Cleaning The Printhead - Canon MultiPASS F30 User Manual

Cleaning the Printhead

If the printed nozzle check pattern is broken, missing, or a specific color is not
printed, the printhead needs to be cleaned. Perform normal printhead cleaning
first, then perform a deep printhead cleaning only if normal cleaning does not
provide the desired result.
Cleaning the printhead consumes ink. Cleaning too often uses ink
unnecessarily.
To perform a normal printhead cleaning from the control panel:
Select PRINTER SETTINGS
1
Press until P P R R I I N N T T E E R R S S E E T T T T I I N N G G S S appears, then press
Select HEAD CLEANING
2
Press
the cleaning process.
Wait until the process is complete.
View nozzle check pattern
3
Print another nozzle check pattern. If the pattern is broken, missing, or a
specific color is not printed, perform a deep printhead cleaning.
to scroll to H H E E A A D D C C L L E E A A N N I I N N G G , then press
If the pattern is broken, missing, or a
specific color is not printed, clean the
printhead. See "Cleaning the
Printhead" below.
If patterns are not uniformly solid,
align the printhead. See "Aligning the
Printhead" on the next page.
twice.
once to begin
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