Canon PIXMA iP4000 iP4000 Quick Start Guide - Page 58

Print Head Cleaning, POWER, Black, Color, Initial Check Items, Print Check Pattern, Print Head Deep - problem

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Printing Maintenance (3) Select the ink group to be cleaned. (4) Click Execute. Print Head Cleaning starts when the POWER lamp starts blinking. Do not perform any other operations until the Print Head Cleaning finishes. This takes about 30 to 40 seconds. z When cleaning the print head of black ink tanks (for iP4000): select Black to clean the Print Head of Black (BCI-3eBK), Color to clean the Print Head of Black (BCI-6BK). z Clicking Initial Check Items displays the items to be checked before cleaning. (5) When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. (6) Read the message and click Print Check Pattern to print the nozzle check pattern. The nozzle check pattern is printed. 4 Check the Print Head condition with the printed nozzle check pattern. See "Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 49. z The nozzle check pattern will not be printed correctly if there is not enough ink. Replace the ink tank if the remaining amount of ink is insufficient. See "Replacing an Ink Tank" on page 42. z If the problem remains after performing Print Head Cleaning three times, try Print Head Deep Cleaning. See "Print Head Deep Cleaning" on page 57. The Print Head Cleaning dialog box of step 3-(3) is directly displayed when you click Cleaning on the Pattern Check dialog box. See "Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 52. 1 Ensure that the printer is on. 54

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Printing Maintenance
54
Print Head Cleaning
starts when the
POWER
lamp starts blinking.
Do not perform any other operations until the
Print Head Cleaning
finishes. This takes about 30 to 40 seconds.
When cleaning the print head of black ink tanks (for iP4000):
select
Black
to clean the Print Head of Black (BCI-3eBK),
Color
to
clean the Print Head of Black (BCI-6BK).
Clicking
Initial Check Items
displays the items to be checked
before cleaning.
(5)
When the confirmation message is displayed, click
OK
.
(6)
Read the message and click
Print Check Pattern
to print the nozzle check pattern.
The nozzle check pattern is printed.
4
Check the Print Head condition with the printed nozzle check pattern.
See
“
Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
”
on page 49.
The nozzle check pattern will not be printed correctly if there is not
enough ink. Replace the ink tank if the remaining amount of ink is
insufficient.
See
“
Replacing an Ink Tank
”
on page 42.
If the problem remains after performing
Print Head Cleaning
three
times, try
Print Head Deep Cleaning
.
See
“
Print Head Deep Cleaning
”
on page 57.
The
Print Head Cleaning
dialog box of step 3-(3) is directly displayed when you
click
Cleaning
on the
Pattern Check
dialog box.
See
“
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
”
on page 52.
1
Ensure that the printer is on.
(3) Select the ink group to be
cleaned.
(4) Click
Execute
.