Canon PIXMA iP4300 Quick Start Guide - Page 69
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Cause Ink tank is not installed securely. / Part of the orange tape is remaining. Action Open the Top Cover and check the ink lamps. If the ink lamp is not lit, press the mark on the ink tank until it clicks into place. The ink lamp lights up red when the ink tank is fully inserted. Make sure all of the orange tape is peeled off the ink tank and the air hole is completely exposed, as illustrated in (A). If any orange parts are left as in (B), remove all of the orange parts. (A) (B) Media Type setting in the printer driver does not match the actual type of paper. Print Head nozzles are clogged. The media is loaded with the wrong side facing upwards. Print Head is misaligned. (A) Correct L-shaped air hole (B) Incorrect Part of the orange tape is remaining. Peel off the tape completely along the perforation. Make sure that the Media Type set in the Main sheet of the printer driver (Windows) or the Quality & Media sheet of the Print dialog box (Macintosh) matches the type of the loaded printing paper. Print the nozzle check pattern to check for uneven ink output. z If the nozzle check pattern does not print out properly Check if any of the missing colors are due to empty tanks. If there is plenty of ink and the printer does not print, clean the Print Head and then print the nozzle check pattern to check that ink is ejecting properly. z If the problem is not resolved after performing Print Head Cleaning twice Perform Print Head Deep Cleaning. If the problem is not resolved after performing Print Head Deep Cleaning, turn off the printer and perform Print Head Deep Cleaning again after 24 hours or later. z If the problem is still not resolved after performing Print Head Deep Cleaning twice The Print Head may be damaged. Contact your Canon service representative. For details on how to print the nozzle check pattern, how to clean the Print Head, and how to perform Print Head Deep Cleaning, see "When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect" on page 35. Many types of paper are made to be printed on only a particular side of the paper. Printing on the wrong side may cause unclear prints or prints with reduced quality. Refer to "Printing Media" in the User's Guide on-screen manual. If you did not align the Print Head after installation, straight lines may be printed misaligned. If ruled lines are printed misaligned or print results are otherwise unsatisfactory, perform Print Head Alignment. See "Automatic Print Head Alignment" on page 44 and perform Automatic Print Head Alignment. If this does not solve the problem, see "Manual Print Head Alignment" on page 47 and perform Manual Print Head Alignment. Troubleshooting 65