(3) Waste ink counter setting

When the logic board ass'y is replaced, reset the waste ink counter. In addition, according to the waste ink amount, replace the waste ink absorber (ink absorber kit). The standard amount for waste ink absorber replacement is given in the table below.

Waste ink amount*1

Ink absorber kit replacement

Less than 7%

Not required.

7% or more

Required.

*1: Check the waste ink amount by service test print or EEPROM information print. [See 3.3. Adjustment / Settings, (5) Service mode, for details.]

(4) User mode

 

Function

Procedures

Print head manual cleaning

- Cleaning both black and color:

 

See "Standalone printer operation" below.

 

- Cleaning black or color separately, or both

 

black and color:

 

Perform from the printer driver

 

Maintenance tab.

Print head deep cleaning

- Cleaning black or color separately, or both

 

black and color:

 

Perform from the printer driver

 

Maintenance tab.

Paper feed roller cleaning

See "Standalone printer operation" below.

Nozzle check pattern

See "Standalone printer operation" below.

printing

 

Print head alignment

See "Standalone printer operation" below.

Remarks

Also available from the printer driver Maintenance tab.

In Custom Settings of the printer driver Maintenance tab, manual print head alignment (by selecting the optimum values) as with the conventional models can be performed.

Bottom plate cleaning

Perform from the printer driver

 

Maintenance tab.

Print head replacement

The print head is replaceable at the

 

same position as for ink tank

 

replacement. (Open the access cover.

 

When the carriage stops at the center,

 

the print head can be replaced.)

Cleaning of the platen ribs when the back side of paper gets smeared.

<Standalone printer operation>

1)Turn on the printer.

2)Press and hold the Resume/Cancel button until the Power LED blinks in green the specified number of times listed in the table below, and release it. The operation starts.

Power LED

Operation

blinking

 

1 time

Print head manual cleaning

2 times

Nozzle check pattern printing

Remarks

Set a sheet of plain paper (A4 or letter) in the ASF or the cassette (according to the Paper Feed switch

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Canon QY8-13A9-000, IP4200 service manual Waste ink counter setting, User mode

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