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Maintenance
Chapter 13
Maintaining the print head
You can print a nozzle check pattern to check whether each print head is operating properly, and
then clean or align the print head.
Flowchart of print head maintenance
If the print head position patterns
are not uniform,
Perform normal print head cleaning.
<
CLEANING
> (See
If there is no improvement,
If there is no improvement,
Perform deep print head cleaning.
<
HEAD REFRESHING
> (See
The print head may be damaged. Contact your
local authorized Canon dealer or the Canon help
line.
If there is no improvement,
If there is no improvement,
Print the nozzle check pattern.
This pattern enables you to check whether the ink is ejecting from the print head nozzles correctly and
whether the print head is aligned. For instructions on printing and reading the nozzle check pattern, see
page 129 and page 130.
If the nozzle check patterns
are not printed correctly,
Align the print head. (See page 132.)
Replace the ink tanks. (See
If there is no improvement,
Replace the ink tanks. (See
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