Card stock jam

Generally, when a paper jam message is displayed, there is in fact some sort of debris, dirt, or paper pieces blocking the paper jam sensor. My suggestion, take a thick piece of card stock and manually feed it through the paper path; this should hopefully clear any debris that is blocking the jam sensor in that area. Also, try spraying some canned air into the paper path, as if there is dust blocking the sensor, it will be more likely to be removed with air than card stock.

-David.

Lubricate the print head shaft. Not too much as it will collect dust.

Your pickup tires on the printer may be worn, how many prints have you made on this printer. it may be time for a maint. kit.

This machine has auto paper type sensor- may be at fault

I have had this problem with other printers. What I did is to take a sheet of Card Stock 8.5" x 11" , putting it in the Feed and push the print button while applying a small amount of pressure on the card stock. Sometimes a small piece of paper gets in the path way and indicates a paper jam. Could be another problem that is causing the jam indication. Worth a try. Bud

Hello,

You could try this, but there is no guarantee. There are a lot of sensor in the paper path of a Canon printer. When these sensors get stuck in the up position, pushed up when paper is present, you get the paper jam alarm when no paper jam is present.

The trick to try that sometimes works is to run some index card stock through. Insert the index card stock in the paper tray, run a print test and as it runs put some gentle firm pressure on the card stock to ensure it travels smoothly. Once it is done the sensor may have reset itself. In lieu of card stock you can use a thick magazine cover and cut it to size of an 81/2 x 11 piece of paper.

If this works great. If it doesn't let me know and please don' t bother to rate this if it fails. It works some of the time and not most of the time.

Thanks,
Worldvet

Menu> scroll to Paperhandling> MP Tray type>>(plain) try changing this to cardstock  <enter>
instead of MP Tray type do the same for Cassette if you desire....
Best, danakadan

You need to change the paper type when using card stock, plain etc.
As for the paper jams; you need to check the exit sensor at the exit door, also if you have a duplex, 2-3 drawer you also need to check for jams.

To print card stock you must us the manual slot in the front of the printer and feed one at a time. Also open the back flap door so the card stock can exit out the back instead of trying to bend around for the try. That will give you the staight paper path that your thick stock needs.