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Printing Maintenance

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Print Head Cleaning

Clean the print head if you suspect that the nozzles might be clogged. Cleaning the print

head consumes ink, so perform print head cleaning only when necessary.

1Ensure that the printer is on.

2Open the Printer Properties dialog box.

See "Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Directly from the Start Menu

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3 Start Print Head Cleaning.

(3) When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK

OKOK

OK.

Important Do not perform any other operations until the print head

cleaning finishes. This takes about 60 seconds.

Note zAfter print head cleaning finishes, print the nozzle check pattern to

verify that the print head nozzles are clean.

See "Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern

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zIf the problem persists, perform print head deep cleaning.

See "Print Head Deep Cleaning

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(1) Click the

Maintenance

MaintenanceMaintenance

Maintenance tab.

(2) Click Cleaning

CleaningCleaning

Cleaning.

Contents

Main Conten ts Conten tsConten ts Conten ts Page 3 Basic Printing Basic PrintingBasic Printing Basic Printing Turning on the Printer 1 4 1 5 2 3 Using Specialty Media Canon Speci alty Media Photo Quality Media Media Suited for Business Documents 7 1 2 8 3 4 9 Printing with Macintosh 1 2 3 Page 11 Advanced Printing Advanced PrintingAdvanced Printing Advanced Printing 2 Accessing Printer Driver Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application Program 3 User's Guide Adjusting Print Quality for Photographs Improving the Quality of Printed Images Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM Page Page Page Page 17 Saving and Recalling Driver Settings 1 2 3 4 5 18 1 2 3 4 5 Using Printer Driver Options User's Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM Using the Bundled Software Setup Software & Users Guide CD-ROM Easy Setup Instructions Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows/Macintosh) Easy-WebPrint (Windows) 1 2 22 3 4 23 Printing Photographs with Macintosh 1 2 24 3 4 25 Printing Maintenance Printing MaintenancePrinting Maintenance Step 1 Step 4 Printing Maintenance When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect 3 27 3 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 28 Print Head Cleaning 3 29 3 30 Print Head Deep Cleaning 3 31 3 Page 33 Aligning the Print Head 4 35 3 4 Replacing an Ink Tank Replacing an Ink Tank 1 2 3 4 5 Resetting the Ink Counter Message Prompting Confirmation of Ink Tank Replacement 1 2 How Low Ink Warning Setting Works Low Ink Warning Display How to Display Low Ink Warning Correctly Troubleshooting TroubleshootingTroubleshooting Troubleshooting Cannot Install the Printer Driver Easy Setup Instructions Print Quality is Poor or Contains Errors Troubleshooting Printer Hardware Paper Does Not Feed Properly Handling Error Messages Number of Flashes Possible Cause Try This An Error Message Appears on the Screen Easy Setup Instructions Users Guide Page Page Page Appendix AppendixAppendix Appendix Users Guide Table of Contents Your printer's electronic User's Guide, located on the Setup Software and User's Guide CD- ROM Printing Media Checking the Status of the Printer Specifications Printer BJ Printer Driver Systems Requirements Printer Additional Systems Requirements for User's Guide Safety Precautions Caution You may cause injury or damage the printer if you ignore any of these safety precautions. Regulatory Informatio n CANON LIMITED WARRANTY --- (USA Only) Page Page Index 61 Index A B C D