Service Mode - Canon iP1000 Simplified Service Manual

4. SERVICE MODE

To conduct the following functions, a host computer (Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP), printer driver and
service tool (QY9-0065) for the iP1000 are needed.
If an error has occurred in the printer, the service tool cannot be used as it is. To use the service tool,
set the printer in the special mode, following the procedures below.
<Special mode setting procedures>
With the print head installed, while pressing and holding the Power button, connect the AC plug.
After the LED lights in green, with the Power button still pressed, press the Resume/Cancel button
2 times, and release both the Power and Resume/Cancel buttons. (Each time the Resume/Cancel
button is pressed, the LED lights alternately in orange and green, starting with orange.)
Function
Print head manual cleaning
< For reference >
Print head refreshing
(deep cleaning)
Paper feed roller cleaning
Test printing
1) Nozzle check pattern printing
< For Reference >
Print head alignment
2) Shipment pattern printing
- ROM version
- Number of pages fed
- Waste ink amount
EEPROM reset
(Reset of waste ink counter etc.)
Destination setting
1
* Shipment inspection pattern
a. Install the print head (QY6-0044-000), and press the Power button to turn on the printer. (The LED lights in green.)
b. Load A4-sized paper.
c. Connect the printer to the computer. Using the iP1000 service tool (QY9-0065), select "USB PORT". (Refer to
Appendix 2, iP1000 Service Tool.)
d. Select "TEST PATTERN 1." The printer starts printing the shipment inspection pattern.
2
* Shipment inspection pattern sample
EEPROM contents can be confirmed from the shipment inspection pattern printout (top of the shipment inspection
pattern).
Model name
ROM Version
IP1000 P=V X.XX D=XXXXX.X Page=XXXX PL=XXXX ,HR=XXXX ,GP=XXXX ,CA=XXXX ,BL=XXXX
SettingTime=XXXX / XX / XX XX:XX YY YY YY YY USB= (YYYYYY)
Installation time
3
* EEPROM reset / Destination setting
a. Install the print head (QY6-0044-000), and press the Power button to turn on the printer. (The LED lights in green.)
b. Connect the printer to the computer. Using the iP1000 service tool (QY9-0065), select "USB PORT". (Refer to
Appendix 2, iP1000 Service Tool.)
Procedure
Select "Cleaning" from the printer driver utility.
Select "Deep Cleaning" from the printer driver utility.
1. Remove the paper from the ASF.
2. Select "Roller Cleaning" from the printer driver utility.
3. Following the instruction from the Status Monitor, load 3
sheets of plain paper in the ASF, and feed them.
Select "Nozzle Check" from the printer driver utility.
1. Select "Print Head Alignment" from the printer driver
utility.
2. Select the optimal value using the printed head position
adjustment pattern.
Refer to Shipment inspection pattern*
Refer to EEPROM reset / Destination setting*
Refer to EEPROM reset / Destination setting*
Waste ink amount (%)
1
below.
3
below.
3
below.
Number of pages fed:
7
Remarks
Cleaning time: Approx. 40 sec.
Cleaning time: Approx. 70 sec.
Cleaning time: Approx. 2 min.
Nozzle check pattern printing
Significant misalignment can be
adjusted.
Refer to Shipment inspection
2
pattern sample* below.
Host computer and service tool
are required.
Host computer and service tool
are required.
Host computer and service tool
are required.
Page: Total number of pages fed
PL: Plain paper
PR: PR101, SP101, MP101
CA: Postcard, Inkjet postcard, Glossy
postcard
BL: Borderless printing
(Counted separately from other
media)