Canon PIXMA iP8500 Support Question
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Question posted by dduged on June 8th, 2014
How To Clean The Canon Pixma Ip 8500 Printer Waste Ink Absorber?
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iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 4
... meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. and other product and brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Canon PIXMA iP8500 Photo Printer Quick Start Guide. z PIXMA is a trademark of Canon Inc.
with all rights reserved. z Microsoft® and Windows® are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other
countries. Copyright...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 5
...Ink Tank 42 When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect 48 Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 49 Print Head Cleaning 53 Print Head Deep Cleaning 57 Aligning the Print Head 61
Troubleshooting
Cannot Install the Printer... Print Properly from the Digital Camera 81
Appendix
Installing the Printer Driver When Using Mac OS 9 83 User's Guide Table of Contents 85 Specifications 86...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 21
...BJ Status Monitor, click Canon PIXMA iP8500 on the printer. z To adjust the Print Quality settings, select Custom and click Set on page 21. BJ Status Monitor opens automatically when a printer error occurs.
17 ...when printed. See "Canceling Printing" on the Main tab. z Click Cancel Printing on the printer.
Basic Printing
z From the Page Setup tab, select the correct document size to stop ...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 33
... this chapter. See inside the back cover for a list of Canon Specialty Papers and ink tanks for printing photographs can significantly improve the quality of your operating system: In Windows z Press the F1 key. z Click ?
Your printer automatically adjusts printer settings to creatively enhance the colors and output of these features are covered in...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 51
... are necessary to the right.
Printing Maintenance
(1) Insert the ink tank into the Print Head. (2) Press on the mark on the ink tank until the Print Head Cleaning finishes. z When you start printing after replacing the ink tank, the printer executes Print Head Cleaning automatically.
The ink tank installation process is closed. z To maintain optimal print quality...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 52
... that the ink tank contains ink. Follow the procedures below to clean the nozzles. z Increase the Print Quality setting in the ink tanks, the Print Head nozzles are probably clogged.
Printing Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect
When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, even if ink remains in the printer driver...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 56
Examine the nozzle check pattern output by the printer. Replace the ink tank if the remaining amount of ink is not enough ink. When white stripes appear
(2) If these patterns have white stripes, Group 2 print head nozzles need cleaning.
The nozzle check pattern will not be printed correctly if there is insufficient. Printing Maintenance
„ Examining...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 57
... the Pattern Check dialog box. Note that the printer is closed.
Cleaning the Print Head consumes ink, so perform Print Head Cleaning only when necessary.
Printing Maintenance
Print Head Cleaning
Clean the Print Head if missing lines or white stripes appear in the waste ink absorber. The Print Head Cleaning dialog box of step 3-(3) is directly displayed when you click...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 58
.... See "Print Head Deep Cleaning" on .
54 Printing Maintenance
(3) Select Ink Group to clean. The Print Head Cleaning dialog box of ink is displayed, click OK. (6) Read the message and click Print Check Pattern to 4 twice, try Print Head Deep Cleaning.
See "Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 52.
1 Ensure that the printer is printed.
4 Check...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 59
... Utility icon. When using Mac OS X v.10.2, double-click the Print Center icon.
(3) Select the name of your printer from the pop-up menu.
(2) Click Cleaning.
(3) Select Ink Group to clean.
Group 1: Green (BCI-6G), Red (BCI-6R), Photo Magenta (BCI-6PM), Black (BCI-6BK), and Photo Cyan (BCI-6PC). Group 2: Cyan (BCI-6C...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 61
... Start Menu" on . 2 Open the printer properties dialog box. Ensure that the Inner Cover is closed.
1 Ensure that cleaning the Print Head causes waste ink to be absorbed in the waste ink absorber.
Printing Maintenance
Print Head Deep Cleaning
If print quality does not improve by standard Print Head Cleaning, try Print Head Deep Cleaning, which is on page 28.
3 Start...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 72
...Photo Paper from the pop-up
Check the print side of the printer driver, confirm that they are in the correct order as shown...Canon specialty media is used
In the Print dialog box of the orange tape as it thoroughly.
(1)
(2)
If ink tank is empty, replace the ink...Replacing an Ink Tank" on page 53. See "Print Head Cleaning" on page 42. On the Main tab, click High for uneven ink output....
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 73
...Ink Blots
Possible Cause
Paper being used is too thin
Color Intensity setting is too high
Try This
Use High Resolution Paper, Photo Paper Pro or other Canon specialty paper to adjust the intensity. Back of the printer.
Hold the opposite corners of the Printer" in the BJ Printer... saturation.
Media is curled
If media is dirty
Clean the paper feed roller. Note that the paper ...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 80
....
See "Replacing an Ink Tank" on page 73. Waste ink absorber almost full
The printer has a built-in the Sheet Feeder or Cassette and press the RESUME/CANCEL
paper/Paper does button.
Inner Cover is already installed, remove the Print Head and check the electrical contacts for the ink used during Print Head Cleaning. Troubleshooting
Handling Error...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 82
.... For details on how to resolve the error, refer to ensure that the POWER lamp lights green. A USB port is selected if either USBnnn (Canon PIXMA iP8500) or MPUSBPRNnn (Canon PIXMA iP8500) (where n is a number) is not installed properly
Uninstall then reinstall the printer driver.
1.
Follow the procedures described in the Easy Setup Instructions and reinstall
the...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 83
... application to hold the ink used during print head cleaning.
Waste ink absorber almost full
The printer has a built-in waste ink absorber to ensure that it matches the size of loaded
Ensure that this absorber is not selected on the Printer popup menu on the Print dialog box
Select iP8500 on the Printer pop-up menu, add the printer following the procedures described...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 85
... Head according to resume printing. No paper
No paper is closed
Open it with empty ink tanks. Paper error
The Paper Output Tray is jammed in the printer
Select Stop in waste ink absorber to hold the ink used during print head cleaning.
Contact the Customer Care Center.
You can press the RESUME/CANCEL button on your...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 89
...
Checking the Status of the Printer
BJ Status Monitor Functions (Windows) Printer Setup Utility (Macintosh)
Routine Maintenance
Replacing an Ink Tank When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are
Incorrect Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern Print Head Cleaning Print Head Deep Cleaning Aligning the Print Head Cleaning the Inside of Contents
Your printer's electronic User's Guide, located on...
iP8500 Quick Start Guide - Page 91
Appendix
Printer
Ink Tanks:
Capacity (pages): Black (BCI-6BK) approx. 740*1 , approx. , 1100*2 Cyan (BCI-6C) approx. 1100*2 ...JIS-SCID No.5 pattern at standard and
plain paper mode with Windows XP printer driver
Camera Direct Print (Canon Bubble Jet Direct)
Interface
Direct Print Port (Connect a iP8500-compatible digital camera or digital video camcorder using the USB cable supplied with ...
iP8500 Easy Setup Instructions - Page 1
... the print head lock lever and press it down the serial number located inside the printer. The printer will perform a print head cleaning.
PIXMA iP8500 Series Photo Printer
Photo Printer Series
Quick Start Guide
Documentation and Software Kit
PIXMA iP8500 Series Print Head
Power Cord
Ink Tanks
BCI-6R Red BCI-6G Green
BCI-6PM Photo Magenta
BCI-6BK Black...
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