Print head cleaning – Canon i 900D User Manual

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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.

Ensure that the printer is on.

Print Head Cleaning.

(1) Press the Menu

Menu button.

Important

Do not perform any other operations until the print head cleaning
finishes. This takes about 50 seconds.

Note

After print head cleaning finishes
After print head cleaning finishes, print the nozzle check pattern to
verify that the print head nozzles are clean.
See “Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 39.

When ink is low, the nozzle check pattern is not printed correctly.
See “Replacing Ink Tanks” on page 36.

If the print quality remains poor, repeat head cleaning 3 times.

If the print quality still remains poor, perform head refreshing.
See “Print Head Deep Cleaning” on page 41.

(3) Use the

buttons to select Head cleaning

Head cleaning

Head cleaning and

then press the OK

OK button.

The confirmation screen is displayed.

(4) Use the

buttons to select Yes

Yes

Yes and then press

the OK

OK button.

(2) Use the

buttons to select Maintenance

Maintenance

Maintenance and

then press the OK

OK button.

The maintenance menu is displayed.