Canon BJC5100 User Manual - Page 62

Cleaning the Print Heads Your printer is equipped with a print head cleaning function to ensure constant high quality printing. When you turn the printer on, it automatically performs print head cleaning (if necessary). You can also initiate the print head cleaning procedure from the Maintenance tab. When you click on the Clean Print Heads box, you see this screen: When you click the Clean Print Heads button, the printer automatically cleans the print heads. N r Perform print head cleaning only when you encounter a print quality problem. Unnecessary and repetitious cleaning wastes ink. r If you execute the print head cleaning while paper is manually loaded, the printer will eject the paper and then perform the cleaning. r If you press and hold the RESUME button (when the printer is on) until the printer beeps once, the printer will initiate the print head cleaning procedure. POWER BUTTON RESUME BUTTON 4-6 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 4