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How To Resolve Canon Printer Not Printing Color Correctly?

Canon printers are one of the best printers in the market. They have variety of
features with high speed and good quality printing. You can print or scan
documents and images from your phone and computer through Canon printers.
But sometimes you face issues like, Canon printer not printing color correctly.
There are multiple reasons as to why your Canon printer is not printing color
properly.
Causes for Canon printer not printing color properly:
 It can be due to the corrupted printer driver. The most obvious cause is low
ink levels. If the printer doesn’t have ink, it will not print anything.
 There might be a paper jam that you have not noticed. You have to be very
careful of all the steps while installing the printer.
 If there is some installation issue, the printer will stop printing. Your device
and printer should be connected and compatible with each other.
 The printer head and nozzle can be dirty which is causing the error.
 The printer ink plays an important role, if the quality of the ink is not good
or compatible with the printer, the prints will suffer.
These were some of the reasons if you were wondering, why won’t my Canon
printer print. Now, let’s have a look at some of the solutions. Steps on how you
can fix these issues.
Ways to fix Canon printer not printing color correctly:
 Check the printer ink levels. The ink levels are displayed on the printer
panel. If it’s low, remove the cover of the printer. Discard the old ink
cartridges carefully. With the clean and dry hands slide the new ink
cartridges in the slots carefully. Close the lid and make a test print to see if
the printer is printing properly.
 Go to the official website of your printer and check for latest updates for
printer driver. Download the update compatible with your printer and
install it. It is important that all the devices are updated for proper
functioning.
 Make sure that the color printing settings are correct of your printer. Go to
the settings on start menu of your computer. There you will see a printer
and scanner option. Click on the properties to see whether you have
enabled the color printing.
 Restart your printer. Unplug it from the power source and detach all the
cables. Wait for a minute and then plug it back. This may remove the
buffering and printer will start printing properly again.
Follow the steps mentioned above and the printer should start printing color
correctly. But if you still find any errors in the printer due to which it is not
printing properly. You can reset the Canon printer back to default settings. Here’s
how to reset Canon printer. You can either go to the settings and select the reset
option which will bring back your printer to the factory settings or use a reset
button. Hold down the stop button and the power button at the same time. Now,
you have to press the stop button five times. This will reset your printer back to
factory settings.

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