
Chapter 8
Maintenance
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8
Maintenance
Maintaining the printhead
Flowchart of printhead maintenance
If print quality deteriorates, follow this procedure:
The ink is not coming out correctly.
If there is no improvement.
If there is no
improvement.
The printhead is misaligned.
Print the nozzle check pattern (
This pattern allows you to check if
ink is coming out of the printhead nozzles correctly
and if the printhead is aligned.
Perform normal printhead cleaning
(<HEAD CLEANING> setting) (
You can perform normal printhead
cleaning up to three times.
Perform deep printhead cleaning (<HEAD
REFRESHING> setting) (
If there is no improvement.
Replace the ink tank(s) (
If there is no improvement.
The printhead may be damaged. Contact
your local authorised Canon dealer or the
Canon help line.
Align the printhead (
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Summary of Contents for imageCLASS MPC190
Page 12: ...XII Preface ...
Page 18: ...2 2 Document handling Chapter 2 ...
Page 34: ...4 6 The MultiPASS Suite software Basic operation Chapter 4 ...
Page 38: ...5 4 Printing from your computer Basic operation Chapter 5 ...
Page 62: ...8 10 Maintenance Chapter 8 ...
Page 76: ...9 14 Troubleshooting Chapter 9 ...
Page 80: ...10 4 Machine settings Chapter 10 ...
Page 86: ...A 6 Specifications Appendix ...
Page 90: ...I 4 Index ...