Maintenance Procedure - Canon iB4100 series Online Manual

Maintenance Procedure

Follow these steps to restore print quality if printing becomes faint or uneven, colors are incorrect, or printing
results are not as expected (as when parallel lines are not printed parallel).
Note
• Increasing the print quality in the printer driver may give better results.
Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data
Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data (Mac OS)
To Correct Faint or Uneven Printing:
Print the nozzle check pattern.
Step1
From your printer
Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
From your computer
Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern
Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern (Mac OS)
Examine the nozzle check
Step2
Some missing lines or horizontal white streaks in the pattern:
Clean the print head.
Step3
From your printer
Cleaning the Print Head
From your computer
Cleaning the Print Heads
Cleaning the Print Heads (Mac OS)
After cleaning the print head, print and examine the nozzle check pattern again:
Problem not resolved after you perform from step 1 to step 3 twice:
Perform deep print head cleaning.
Step4
From your printer
Deep Print Head Cleaning
From your computer
Cleaning the Print Heads
Cleaning the Print Heads (Mac OS)
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Step1