Chapter 9
Maintenance
9-5
9
Maintenance
Maintaining the printhead
Flowchart of printhead maintenance
If print quality deteriorates, follow this procedure:
The ink is not coming out correctly.
If there is no improvement.
If there is no
improvement.
The printhead is misaligned.
Print the nozzle check pattern (
p. 9-6).
This pattern allows you to check if
the ink is coming out of the printhead nozzles
correctly and if the printhead is aligned.
Perform normal printhead cleaning
(<HEAD CLEANING> setting) (
p. 9-6).
You can perform normal printhead
cleaning up to three times.
Perform deep printhead cleaning (<HEAD
REFRESHING> setting) (
p. 9-6).
If there is no improvement.
Replace the ink tank(s) (
p. 9-2).
If there is no improvement.
The printhead may be damaged. Contact
your local authorised Canon dealer or the
Canon help line.
Align the printhead (
p. 9-7).
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Summary of Contents for SmartBase MPC200
Page 12: ...XII Preface ...
Page 18: ...2 2 Document handling Chapter 2 ...
Page 34: ...4 6 The MultiPASS Suite software Basic operation Chapter 4 ...
Page 38: ...5 4 Printing from your computer Basic operation Chapter 5 ...
Page 76: ...9 10 Maintenance Chapter 9 ...
Page 98: ...11 6 Machine settings Chapter 11 ...
Page 104: ...A 6 Specifications Appendix ...
Page 108: ...I 4 Index ...