Print Head Cleaning - Canon i900D Series Printing Manual

Print Head Cleaning

Clean the print head if you suspect that the nozzles might be clogged.
Cleaning the print head consumes ink, so perform print head cleaning only when necessary.
1
Ensure that the printer is on.
2
Print Head Cleaning.
(1) Press the Menu
Important Do not perform any other operations until the print head cleaning
Note
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Menu button.
Menu Menu
(2) Use the
(3) Use the
(4) Use the
finishes. This takes about 50 seconds.
After print head cleaning finishes
After print head cleaning finishes, print the nozzle check pattern to
verify that the print head nozzles are clean.
See "Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 39.
When ink is low, the nozzle check pattern is not printed correctly.
See "Replacing Ink Tanks" on page 36.
If the print quality remains poor, repeat head cleaning 3 times.
If the print quality still remains poor, perform head refreshing.
See "Print Head Deep Cleaning" on page 41.
buttons to select Maintenance
then press the OK OK button.
OK OK
The maintenance menu is displayed.
buttons to select Head cleaning
then press the OK OK button. OK OK
The confirmation screen is displayed.
buttons to select Yes
the OK OK OK button. OK
Maintenance and
Maintenance Maintenance
Head cleaning and
Head cleaning Head cleaning
Yes and then press
Yes Yes