We've covered the most common causes for your "Canon printer isn't printing properly" problem in this article. As a result, we've gone over the remedies with troubleshooting procedures to fix these printer issues. Click here for a solution to the problem of black color not printing.

Steps to Resolve the 'Canon Printer Not Printing' Problem

To fix the 'Canon Printer not Printing Properly' and 'Canon Printer Won't Print Color' issues, follow the procedures outlined below.

To begin, make Canon your default printer.

As seen below, open the control panel on your PC.

• Select "Devices and Printers" from the drop-down menu.

As seen below, open the control panel on your PC.

• Select "Devices and Printers" from the drop-down menu.
• Now, from the list of all available printers, make sure that your Canon printer is selected as the default printer.
• Right-click on the printer titled "Canon Printer" and select "Set as Default" if the Canon printer is not set as the default printer.
• Make sure the Canon printer has a green check mark on it after establishing it as the default printer.
• Make sure the Canon printer is set as the default printer and that it has a green check mark.
  
  2 . Uncheck Offline Status – Canon Printer not Printing Due to Offline Issue 

To Change the printer settings from offline to online, follow these steps:

• Type control panel into the Windows search box.
• Then, from the list of options, select Control Panel.
• Select "Devices and Printers" from the drop-down menu.
• Right-click on your Canon printer in the printer catalogue to open it. Then choose 'View what's printing.'
• Make sure the 'Use Canon Printer Offline' option is turned off. Uncheck the box if it is checked.

3. Clear the print queue of jobs to be printed

• You may experience Canon printer not producing color issues if print jobs are stalled in the print queue.
• To clear the print queue, follow these steps:
• Search for 'Control Panel' on Windows and open it.
• In the field, type services.msc and hit Enter.
• After right-clicking on the Print Spooler in the Services box, scroll down and tap on 'Stop.'
• Open the 'Run' box after the print spooler service has been stopped.
• Then, in the field, type spool and press the enter key.
• Open the 'Printers' folder from here.
• Delete everything in this folder.
• After deleting this file, close the spool folder.
• Go back to the service windows. Then pick 'Start' from the print spooler program's right-click menu.
• Try printing again to see if the printer is back to normal.

4. Install the latest printer driver

The full methods to upgrade the printer driver can be found in the 'not printing black' section below. It's critical to maintain printer drivers up to date because an out-of-date driver can result in a 'Canon printer not printing' problem.

5. Turn off the firewall for the time being

• To fix this problem, turn off your computer's firewall and try printing again.
• To turn off Windows Firewall, follow these steps.
• In the search bar, type 'Windows Defender Firewall' and click on it.
• Then, on the left side of the window, click the 'Turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off' option.
• Disable Windows Defender Firewall on both public and private networks following that. Then, to confirm the changes, hit OK.

6. Verify the status of the print spooler

• To begin, click the 'Run' button to launch the Control Panel.
• Now type "services.msc" into the search box and press the "Enter" key.
  Scroll down to the printer spooler option, right-click it, and go to the 'Properties' area.
• Then select "General" from the drop-down menu. Find and click the option "Stop" under the "Service status" heading, then press "OK."
• Change the print spooler's "Startup type" to "Automatic" and click "OK."
• Then press 'OK' after clicking on the 'Start' button.
• Check your printing status after restarting your printer.
• We hope that following instructions will assist you in fixing the issue with your Canon printer not printing.