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Cleaning Inside the Machine
The bottom plate cleaning function allows you to prevent smudges on the reverse side of a sheet of
paper. Perform bottom plate cleaning before you perform duplex printing.
Also perform bottom plate cleaning if ink smudges caused by something other than print data appear on
the printed page.
For details on how to load paper into the machine, see "
Cleaning the Inside of the Machine (Bottom Plate
Cleaning)
."
The procedure for performing bottom plate cleaning is as follows:
Bottom Plate Cleaning
1.
Open the
printer driver setup window
2.
Click Bottom Plate Cleaning on the Maintenance tab
The Bottom Plate Cleaning dialog box opens.
3.
Load paper in the machine
As instructed in the dialog box, fold the A4 size or Letter size plain paper in half horizontally, and then
unfold the sheet.
Load the paper into the rear tray in the portrait orientation with the crest of the crease facing down.
4.
Perform the bottom plate cleaning
Make sure that the machine is on and click Execute.
Bottom plate cleaning starts.
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Summary of Contents for MP980 series
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Page 29: ...Page top Page 29 of 947 pages Making Copies ...
Page 62: ...Page top Page 62 of 947 pages Printing Documents Macintosh ...
Page 75: ...Page top Page 75 of 947 pages Loading Paper ...
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Page 103: ...Page top Page 103 of 947 pages Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern ...
Page 105: ...Page top Page 105 of 947 pages Cleaning the Print Head ...
Page 107: ...Page top Page 107 of 947 pages Cleaning the Print Head Deeply ...
Page 159: ...Page top Page 159 of 947 pages Selecting a Photo ...
Page 161: ...Page top Page 161 of 947 pages Editing ...
Page 163: ...Page top Page 163 of 947 pages Printing ...
Page 240: ...Page top Page 240 of 947 pages Attaching Comments to Photos ...
Page 244: ...See Help for details on each dialog box Page top Page 244 of 947 pages Setting Holidays ...
Page 317: ...Page top Page 317 of 947 pages Setting Paper Dimensions Custom Size ...
Page 332: ...Page top Page 332 of 947 pages Printing with ICC Profiles ...
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Page 520: ...taskbar and click Cancel Printing Page top Page 520 of 947 pages Print Document Dialog Box ...
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