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My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

RogerKantner — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:40:03 GMT

My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Michael — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:29:56 GMT

Hello RogerKantner.

If you are printing photos or graphics on plain paper with the MG2120, images will appear light or faded. This is to prevent jams from rolling or curling of the paper from ink saturation as it feeds out of the printer.

To increase the quality of your printouts, select Preferences or Properties for the MG2120 from the print dialog screen and change the quality to 'High'. This should improve the quality of your printout when plain paper is used.

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

thebetafemale — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:41:48 GMT

That's not really the answer.

The problem is that it will print at the correct saturation/quality only when borderless printing is not used. I purchased this item because I wanted to be able to print full color borderless prints on a full 8.5x11 sheet of paper. I don't want to have to buy special glossy photo paper just to print borderless. Is this the truth of the matter? You cannot print borderless prints on plain paper without sacrificing significant quality? Does it always assume when you set it to borderless, whether youre in the standard print menu or the photo print menu, that you're printing a photo and it will then default to printing lightly? This is outrageous. They should say something about this in the manual.

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Michael — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:28:32 GMT

Hello thebetafemale.

If you are using plain paper to print images with high intensity, the paper may absorb too much ink and become wavy, also causing paper abrasion.

If you would still like to print at high quality on Plain Paper, try using our Easy PhotoPrint EX program. You can also try using a photo paper media type as a possible workaround as well.

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

nickul — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 15:34:45 GMT

I don't think you want to understand:

If:

-Same paper type (photo/glossy/matte/normal)

-Same settings (high/normal/fast)

Then:

-When you print without borderless, the colors are ok

-When you print the same thing with borderless enabled, the colors are faded and light

I have the same problem for an PIXMA MX525... Really disapointed..

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

reverand — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:56:00 GMT

I have this tooo! only with borderless as well. I am very upset

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

shelleym — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:54:17 GMT

Searching the internet for a solution and seems you guys have the same issues with no resolution

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

barbasol — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:36:12 GMT

I still have this problem as well. Posted about it here:
http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Printer-Multifunction-Support/Borderless-printing-is-too-light/td-p/129182

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Lane100 — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 01:35:20 GMT

My Canon PXMA has just started printing very lightly almost sepia. Initially it printed great pictures. How do I adjust it. I am not low on ink. But I am not using Cannon in, but that was true when it was printing well.

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Ramona — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:44:14 GMT

Hi Lane100,

So we can better assist you, please let us know what operating system you have on your computer (version of Windows or Mac OS X).

For more immedate assistance, please call 1-866-261-9362, Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. ET (excluding holidays) and a Canon technical support representative will be happy to help. There is no charge for this call.

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

tdorton — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 03:16:30 GMT

I'm having the same problem with MG6620 using Windows 10. The pics are faded, not dark enough. I checked ink levels, printer maitenance. I even called Cannon tech support and it was reccomended to install Canon EAsy photo print Ex and that STILL NOT HELP!!! THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!! WHAT TO DO????

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

OHStudios — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:55:22 GMT

I was having the same trouble also, at first I thought it was paper type issue or the borderless printing. I eventually tried printing onto the canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, BUT using the Pro Platinum as the media/paper type in the print settings. It helped a great deal with colour accuracy and shade/tonal correctness. Any way, hope that helps some of you. 🙂

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Michael888 — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 04:23:14 GMT

My Canon MX700 series copier prints too lightly. How do I adjust settings so to make print darker?

Thanks

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Patrick — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:42:59 GMT

Michael888,

Do you wish to make copies darker or prints from your computer darker?

If you wish to make printing from your computer darker, what version of Windows or OS X is installed on your computer?

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

thrax50 — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:05:05 GMT

I'm having the same problem with my MX420 printer. No matter what type of paper (plain or photo paper) or settings (high quality, with border or borderless), the color printing is coming out really light and washed out. Put in new ink cartridges, deep clean maintenance, made no difference. Only doing it with the color printing. Running on Mac OS Sierra.

Re: My Canon PIXMA MG2120 prints TOO LIGHTLY. How adjust to print DARKER?

Patrick — Fri, 04 May 2018 15:28:30 GMT

Hi thrax50,

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