Printing Maintenance
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Print Head Cleaning starts when the P
POWER lamp starts blinking.
Do not perform any other operations until the P
Print Head Cleaning
finishes. This takes about 30 to 40 seconds.
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When cleaning the print head of black ink tanks (for iP4000):
select B
Black to clean the Print Head of Black (BCI-3eBK), C
Color to
clean the Print Head of Black (BCI-6BK).
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Clicking IInitial Check Items displays the items to be checked
before cleaning.
(5) When the confirmation message is displayed, click O
OK.
(6) Read the message and click P
Print Check Pattern to print the nozzle check pattern.
The nozzle check pattern is printed.
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Check the Print Head condition with the printed nozzle check pattern.
See
“P
Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern”
on page 49.
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The nozzle check pattern will not be printed correctly if there is not
enough ink. Replace the ink tank if the remaining amount of ink is
insufficient.
See
“R
Replacing an Ink Tank”
on page 42.
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If the problem remains after performing P
Print Head Cleaning three
times, try P
Print Head Deep Cleaning.
See
“P
Print Head Deep Cleaning”
on page 57.
The P
Print Head Cleaning dialog box of step 3-(3) is directly displayed when you
click C
Cleaning on the P
Pattern Check dialog box.
See
“E
Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern”
on page 52.
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Ensure that the printer is on.
(3) Select the ink group to be
cleaned.
(4) Click E
Execute.
