Canon Arizona 2300 Series Operation Manual page 192

Clean Printheads
8. Use a new dry swab to clean around the openings for the printhead. Run the swab around the
perimeter of the opening. See path in figure below.
9. Use the tip of the swab for the short ends. Turn the swab to the seam side to clean the long ends.
Take special care to remove ink from the gap between the metal plates of the printhead and
carriage base plate. See area indicated by the white ellipses in the figure above.
10. Discard the swabs. Repeat the steps to clean the next printhead.
NOTE
A single wet swab is used to clean the surface of 1 double printhead. A dry swab is
used to clean the opening around the printhead.
IMPORTANT
Never use the same swab on two different color channels.
Never "scrub" the printhead with a swab as this will drag debris into other nozzles.
11. Continue until all printheads are cleaned.
12. Inspect all printheads for any residual ink. Remove the residue by repeating the steps.
13. Close the Maintenance station drawer.
After you finish
• Clean the Carriage Underside. See
• Perform an Automatic Maintenance with the AMS. See
(AMS) on page
NOTE
If too many nozzles are still clogged after cleaning the printheads, try the procedure:
Purge and Printhead Swabbing on page
192 Chapter 9 - Printer Maintenance
Clean the Carriage Underside on page
180.
Automatic Printhead Maintenance
181.
188.
Manual Ink