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Print Head Deep Cleaning If print quality does not improve by standard Print Head Cleaning, try Print Head Deep Cleaning, which is a more powerful process. Note that cleaning the Print Head causes used ink to be absorbed in the ink absorber. Print Head Deep Cleaning consumes more ink than standard Print Head Cleaning, so perform this procedure only when necessary. 1 Make sure that the machine is turned on, open the Front Tray, and extend the Output Paper Support. 2 Load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Rear Tray or Front Tray. 3 Press the Paper Feed Switch to select the paper source where you have loaded paper. 4 Start Print Head Deep Cleaning. (1) Press the HOME button. The HOME screen is displayed. (2) Select Settings, then press the OK button. The Settings screen is displayed. (3) Select Maintenance, then press the OK button. The Maintenance screen is displayed. (4) Select Deep cleaning, then press the OK button. The confirmation screen is displayed. (4) (5) Select Yes, then press the OK button. Print Head Deep Cleaning starts. Do not perform any other operations until Print Head Deep Cleaning finishes. This takes about 1 minute 30 seconds. 5 Check the condition of the Print Head. (1) Print the nozzle check pattern to check the print head condition. See "Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 51. If a particular color is not printed properly, replace the ink tank of that color. See "Replacing an Ink Tank" on page 43. (2) If the problem is not resolved, turn off the machine and perform another Print Head Deep Cleaning after 24 hours. (3) If this does not solve the problem, the Print Head may be damaged. Contact your Canon service representative. Routine Maintenance 55

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Routine Maintenance
Print Head Deep Cleaning
If print quality does not improve by standard Print Head Cleaning, try Print Head Deep Cleaning,
which is a more powerful process. Note that cleaning the Print Head causes used ink to be absorbed
in the ink absorber. Print Head Deep Cleaning consumes more ink than standard Print Head
Cleaning, so perform this procedure only when necessary.
1
Make sure that the machine is turned on, open the Front Tray, and extend the
Output Paper Support.
2
Load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Rear Tray or Front Tray.
3
Press the
Paper Feed Switch
to select the paper source where you have loaded
paper.
4
Start Print Head Deep Cleaning.
(1)
Press the
HOME
button.
The
HOME
screen is displayed.
(2)
Select
Settings
, then press the
OK
button.
The
Settings
screen is displayed.
(3)
Select
Maintenance
, then press the
OK
button.
The
Maintenance
screen is displayed.
(4)
Select
Deep cleaning
, then press the
OK
button.
The confirmation screen is displayed.
(5)
Select
Yes
, then press the
OK
button.
Print Head Deep Cleaning starts.
Do not perform any other operations until Print Head Deep Cleaning finishes. This takes
about 1 minute 30 seconds.
5
Check the condition of the Print Head.
(1)
Print the nozzle check pattern to check the print head condition.
See “Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 51.
If a particular color is not printed properly, replace the ink tank of that color.
See “Replacing an Ink Tank” on page 43.
(2)
If the problem is not resolved, turn off the machine and perform another Print Head Deep
Cleaning after 24 hours.
(3)
If this does not solve the problem, the Print Head may be damaged. Contact your Canon
service representative.
(4)