What are the Steps to Resolve Canon Printer Carriage Jam?

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Canon is an amazing printing brand which has always offered the best product to its users. Canon never compromises with quality and features. In fact, they always try their best to offer convenience to the users. But no matter how hard they try to fix the issue but still there are some technicalities that will never leave a printer user.

A printer carriage is one which holds ink cartridge and moves back and forth to print on the sheet. If the carriage couldn’t move freely then you might not be able to print properly or might face quality issues. When a carriage jam takes place in your Canon printer then you will experience the following things: 

  • The printer will stop printing altogether.
  • Printing process stops in the middle.
  • You might hear loud grinding sound from your printer as printer try to move the carriage.
  • There is a paper jam due to which carriage jam is taking place. This mostly happens when you try printing on a thick paper like envelop.

When you encounter any such issue then you should immediately connect with a printer expert and to get in touch with them you can dial us at Canon Printer Support Number UK. Actually, you can attempt to resolve this issue on your own by following the instructions given in this blog, but for that, it is necessary that you should have at least basic knowledge about machinery.

Steps to fix carriage jam issue of Canon Printer:

  • Unplug the power cord of your printer.
  • Then open the printer cover so that you can see carriage assembly.
  • There are two buttons on the sides of the paper tray, you need to press them both simultaneously to remove the try.
  • Now slide the carriage assembly from the side to the middle, so that you can easily access it.
  • If this doesn’t help then you can push down the black bar which is above the roller and release them to spring it up.
  • Again try to move the carriage in the right.
  • Now look for the black component below the rollers. If it is pointing upwards, then push them down.
  • Then move the carriage to the right, then lift the actuator arm and release it to restore correct position (above white/gray gear).
  • Now put the paper tray back but don’t cover your printer.
  • After that, plug in the power cord and turn on the printer.
  • Finally, press and hold “resume” button and put the cover of your printer.

In case, you get any sort of trouble in performing these steps then please call us at Canon Printer Helpline Number UK.