Canon PIXMA iP4500 iP4500 series Quick Start Guide - Page 64

Cleaning with the Printer Driver Bottom Plate Cleaning, RESUME/CANCEL, POWER

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z Cleaning with the Printer Driver (Bottom Plate Cleaning) Note z Make sure that the Inner Cover is closed. Cleaning the Inside of the Printer without a Computer z The inside of the printer can also be cleaned without a computer; it can be performed from the printer itself. 1. Make sure that the printer is on and then remove any paper from the Rear Tray. 2. Press the Open button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray Extension. 3. Fold a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in half widthwise, and then unfold it. 4. Load this and only this sheet of paper in the Rear Tray with the open side to the front. 5. Hold down the RESUME/CANCEL button and release it when the POWER lamp flashes green five times. The paper cleans the inside of the printer as it feeds through the printer. Check the folded part of the ejected paper. If it is smudged with ink, perform Bottom Plate Cleaning again. If the problem is not resolved after performing cleaning twice, the protrusions inside the printer may be stained. Clean them according to instructions. See "Cleaning the Protrusions Inside the Printer" on page 62. z When performing Bottom Plate Cleaning again, make sure to use a new piece of paper. 1 Make sure that the printer is on and then remove any paper from the Rear Tray. 2 Press the Open button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray Extension. 3 Fold a single sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in half widthwise, and then unfold the paper. 4 Load this and only this sheet of paper in the (A) Rear Tray with the open side to the front. 60 Routine Maintenance (A) Load the paper after unfolding it.

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Routine Maintenance
Cleaning with the Printer Driver (Bottom Plate Cleaning)
1
Make sure that the printer is on and then remove any paper from the Rear Tray.
2
Press the Open button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray
Extension.
3
Fold a single sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in half widthwise, and then
unfold the paper.
4
Load this and only this sheet of paper in the
Rear Tray with the open side to the front.
Note
Make sure that the Inner Cover is closed.
Cleaning the Inside of the Printer without a Computer
The inside of the printer can also be cleaned without a computer; it can be performed from the
printer itself.
1.
Make sure that the printer is on and then remove any paper from the Rear Tray.
2.
Press the Open button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray
Extension.
3.
Fold a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in half widthwise, and then unfold it.
4.
Load this and only this sheet of paper in the Rear Tray with the open side to the front.
5.
Hold down the
RESUME/CANCEL
button and release it when the
POWER
lamp
flashes green five times.
The paper cleans the inside of the printer as it feeds through the printer.
Check the folded part of the ejected paper. If it is smudged with ink, perform Bottom Plate
Cleaning again.
If the problem is not resolved after performing cleaning twice, the protrusions inside the
printer may be stained. Clean them according to instructions. See “Cleaning the Protrusions
Inside the Printer” on page 62.
When performing Bottom Plate Cleaning again, make sure to use a new piece of paper.
(A) Load the paper after unfolding it.
(A)