
Cleaning Inside the Machine
Perform bottom plate cleaning before you execute duplex printing to prevent smudges on
the back side of the paper.
Also perform bottom plate cleaning if ink smudges caused by something other than print
data appear on the printed page.
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.
As instructed in the dialog box, fold the A4 size or Letter size plain paper in half
horizontally, and then unfold the sheet.
Fold one side of the paper in another half, aligning the edge with the center crease,
then unfold the paper.
With the ridges of the creases facing up, load the paper into the front tray, so that the
edge of the half with no crease faces away from you.
4.
Perform the bottom plate cleaning
Make sure that the machine is on and then click
Execute
.
Bottom plate cleaning starts.
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Summary of Contents for PIXMA MG5500 Series
Page 69: ...69 ...
Page 89: ...Safety Guide Safety Precautions Regulatory and Safety Information 89 ...
Page 96: ...Main Components Front View Rear View Inside View Operation Panel 96 ...
Page 111: ...Loading Paper Originals Loading Paper Loading Originals 111 ...
Page 143: ...Replacing an Ink Tank Replacing an Ink Tank Checking the Ink Status 143 ...
Page 208: ...Language selection Changes the language for messages and menus on the LCD 208 ...
Page 216: ...Information about Network Connection Useful Information about Network Connection 216 ...
Page 262: ...5 Delete Deletes the selected IP address from the list 262 ...