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When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect
> Cleaning the Print Head
Deeply
Cleaning the Print Head Deeply
If print quality does not improve by the standard cleaning of the Print Head, clean the Print Head deeply.
Cleaning the Print Head deeply consumes more ink than the standard cleaning of the Print Head, so
clean the Print Head deeply only when necessary.
You need to prepare: a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper
1.
Make sure that the power is turned on.
See
Operation Panel
.
2.
Make sure that one or more sheets of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper are loaded in
the Cassette.
3.
Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.
4.
Clean the Print Head deeply.
(1)
Press the
Menu
button.
(2)
Use the
(Left) or
(Right) button to select Settings
, and press the
OK
button.
The Settings screen will appear.
(3)
Use the
(Left) or
(Right) button to select Maintenance
, and press the
OK
button.
The Maintenance screen will appear.
(4)
Use the (Up) or
(Down) button to select Deep cleaning, and press the
OK
button.
The confirmation screen will appear.
(5)
Use the (Up) or
(Down) button to select Yes, and press the
OK
button.
The machine starts cleaning the Print Head deeply.
Do not perform any other operations until the machine completes the deep cleaning of the Print Head. This
takes about 2 minutes.
The print pattern confirmation screen will appear.
(6)
Use the (Up) or
(Down) button to select Yes, and press the
OK
button.
The nozzle check pattern will be printed.
5.
Examine the nozzle check pattern.
See
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
.
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