Maintenance
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Always remove clogs from the nozzles of all colors before resuming use. If clogged
nozzles (including clogged nozzles for colors that are not used) remain after resuming
use, the clogs can no longer be removed.
5. The menus close when printing is complete.
If you will use the margin of media on which a check pattern has been printed, use the
u
button to rewind the media until the Print Start Position reaches the position of the
pressure roller.
Head Cleaning
Should the nozzle pattern contain faint or missing segments, you may be able to unclog the
nozzles by cleaning the print head as described below.
There is no need to clean the head if the print result does not contain faint areas or other
color problems.
You can also clean the head while printing is paused. Note, however, that hues in the
printout may change when printing is resumed.
Head Cleaning Level
Choose from three levels of head cleaning.
Select
Execute (Light)
first. If the pattern still contains faint or missing segments after
head cleaning has been performed once, try again using
Execute (Medium)
or
Execute
(Heavy)
.
Auto Maintenance Options
The printer features handy auto maintenance options for performing regular head cleaning
at an interval selected as described below.
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Periodical Cleaning
Head cleaning is performed automatically at selected intervals of 1 to 240 hours. See
“The Printer Setup Menu” on page 124.
Note:
If colors are faint or missing even after head cleaning, perform regular part cleaning. See
“Part
Cleaning” on page 89.