Examining The Nozzle Check Pattern - Canon i80 Series Quick Start Manual

Printing Maintenance
(3) When the confirmation message is displayed, click O O K.
The nozzle check pattern will be printed

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern

The nozzle check pattern should appear as follows when ink is discharged properly.
Examine the nozzle check pattern output by the printer.
If the ink level is low, the nozzle check pattern is not printed properly.
Note
Replace an ink tank.
See "R R eplacing an Ink Tank" on page 50.
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(4) Examine the nozzle check pattern.
See "E E xamining the Nozzle Check Pattern"
on page 40.
You can see a normal pattern and an
irregular pattern in a color by clicking
Pattern Analysis.
(5) If the patterns are printed properly, click
OK to finish the operation.
If the patterns are not printed properly,
click C C leaning to start print head cleaning.
(1) Lines missing in this pattern indicate that the
print head of black ink requires cleaning.
See "P P rint Head Cleaning" on page 41
When lines are missing
(2) White stripes in this pattern indicate that the
print head of color ink requires cleaning.
See "P P rint Head Cleaning" on page 41
When white stripes appear