The Maintenance Menu
The Maintenance menu can be accessed directly by pressing the # button.
Item
Nozzle Check
Cleaning
All Nozzles
Selected Nozzles
C1/M1
Y1/BK1
BK2/Y2
M2/C2
Head Washing
Head Maintenance
Waste Ink Counter
Parameter
Explanation
Print
A nozzle pattern will be printed. Inspect the pattern
visually and perform head cleaning if you detect faint or
missing colors. See "Checking for clogged nozzles" on
page 85.
Execute
Note the numbers of patterns that contain faint or
(Light)/Execute
missing colors and clean all or selected nozzles. Select
(Medium)/Execute
All Nozzles to clean all nozzles. Choose Selected Nozzles
(Heavy)
to clean only the nozzles in selected arrays.
The level of cleaning can be selected from Execute
(Light), Execute (Medium), and Execute (Heavy). Select
Execute
Execute (Light) first. If the problem persists after you have
(Light)/Execute
used Execute (Light), choose Execute (Medium). If the
(Medium)/Execute
problem persists after you have used Execute (Medium),
(Heavy)
choose Execute (Heavy). See "Head Cleaning" on
page 87.
C1/M1
Wash the print head using a consumable cleaning
cartridge.
Y1/BK1
To wash all nozzles, select All Nozzles. Individual nozzle
BK2/Y2
arrays can also be selected for cleaning.
The required number of cleaning cartridges is given
M2/C2
below.
All Nozzles
All Nozzles: 4
Selected array only: 2
See "Options and Consumable Products" on page 143.
Head Movement
Position the print head for maintenance. Perform such
maintenance as cleaning the wiper, caps, and the area
around print head only after using this option to position
the head for cleaning. Moving the print head manually
could cause malfunction. See "Regular Maintenance"
on page 89.
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Use this item to reset the waste ink counter after placing
a new waste ink bottle. Only reset the counter when
replacing the waste ink bottle. Resetting the counter
before the waste ink bottle is replaced will result in the
printer being unable to accurately track the waste ink
level.
Using the Control Panel Menu
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