Messages regarding paper
Leading edge detection error.
Cause
Corrective Action
A roll has been loaded when sheets are selected as
the paper source on the Control Panel.
Either remove the roll and load a sheet or select the
roll as the media source on the Control Panel.
The sheet is loaded askew.
Reload the sheet straight, in the correct position.
(→P.135)
Cannot feed paper.
Cause
Corrective Action
Reload the paper correctly and advance it again.
(→P.110)
Paper came out of the feed path during feeding.
If the message is displayed when paper is not being
advanced, contact your Canon dealer for assistance.
Cannot cut this paper.
Cause
Corrective Action
There are sheets left on the Ejection Guide.
Remove the paper.
There is a foreign object by the Output Tray,
obstructing the Cutter Unit.
Remove the foreign object.
You are not using the printer under the recommended
environmental conditions for the paper.
Use the printer only where the recommended
environmental conditions for the paper are met.
Note that various environmental conditions are
recommended for various types of paper. For details
on the recommended environmental conditions for
paper, see “Types of Paper”. (→P.95)
You are using paper that is not compatible with
automatic cutting.
Cut the roll manually.
(→P.124)
The Cutter Unit stops in the middle of cutting.
Move the Carriage to the left, remove the paper, and
return the Carriage to the right. If the roll cannot be
cut using the Cutter Unit, cut the roll manually.
(→P.116)
(→P.124)
The Cutter Unit is not installed.
Install the Cutter Unit.
(→P.577)
In other cases, the Cutter Unit may be damaged.
Contact your Canon dealer for assistance.
End of paper feed.
Cause
Corrective Action
You are pressing the
▲
button on the Control Panel
and trying to rewind the roll to the edge.
Release the
▲
button.
Rel lever is in wrong position.
Cause
Corrective Action
The Release Lever is pushed back.
Pull the Release Lever forward.
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