Canon PIXMA iP4300 Quick Start Guide - Page 47

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1 With the printer on, load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder or Cassette. 2 Press the Open Button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray Extension. 3 Open the Canon IJ Printer Utility dialog box. 4 Start Print Head Deep Cleaning. (1) Make sure that Cleaning is selected in the pop-up menu. (2) Click Deep Cleaning. (3) Select the ink group to be deeply cleaned. When cleaning the nozzles of black ink tanks: Select Black to clean the nozzles of PGI-5BK, Color to clean the nozzles of CLI-8BK. Note Clicking Initial Check Items displays the items to be checked before deep cleaning. (4) Click OK. Print Head Deep Cleaning starts when the POWER lamp starts flashing green. Do not perform any other operations until Print Head Deep Cleaning finishes. This takes about 75 seconds. (3) (4) 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 36. If a particular color is not printed properly, replace the ink tank of that color. See "Replacing an Ink Tank" on page 26. (2) If the print head nozzles are still not clean, turn off the printer 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 43

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Routine Maintenance
1
With the printer on, load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Auto Sheet
Feeder or Cassette.
2
Press the Open Button to open the Paper Output Tray and extend the Output Tray
Extension.
3
Open the
Canon IJ Printer Utility
dialog box.
4
Start Print Head Deep Cleaning.
(1)
Make sure that
Cleaning
is selected in the pop-up menu.
(2)
Click
Deep Cleaning
.
(3)
Select the ink group to be deeply cleaned.
When cleaning the nozzles of black ink tanks:
Select
Black
to clean the nozzles of PGI-5BK,
Color
to clean the nozzles of CLI-8BK.
(4)
Click
OK
.
Print Head Deep Cleaning starts when the
POWER
lamp starts flashing green.
Do not perform any other operations until Print
Head Deep Cleaning finishes. This takes about
75 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 36.
If a particular color is not printed properly, replace the ink tank of that color.
See “Replacing an Ink Tank” on page 26.
(2)
If the print head nozzles are still not clean, turn off the printer 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.
Note
Clicking
Initial Check Items
displays the items to
be checked before deep cleaning.
(3)
(4)