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CleaningthePrinter
CleaningthePrinthead
CleaningthePrintheadmayhelpclearnozzlesthatareclogged.
Note
•Youcanspecifyanumberofpagesintheprinter’sNoz.CheckFreq.menuforautomaticnozzle
checkingandcleaningeverytimeyounishprintingthatquantity.(→P.48)
•YoucanstartHeadCleaningAbyholdingdowntheInformationbuttonforthreesecondsormore.
CleaningthePrinthead
1.PresstheMenubuttontodisplayMAINMENU.
2.Press▲or▼toselectHeadCleaning,andthenpressthe►button.
3.Press▲or▼toselectthetypeofcleaning,andthenpresstheOKbutton.
•HeadCleaningA
UseHeadCleaningAifprintingisfaintorcontainsforeignsubstances.Thismethodofcleaning
consumestheleastamountofink.Ittakesabouttwominutestocomplete.
•HeadCleaningB
UseHeadCleaningBifnoinkcomesoutoftheprinthead,orifHeadCleaningAdoesnotsolvethe
problem.Ittakesaboutthreeminutestocomplete.
Theprintheadiscleaned,andtheprintergoesonline.
4.Printatestpatterntocheckthenozzles,anddeterminewhethercleaninghasclearedthe
nozzles.(→P.689)
Note
•IfprintingdoesnotimproveafterHeadCleaningA,tryHeadCleaningB.Ifthisdoesnotsolve
theproblem,repeatHeadCleaningBatleasttwotimes.Ifthisstilldoesnotimproveprinting,the
Printheadmayhavereachedtheendofitsusefullife.ContactyourCanondealer.
Caution
•DonotremovetheMaintenanceCartridgeorInkTanksduringcleaning.
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