Canon Arizona 1300 Series User Manual

Maintenance TasksIntroductionRegular maintenance is very important to ensure the best image quality from your printer. Inorder to help you remember and maintain the proper schedule, the Maintenance Tasks moduleprovides a list of the important tasks you must perform and indicates when you must do them.After you perform each task, click the Done button and the printer will record that the task wascompleted and then calculate when the task must be performed again. At that time you will bereminded that the particular maintenance task is due. It is possible to postpone the task for ashort time but the printer will remind you with a message periodically until the task is completed.Although you can select Done or Postpone even if the task is not complete, it is in your bestinterest to follow the recommended schedule. If you do not follow the maintenance schedule,image quality will decrease and printhead replacement frequency and costs will increase.NOTEIf you have not performed your daily Printhead Maintenance, a dialogue box appears with aquery to Perform or Postpone this task. If you choose to perform Printhead Maintenance thePeriodic Maintenance screen will appear and the ink temperature is displayed. When the ink is atjetting temperature you can perform Printhead Maintenance.The Importance of Printhead MaintenanceDaily printhead maintenance and ongoing care and cleaning of your printer is essential to goodimage quality.• Improper or infrequent printhead maintenance is one of the main factors contributing topremature printhead failures.• Improper printhead maintenance causes banding and reduces image quality.• Pay attention to the conditions of the workplace environment as detailed in the SitePreparation Guide• Use the cleaning methods and the maintenance schedule documented in this User manual, theCare and Use Poster, and the Printhead Maintenance video (you can download the poster andvideo from the customer support website: https://dgs.cpp.canon.IllustrationMaintenance Tasks52 Chapter 4 - Navigate the User Interface