Canon printer: paper jam - what to do?
A paper jam at the Canon printer is annoying, but luckily it can be easily cleared up. Find out here what you can do if the paper jams at your printer.
Paper jam at your Canon printer - so proceed now
- For safety, you should turn off the printer first so that you do not injure yourself.
- Then remove all paper from the feeder before you begin the actual removal.
- Now look up into the feeder and try to remove the remains by hand if you can see them.
- Now take a look at the paper version. If you find any scraps of paper there, remove them too.
- Now you have to go further inside. Open the printer as if you were changing the cartridges.
- Look for any scraps of paper here and remove them slowly and carefully. Then close the printer again.
- Now switch on the printer and start a test print. To do this, put a few sheets of paper in the feeder.
- If a jam occurs again, check whether the paper is blocked by any objects and remove them.
- When loading the paper, make sure that it is straight and that it is enclosed in the holder.
- If the problems accumulate, there may be a technical defect. In this case you should contact customer service.
