Canon Colorado M Series Operation Manual page 189

3. Go to the media input side and locate the manual maintenance door on the left.
4. Open the media cover (1) and lift the lever of the manual maintenance door on the left (2). Close
the cover before starting the maintenance to avoid bumping into it.
5. Open the manual maintenance door (3). A light is switched on.
IMPORTANT
Do not use any external light source to prevent curing of the ink and damage to the
printheads.
6. Locate the matrix plate in the compartment.
7. Take a Colorado M-series approved swab.
8. Dampen the swab with cleaner MB and clean the dummy printheads, until all visible residue ink
is gone.
Depending on the printer configuration there are 3 or 4 dummy printheads.
• Do not touch the active printheads. When you touch them, you could damage the printheads.
• Never put the swab between a printhead and the matrix plate area.
Clean the matrix plate area and the black protection cover
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