Print Head Cleaning - Canon PIXMA iP6000D 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.
Ensure that the inner cover is closed.
Note
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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
After print head cleaning finishes
Note
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 71.
When ink is low, the nozzle check pattern is not printed correctly. See
"Replacing Ink Tanks" on page 67.
If the print quality remains poor, repeat head cleaning 3 times.
If the print quality still remains poor, perform deep cleaning. See "Print Head
Deep Cleaning" on page 74.
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Menu Menu button. Menu
finishes. This takes about 30-40 seconds.
(2) Use the buttons to select Tool Box
press the OK OK OK OK button.
The Tool Box screen is displayed.
(3) Use the buttons to select Head cleaning
and then press the OK
The confirmation screen is displayed.
(4) Use the buttons to select Yes
press the OK OK button.
OK OK
Tool Box and then
Tool Box Tool Box
Head cleaning
Head cleaning Head cleaning
OK button.
OK OK
Yes and then Yes Yes