Canon Pixma iP90 User Manual page 192

Table of Contents
How to Use This Manual
Safety Precautions
Printer Parts and Their Function
Further Printing Techniques
Printing Media
Checking the Status of the Printer
Routine Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors
are Incorrect
Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
Print Head Cleaning
Print Head Deep Cleaning
Aligning the Print Head
Replacing an Ink Tank
Using the Canon iP90 Setup Utility
Troubleshooting
Appendix
Index
Routine Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect
When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, the Print Head Nozzles are probably clogged. Follow the procedures below to clean the
nozzles.
Note Before Performing Maintenance
Push the on the ink tank to ensure that it is firmly snapped into place.
See Replacing an Ink Tank
Setting the Print Quality setting to High for Windows or Fine for Macintosh with the printer driver may improve the print quality.
See Main Tab (Windows),
Step 1
See Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern
(1) If the pattern is printed normally, click Exit.
(2) If the print quality is poor, perform Print Head Cleaning.
Step 2
Quality & Media (Print Dialog Box) (Macintosh)
After Print Head Cleaning,
print the nozzle check pattern.
See Print Head Cleaning
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