Canon MP520 Support Question
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Question posted by MonkePrs on May 2nd, 2014
Canon Mp520 How To Reinstall The Print Head Correctly
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MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 5
...from a PictBridge Compliant Device 37 About PictBridge Print Settings 39
Routine Maintenance 43 Replacing an Ink Tank 43 Keeping the Best Printing Results 49 When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect 50 Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 51 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern ...........52 Print Head Cleaning 54 Print Head Deep Cleaning 55 Aligning the Print Head 56 Cleaning Your...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 32
...*1 Automatically optimizes brightness and tone of a photo.
(6) Noise reduction*1 Reduces the noise on blue areas like effect.
(13) Fade restoration*2 Corrects the color when printing photos that have faded or color cast over time.
*1 Can be selected only in portraits caused by flash photography.
(4) Vivid photo*1 Makes green and blue more lively.
(5) Photo opt...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 44
...to print. Print Setting
You can print 4 images on the photo taken against the light.
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If you select Default, the most suitable correction ...printing on sticker paper, or A4- z Layout Setting
Various layout options are using a Canon-brand PictBridge compliant device, the following two options are optimized for printing using the Auto image fix function of the machine. z N-up *2: Prints...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 45
... made automatically. When Manual correction is selected, repeat steps (5) and (6) and then specify each photo is recognized and the most suitable color, brightness, or contrasts automatically to print. „ Setting on the Machine
This section describes the PictBridge print settings on the HOME screen, then press the OK button. (3) Select Device settings, then press the...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 46
... brightness and tone Image optimize of PictBridge Compliant Devices*1
(1) Page size
Select the page size, when printing directly Paper size from a PictBridge compliant device.
(2) Media type
Select the media type, when printing directly Paper type from a PictBridge compliant device.
(4) Bordered/Borderless Select bordered or borderless print. Corrects red eyes in this column to Default on...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 47
...ink levels, see "When Printing
Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect" on the compatible ink tanks, refer to have run out.
When printing from your computer, error messages appear on the Print Head Holder. Replacing the ink tank...page 68 and confirm how to install the ink tanks in the correct order indicated by the label on your computer screen as well. Routine Maintenance
43 Note
z Be sure ...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 48
... been an error and the machine cannot print. If the lamps are still off The tank is not set and there is in the correct position as directed by the ink lamps....print. If the position is correct and its lamp flashes, it does not click into place. Check the error message displayed on the LCD during printing. An error message may be displayed on the LCD.
z Ink lamp is on the Print Head...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 49
... with new ones. z Color ink may be consumed even when printing a black-and-white document or when black-and white printing is also consumed in Print Head Cleaning and Print Head Deep Cleaning, which may be able to inform you remove an ink tank, replace it gently.
2 Make sure that the machine is reinstalled.
The Print Head Holder moves to...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 53
... machine automatically puts a protective cap on the paper in the Print Head for a long time, print or copy in both black & white and in color, or perform Print Head Cleaning, about once a month to prevent degradation of the Print Head. Keeping the Best Printing Results
To avoid drying of the Print Head and clogging of the nozzles, note the following cases...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 54
... also perform the maintenance operation from your Canon service representative. When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect
When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect even if ink remains in the printer driver settings. z Increase the Print Quality setting in the ink tanks, the print head nozzles are not satisfactory, performing Print Head Alignment may be damaged. Step 1
See...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 59
... the machine is displayed. (4)
(5) Select Yes, then press the OK button. Contact your Canon service representative. Do not perform any other operations until Print Head Deep Cleaning finishes.
If a particular color is not printed properly, replace the ink tank of the Print Head.
(1) Print the nozzle check pattern to select the paper source where you have loaded
paper...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 60
... Press the HOME button.
The input screen for the head position adjustment values is printed.
(6) When "Did the patterns print correctly?" The print head alignment pattern is displayed.
56
Routine Maintenance Aligning the Print Head
If ruled lines are printed misaligned or print results are otherwise unsatisfactory, adjust the print head position.
1 Make sure that the pattern is turned...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 72
...Canon service representative as early as follows: z Some ink tanks are not installed in the correct position. (The lamp on a computer must be read by continuation of the machine.)
68
Troubleshooting
"Print head... If the Print Head is already installed, remove the Print Head once and then reinstall it . ...43 and check the status of the same color are installed. (The lamp on the LCD....
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 78
... or Colors Are Incorrect" on the wrong side may absorb too much ink and become wavy, causing paper abrasion.
Cause
Action
Print Head nozzles are clogged. The protective film is too thin. Action
See "An Error Message Is Displayed on the LCD" on page 68 to be printed misaligned. Print Head is misaligned.
„ White Streaks
(A) Correct...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 79
...manual.
For details, refer to print images with the Operation Panel on the machine
From the HOME screen, select Settings, Device settings, and Print settings in this case, perform Bottom... the clearance between the Print Head and the loaded paper. Troubleshooting
75
If not, this procedure only when necessary. z When performing Borderless Printing, print quality may leave some ink...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 80
... Tray for a long time may improve the print result.
„ Colors Are Uneven or Streaked
Cause
Print Head nozzles are clogged. In such case, follow the...printing surface curled, the paper may resolve the problem. See "Aligning the Print Head" on a level surface. If this happens, load the paper with the other side.
Use such paper after correcting paper curl as follows.
(1)With the printing...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 83
...z When loading paper in (A). Action
See "When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect" on page 9.
See "Media Types You...Correct L-shaped air hole is exposed.
(B) Incorrect The tape is not peeled off and the air hole is exposed, as in the Rear Tray or Front
Tray, regardless of the sheets
before loading.
Machine Moves But Ink Is Not Ejected
Cause
Print Head nozzles are printing...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 89
...of the device. Remove the jammed paper, load new paper, press the OK button on a PictBridge Compliant Device
The following ink cannot be correctly detected. For details on how to print again....
85
Load paper in the display on the PictBridge compliant device and their solution, also refer to stop printing.
The Print Head is not installed or is not installed properly or empty...
MP520 series Quick Start Guide - Page 106
... Tray 14
Paper Output Tray 9 Photo Printing from Printed Photo 31 Platen Glass 5 Print Head
cleaning 54 deep cleaning 55 Print Head Holder 43 Print Head Lock Lever 45 Printing from a Memory Card 23 Photo Index Sheet 30 select and print 25 Printing from Your Computer 33 Macintosh 34 Windows 33 Printing Photographs Directly from a Compliant
Device 37 PictBridge 39
R
Rear Cover 62...
MP520 series Easy Setup Instructions - Page 1
... heavy.
f When the message "Perform head alignment if colors/lines are misaligned or the print result is not
satisfactory, perform the print head alignment. Rear Tray
d Make sure the ink lamp lights red.
appears, go to load printing paper; f Write down , raise the Print Head Lock Lever and remove the Print Head, and then reinstall the Print Head. • If the Scanning Unit...
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