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IfthePrinterMakesaStrangeSound
CauseCorrectiveAction
Theprintermakesasoundduring
operation.
Thefollowingsoundsdonotindicateaproblemwiththeprinter.
•ThereisasoundofsuctionfromthePlaten
Topreventpaperfromrising,paperisheldagainstthePlatenby
suctionfromVacuumholesunderit.
•Thereisasoundwhenadifferentsizeofpaperisusedandwhen
theCarriagegoesfromsidetoside
Whenpaperofadifferentsizeisused,avalveisautomatically
activatedtoswitchtheareaforpapersuction,whichmaymakea
sound.ThismechanismpreventssuctionfromVacuumholeswhere
thereisnopaper.
Inaddition,inkisejectedinsyncwiththemovementoftheCarriage
backandforthtoensureoptimalinkow.Atthistime,thevalve
automaticallyswitchestheareaforpapersuction,whichmaymake
asound.
•Rollpapermakesautteringsoundduringprinting
Theremaybeautteringsoundwhenlargepaperisadvanced.
•Ifyousuddenlyhearthetoneforcleaningoperations
Atregularintervals,forprintermaintenance,cleaningoperationswill
beginautomatically,eveniftheprinterisinSleepmode.
•Ifyousuddenlyhearthetoneforinkagitation
Atregularintervals,toensureoptimalprintingquality,theinkis
agitatedautomatically,eveniftheprinterisinSleepmode.Ink
agitationtakesabout30seconds.
Theinkisalsoagitatedautomaticallyunderthefollowingconditions.
NotethatotheroperationsarenotpossiblewhileAgitatingis
displayedonthecontrolpanel.
•Aftertheprinteristurnedon.(Thetimeforagitationvaries
dependingonhowlongtheprinterwasoff-betweenabout30
secondsandtwominutes.)
•Afterdatatransmission.(Afteraboutaminuteandahalf,
printingoperationsbegin.However,printingmaystartlater
afterdatareception,dependingonthesizeofprintdata.)
•Afterinktankreplacement.(Inkagitationtakesaboutthree
andahalfminutes.)
Inothercases,contactyourCanondealer.
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