Canon PIXMA MP500 Service Manual page 34

(3) Waste ink counter setting
When the logic board ass'y is replaced, reset the waste ink counter. In addition, according to the waste ink amount,
replace the waste ink absorber (ink absorber kit). The standard amount for waste ink absorber replacement is given
in the table below.
Waste ink amount
Less than 7%
7% or more
*1: Check the waste ink amount by service test print or EEPROM information print.
[See 3.3. Adjustment / Settings, (5) Service mode, for details.]
(4) User mode
Function
Print head manual cleaning
Print head deep cleaning
Paper feed roller cleaning
Nozzle check pattern
printing
Automatic / manual print
head alignment
Bottom plate cleaning
Print head replacement The print head is replaceable at the
<Standalone machine operation>
1) With the machine turned on in the user mode, press the Menu button. Select Maintenance / Settings, proceed to
Maintenance or Device Settings, then select a desired operation.
Operation
Print head cleaning
Nozzle check pattern printing
Print head deep cleaning
Paper feed roller cleaning
*1
Procedures
- See "Standalone machine operation"
below.
- Also available from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
- See "Standalone machine operation"
below.
- Also available from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
See "Standalone machine operation" below.
- See "Standalone machine operation"
below.
- Also available from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
- See "Standalone machine operation"
below.
- Also available from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
- See "Standalone machine operation"
below.
- Also available from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
same position as for ink tank
replacement. (Open the scanning
unit. When the carriage stops at the
center, the print head can be
replaced.)
Set a sheet of plain paper (A4 or letter) in the ASF or the cassette
(according to the Feed Switch button setting).
Ink absorber kit replacement
Not required.
Required.
In Custom Settings of the MP driver
Maintenance tab, manual print head
alignment (by selecting the optimum
values) as with the conventional
models can be performed.
Cleaning of the platen ribs
when the back side of paper
gets smeared.
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