Canon MX883, Service Manual

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3-2. Adjustment and Maintenance in User Mode
Function Procedures Remarks
Nozzle
check
pattern
printing Perform from the printer driver
Maintenance tab, or via the machine
operation panel. Set a sheet of plain paper (A4 or Letter) in the
cassette, or the rear tray if selected.
Print head
manual
cleaning - Cleaning both Black and Color:
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the printer driver
Maintenance tab.
- Cleaning Black or Color separately:
Perform from the printer driver
Maintenance tab.
Unclogging of the print head nozzles, and
maintenance to keep the print head conditions good.
If there is a missing portion or white streaks in the
nozzle check pattern printout, perform this cleaning.
Print head
deep
cleaning Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the printer driver
Maintenance tab. If print head manual cleaning is not effective, perform
this cleaning. Since the deep cleaning consumes more
ink than regular cleaning, it is recommended to
perform deep cleaning only when necessary.
Automatic
print head
alignment Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the printer driver
Maintenance tab. Set a sheet of Matte Photo Paper MP-101 (A4) in the
rear tray. If the automatic print head alignment is not
effective, perform manual print head alignment.
Manual print
head
alignment Perform from the printer driver
Maintenance tab. Set 3 sheets of plain paper (A4 or Letter) in the
cassette, or the rear tray if selected.
Print head
alignment
value
printing Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the printer driver
Maintenance tab. Confirmation of the current print head alignment
values.
Paper feed
roller
cleaning Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the printer driver
Maintenance tab. The paper feed rollers of the selected paper source
(the rear tray or the cassette) rotate while being
pushed to the paper lifting plate. Since the rollers will
wear out in this cleaning, it is recommended that you
perform this only when necessary.
Bottom plate
cleaning Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the printer driver
Maintenance tab. Cleaning of the platen ribs when the back side of
paper gets smeared.
Fold a sheet of plain paper (A4 or Letter) in half
crosswise, then unfold and set it in the rear tray with
the folded ridge facing down. (No paper feeding from
the cassette)
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