Print Head Cleaning - Canon PIXMA mini260 Photo Printing Manual

Print Head Cleaning

Clean the Print Head if a missing or white stripes appear in the nozzle check pattern. Cleaning
the Print Head consumes ink, so perform Cleaning only when necessary.
1
Turn on the printer.
See "Turning On the Printer" on page 10.
2
Start Print Head Cleaning.
(1) Display the Settings screen.
(2) Select Maintenance and then press the OK button.
3
Print the nozzle check pattern to verify that the Print Head Nozzles are clean.
When Print Head Cleaning finishes, the confirmation message is displayed. Select Yes to
print the Nozzle Check Pattern, and verify the Print Head Nozzles.
See "Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 43.
Note
If the problem remains after performing Print Head Cleaning twice, try Print Head Deep Cleaning.
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(3) Select Cleaning and then press the OK button.
(4) The confirmation screen of Cleaning is displayed.
(5) Select Yes and then press the OK button.
Important
Do not perform any other operations until the Print
Head Cleaning finishes. This takes about 60
seconds.