaning the Print Head
 Cleaning the Print Head 
Clean the Print Head if there are missing lines or  horizontal white streaks in the printed nozzle chec k
pattern. Cleaning unclogs the nozzles and restores  the print head condition. Cleaning the Print Head
consumes ink, so clean the Print Head only when necessary.
You need to prepare: a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized p lain paper
 Note...

(3) Select the ink group to clean.
 Note
 This printer has two kinds of black ink: PGBK (pigment ink) and BK (dye ink).
Check the nozzle check pattern, then click Black if there are  missing lines in PGBK, or click
Color if there are horizontal white streaks in BK. 
For details on the nozzle check pattern, see 
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern.
(4) Click Execute.
The printer starts cleaning the Print Head when the  Power lamp starts flashing green.
Do not perform any other operations until the printe r...

1.Make sure that the power is turned on.
2.Make sure that one or more sheets of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper are loaded in
the Cassette.
3.Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and extend the Ou tput Tray Extension to open.
 Important
 If the Inner Cover is open, close it.
4.Open the Canon IJ Printer Utility.
See 
Opening the Canon IJ Printer Utility (Macintosh).
5.Clean the Print Head.
(1) Make sure that Cleaning is selected in the pop-up menu . 
(2) Click Cleaning.
(3) Select the ink group to clean....