

Roller Cleaning Cleans the paper feed rollers.

To prevent smudges on the back side of a sheet of paper, perform Bottom Plate Cleaning before you perform duplex printing.Īlso perform Bottom Plate Cleaning if ink smudges caused by something other than print data appear on the printed page. Bottom Plate Cleaning Performs cleaning of the bottom plate of the printer. Use this function to specify the FINE cartridge you want to use. Ink Cartridge Settings Opens the Ink Cartridge Settings dialog box. Perform cleaning when printing becomes faint, or if a specific color fails to print, even though all ink levels are sufficiently high. Exit Closes the Pattern Check dialog box, and returns to the Maintenance tab. Right-side bitmap (bad) The print head nozzles may be clogged. Left-side bitmap (good) The print head nozzles are not clogged. The Pattern Check dialog box is then displayed. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. Print Check Pattern This function prints a pattern that allows you to check whether the any of the ink nozzles are clogged.Ĭlick Print Check Pattern. To display a list of items that you should check before printing the nozzle check pattern, click Initial Check Items. If the print result for a specific color is fainted, or if there are any unprinted sections, click Cleaning to clean the print head. Print a nozzle check pattern, and check whether the print head is working properly. Perform this function if printing becomes faint or a specific color fails to print. Nozzle Check Prints a nozzle check pattern. When you click Print Head Alignment, the Start Print Head Alignment dialog box is displayed. Print Head Alignment Print head alignment corrects the installation positions of the print head and improves deviated colors and lines.Īlign the print head immediately after installing the print head. Therefore, perform cleaning only when necessary.

Deep Cleaning consumes a larger amount of ink than Cleaning.Ĭleaning the print heads frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply.Perform deep cleaning when two cleaning attempts do not resolve the print head problem. Perform cleaning when printing becomes faint, or a specific color fails to print, even though all ink levels are sufficiently high. Print head cleaning removes any blockage in the print head nozzles.
