topic Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing in Desktop Inkjet Printers

PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

mawhalen — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:04:24 GMT

I purchased a Canon Pixma G7020 and set it up today. The setup and instructions were flawless. However, printing looks faded. The colors are not vibrant at all. Black prints gray and other prints are very faded. I tried a CMYK calibration PDF page and it looks pretty ok, black is still a bit faded.

How to troubleshoot?

Mauri

Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing

mawhalen — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:32:46 GMT

I'm running Windows 11 and mostly printing from MS Word or Powerpoint.

Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing

WILLIM — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 01:56:29 GMT

If printing on plain paper, you must remove borderless printing from the driver

Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing

mawhalen — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:10:39 GMT

Thanks for the reply, it already has borderless selected. If there is a different way to configure the driver, please let me know. I was checking out the device manager but see no options.

Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing

WILLIM — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:19:54 GMT

Software - Print - Printer Properties - Remove“ Borderless printing”

Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing

mawhalen — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 03:33:46 GMT

I do not have Borderless Printing checked. I cleaned the nozzle and helped a bit. The colors do not compare to the vibrant colors of my old HP which finally quit working so decided to try something new with the Canon. I'll do some color comparisons when I find a printer to compare but not sold on this yet.

Re: PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

moorandr — Wed, 22 May 2024 02:17:28 GMT

I have the same issue. Borderless printing causes anything printed to be dull and faded. Sadly Canon has not fixed the issue, and now I feel like I wasted my money on a printer I can't use for my purposes.

Re: PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

WhiskeyTangoFra — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:02:31 GMT

It's November 2024, and turning off borderless printing when printing on plain paper is still the only fix. 🤦‍

Re: PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

Shredmore — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:30:02 GMT

Does this fix apply to only printing on photo paper?

Re: PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

WhiskeyTangoFra — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:36:41 GMT

This fix is primarily for printing on plain paper. Printing on photo paper specifically may not be affected.

Re: Canon Pixma G7020 printing

speeedbump — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:41:55 GMT

Is there any way to make this setting the default across applications? I have this unchecked in the printer settings, but when I print from an application, it always defaults to "On." So every time I print something, I have to go through the extra steps to go to additional settings and change it or my print is totally faded out.

I never would have purchased this printer if I knew I had to go through this garbage. And of course, Canon takes a page from HP's book and makes it impossible to talk to anyone to get support.

Re: PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

mnixon44 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:59:53 GMT

I am having problems printing emails. First use was fine all of a sudden heading and text not showing on printouts. Tried driver reinstall, Outlook app reinstall, and contacts windows support on the problem. No fix. Using Windows 11 and the issue is not resolved.

Re: PIXMA G7020 print looks faded

Patrick — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:40:26 GMT

Hi mnixon44,

Let's perform a test of your printer. Please load plain paper in the cassette and then follow these steps:

1. Please press the pliers and screwdriver button on your PIXMA G7020 one time.

2. Press the right arrow 4 times to select Maintenance and press the OK button.

3. Nozzle Check will appear. Press the OK button.

A test page will print. Please take a picture of the page that printed and attach that image to your reply of this post.

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