2-3. User Mode
Function
Procedures
Remarks
Nozzle check pattern
printing
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
Set a sheet of plain paper (A4 or
Letter) in the rear tray.
Print head cleaning
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
Unclogging of the print head
nozzles, and maintenance to keep
the print head conditions good.
If there is a missing portion or white
streaks in the nozzle check pattern
printout, perform this cleaning.
Print head deep
cleaning
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
If print head manual cleaning is not
effective, perform this cleaning.
Since the deep cleaning consumes
more ink than regular cleaning, it is
recommended to perform deep
cleaning only when necessary.
Manual print head
alignment
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
Set 2 sheets of plain paper (A4 or
Letter) in the rear tray.
Print head alignment
value printing
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
Confirmation of the current print
head alignment values.
Paper feed roller
cleaning
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
The paper feed rollers rotate while
being pushed to the paper lifting
plate. Since the rollers will wear in
this cleaning, it is recommended to
perform this only when necessary.
Bottom plate cleaning
Perform via the machine operation
panel, or from the MP driver
Maintenance tab.
Cleaning of the platen ribs when the
back side of paper gets smeared.
Fold a sheet of plain paper (A4 or
Letter) in half crosswise, then unfold
and set it in the rear tray with the
folded ridge facing down.
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