Canon PIXMA G3200, Online Manual

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Cleaning the Print Heads
The print head cleaning and deep cleaning functions allow you to clear up clogged print head nozzle.
Perform print head cleaning if printing is faint or a specific color fails to print, even though there is enough
ink.
If you perform deep cleaning and the condition still does not improve, perform system cleaning.
The procedure for cleaning is as follows:
Cleaning
1. Select Cleaning from the pop-up menu on the Canon IJ Printer Utility
2. Click the Cleaning icon
When the dialog opens, select the ink group for which cleaning is to be performed.
Before running Cleaning , check that the printer power is on.
Then check the following item:
• Is there ink remaining?
3. Execute cleaning
Make sure that the printer is on and then click OK .
Print head cleaning starts.
4. Complete cleaning
Next, the message for nozzle check pattern printing is displayed.
5. Check the results
To check whether the print quality has improved, click Print Check Pattern . To cancel the check
process, click Cancel .
If cleaning the head once does not resolve the print head problem, clean it once more.
Important
• Cleaning consumes a small amount of ink.
Cleaning the print head frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply. Consequently, perform
cleaning only when necessary.
Deep Cleaning
Deep Cleaning is more thorough than cleaning. Perform deep cleaning when two Cleaning attempts do
not resolve the print head problem.
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