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2-2. 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 cassette, or the rear tray if selected.
Print head manual
cleaning
- Cleaning both Black and Color:
Perform via the machine
operation panel, or from the MP
driver Maintenance tab.
- Cleaning Black or Color separately:
Perform 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 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 3 sheets of plain paper (A4 or Letter) in
the cassette, or the rear tray if selected.
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 of the selected
paper source (the rear tray or the cassette)
rotate while being pushed to the paper
lifting plate. Since the rollers will wear out in
this cleaning, it is recommended that you
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.
(No paper feeding from the cassette)