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Cleaning the print heads, Print head cleaning, Related topic – Canon imagePROGRAF GP-4000 User Manual

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Cleaning the Print Heads

The print head cleaning function allows you to clear up clogged print head nozzle. Perform print head
cleaning if printing is faint or a specific color fails to print, even though there is enough ink.

The procedure for print head cleaning is as follows:

Print Head Cleaning

1.

Open the

printer driver setup window

1.

2.

Click

Print Head Cleaning

on the

Utility

tab

2.

When the

Print Head Cleaning

dialog box opens, select the head cleaning to be performed from the

following:

Cleaning

Perform

Cleaning

if printing is faint or a specific color fails to print, even though there is enough

ink.

System Cleaning

System Cleaning

is a more powerful cleaning function. Perform

System Cleaning

if there is no

improvement even after repeating

Cleaning

several times.

Important

System Cleaning

consumes an extremely large amount of ink.

Executing system cleaning frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply. Therefore,
execute system cleaning only when necessary.

3.

Execute cleaning

3.

Make sure that the printer is on and then click

OK

.

Print head cleaning starts.

Note

• After

Cleaning

or

System Cleaning

is complete, perform

Print Nozzle Check Pattern

and check the

cleaning results.

Related Topic

Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern

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