Maintenance Menu Settings
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Cleaning the Print Head
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Media Handling
Cleaning the Print Head
If printouts are faint or have gaps, you should clean the print head to clear the clogged nozzles. Clean
the print head only if print quality declines or image colors are incorrect. You can clean the print head
when printing is paused, if necessary, but the colors in your printout may change when you resume
printing.
Note: You can also set up the product to automatically clean the print head at selected intervals using
the Periodical Cleaning setting in the Printer Setup menu.
You can select from three levels of head cleaning:
• Execute (Light): Use this cleaning level first.
• Execute (Medium): Use this cleaning level if you cannot clear the clogged nozzles after cleaning with
the light level.
• Execute (Heavy): Use this cleaning level if you cannot clear the clogged nozzles after cleaning with
the medium level.
Note: If colors are faint or missing even after cleaning the print head, manually clean around the print
head inside the product.
1. Press the maintenance button on the control panel.
You see the Maintenance menu. (If printing is paused, you do not see the menu; go to step 3.)
2. Press the up or down arrow button to select Cleaning and press the OK button.
3. Press the up or down arrow button to choose one of the following cleaning options:
• All Nozzles: Select this option when you see faint printing or gaps in all rows of nozzles in the
check pattern. Go to step 5.
• Selected Nozzles: Select this option when you see faint printing or gaps in only certain rows of
nozzles in the check pattern. You can select to clean multiple nozzle rows, if necessary.
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