Cleaning The Printhead - Canon ipf8300 User Manual

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• If the Tab Selection screen is not displayed, press the Menu button.

Press the OK button.

The Set./Adj. Menu is displayed.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Test Print, and then press the OK button.

Press ▲ or ▼ to select Nozzle Check, and then press the OK button.

The printer now prints a test pattern for checking the nozzles.

Check the printing results.

The printer now prints a test pattern for checking the nozzles, with each color of the Printhead L in the top row and

each color of the Printhead R in the bottom row.

If the horizontal lines are not faint or incomplete, the nozzles are clear.

If some sections of the horizontal lines are faint or incomplete, the nozzles for those colors are clogged.

If horizontal lines are faint or incomplete, follow the steps below and check again for nozzle clogging.

Clean the Printhead. (See "Cleaning the Printhead.")

Print a test pattern to check the nozzles.

• If you repeat these steps several times but the horizontal lines are still faint or incomplete, contact

your Canon dealer.

Cleaning the Printhead

If printing is faint, cleaning the Printhead may improve results.

Choose one of two Printhead cleaning modes ( Head Cleaning A or Head Cleaning B ), depending on the problem to

• Head Cleaning A

Use this mode if printing is faint or contains foreign substances. This method of cleaning consumes the least amount of

It takes about four minutes to complete.

• Head Cleaning B

Use this mode if no ink is ejected at all, or if Head Cleaning A does not solve the problem.

It takes about five minutes to complete.

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Cleaning the Printhead