Canon Pixma G1000 series, Online Manual

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Executing system cleaning frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply. Therefore execute
system cleaning only when necessary.
Important
• If System Cleaning is run when the remaining ink level is insufficient, it may cause a failure.
Be sure to check the remaining ink level before running System Cleaning .
Ink Group
When you click System Cleaning , the Ink Group window is displayed.
Selects the ink group that you want to clean the print head for.
Click
Initial Check Items to display the items that you need to check before you execute cleaning,
deep cleaning or system cleaning.
Print Head Alignment
Print head alignment corrects the installation positions of the print head and improves deviated colors
and lines.
Align the print head immediately after installing the print head.
When you click
Print Head Alignment , the Start Print Head Alignment dialog box is displayed.
Nozzle Check
Prints a nozzle check pattern.
Perform this function if printing becomes faint or a specific color fails to print. Print a nozzle check
pattern, and check whether the print head is working properly.
If the print result for a specific color is fainted, or if there are any unprinted sections, click
Cleaning to
clean the print head.
To display a list of items that you should check before printing the nozzle check pattern, click
Initial
Check Items .
Print Check Pattern
This function prints a pattern that allows you to check whether the any of the ink nozzles are
clogged.
Click
Print Check Pattern . When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK . The Pattern
Check dialog box is then displayed.
Left-side bitmap (good)
The print head nozzles are not clogged.
Right-side bitmap (bad)
The print head nozzles may be clogged.
Exit
Closes the Pattern Check dialog box, and returns to the Maintenance tab.
Cleaning
Performs print head cleaning.
Print head cleaning removes any blockage in the print head nozzles.
Perform cleaning when printing becomes faint, or if a specific color fails to print, even though
all ink levels are sufficiently high.
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