Canon iPF685 Series Basic Manual

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Cause Corrective ActionYou are printing on heavyweight pa-per or paper that curls or wrinkleseasily after absorbing ink.For film-based media such as Tracing Paper, set the VacuumStrngth to Standard, Strongor Strongest in the Control Panel menu. If the paper still rubs against the printhead, set theHead Height in the Control Panel menu to a higher value than the current setting.(See "Adjusting the Vacuum Strength.") ➔ User's Guide(See "Troubleshooting Paper Abrasion and Blurry Images.") ➔ User's GuideThe Ejection Guide is soiled. Clean the Ejection Guide.(See "Cleaning the Printer Exterior.") ➔ User's GuideThe surface of the paper is dirtyThe surface of the paper is dirtyCause Corrective ActionThe Paper Retainer is soiled. Clean the Paper Retainer.(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.") ➔ P.41You are using a paper thatdoes not dry easily.In the Control Panel menu, set Roll DryingTime to at least 1 min.(See "Menu Settings.") ➔ User's GuideWhen paper that does not dry easily is used for printing, it may curl during printing and touch theOutput Tray.In this case, in the Control Panel menu, complete the settings for Dry time and Area in Scan WaitTime.However, note that printing will now take longer.(See "Menu Settings.") ➔ User's GuideThe back side of the paper is dirtyThe back side of the paper is dirtyCause Corrective ActionThe Platen has become dirty after borderlessprinting or printing on small paper.Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen.(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.") ➔ P.41The Platen has become soiled because youhave set Width Detection to Off in the ControlPanel menu.Set Width Detection to On in the Control Panel menu, and then open the TopCover and clean the Platen.(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.") ➔ P.41Open the Top Cover and clean the Platen. After this, manually advance the rollonto the Platen before printing.(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.") ➔ P.41(See "Feeding Roll Paper Manually.") ➔ User's GuideThe Paper Retainer is soiled. Clean the Paper Retainer.(See "Cleaning Inside the Top Cover.") ➔ P.41Printed colors are inaccuratePrinted colors are inaccurateCause Corrective ActionColor adjustment has not been activated in theAdvanced Settings of the printer driver.In the Advanced Settings of the printer driver, access Color Settings in ColorMode to adjust colors.(See "Main Sheet (Windows).") ➔ User's Guide(See "Main Pane (Mac OS X).") ➔ User's GuideColors have not been adjusted on the comput-er or monitor.Refer to the computer and monitor documentation to adjust the colors.Adjust the settings of the color management software, referring to the softwaredocumentation as needed.The Printhead nozzles are clogged. Print a test pattern to check the nozzles and see if they are clogged.(See "Checking for Nozzle Clogging.") ➔ User's GuideApplication Color Matching Priority is set toOff in the Windows printer driver.Click Special Settings in the Layout sheet of the printer driver, and set Applica-tion Color Matching Priority to On in the dialog box that is displayed.(See "Layout Sheet (Windows).") ➔ User's GuideThe surface of the paper is dirty iPF685 SeriesBasic GuideTroubleshooting Problems with the printing quality98