Ink color too light in PIXMA G3270 printing

[user001]

I printed ordinary black and white text, using my long-time text editor program. The result is so faint I can hardly see it. How do I increase the darkness of the text? The G3270 also prints address labels too lightly using standard shipping program ShipStation. Please, somebody help!

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I found a partial solution. I used Windows Notepad, changing the font to Consolas 11. It now prints a bit too darkly. Gosh, most copy machines offer a variable darkness control. Why doesn't G3270 offer this? And why doesn't it offer a computer screen preview showing what the printing will look like?

[jrhoffman75]

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@user001 wrote:

I printed ordinary black and white text, using my long-time text editor program. The result is so faint I can hardly see it. How do I increase the darkness of the text? The G3270 also prints address labels too lightly using standard shipping program ShipStation. Please, somebody help!

ADDED:

I found a partial solution. I used Windows Notepad, changing the font to Consolas 11. It now prints a bit too darkly. Gosh, most copy machines offer a variable darkness control. Why doesn't G3270 offer this? And why doesn't it offer a computer screen preview showing what the printing will look like?

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Have you run a nozzle check?

Print and Examine the Nozzle Check Pattern - G3270

[user001]

No. (1) it's a known problem with this model, (2) it's a new printer, so it can't have clogged nozzles.

[jrhoffman75]

Then I recommend you contact Canon support at 1-800-OK-CANON.

[user001 · Accepted solution]

I found a solution! Turn printer on. Goto Windows settings > Printers & Scanners > Canon G3070 series (default) > Printing Preferences (wait for dialog) > Paper/Quality tab > Quality Settings. The default setting is "Better". Change it to "Best". Printing will be a bit slower but darker. This will work only temporarily, and the setting will later be found to be "Better" again. Maybe someday Canon will provide a Darkness control, or make it easier to print good colors.