Align the print head immediately after installing the print head.When you click Print Head Alignment, the Start Print Head Alignment dialog box is displayed.Nozzle CheckPrints a nozzle check pattern.Perform this function if printing becomes faint or a specific color fails to print. Print a nozzle checkpattern, and check whether the print head is working properly.If the print result for a specific color is fainted, or if there are any unprinted sections, click Cleaning toclean the print head.To display a list of items that you should check before printing the nozzle check pattern, click InitialCheck Items.Print Check PatternThis function prints a pattern that allows you to check whether the any of the ink nozzles areclogged.Click Print Check Pattern. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. The PatternCheck dialog box is then displayed.Left-side bitmap (good)The print head nozzles are not clogged.Right-side bitmap (bad)The print head nozzles may be clogged.ExitCloses the Pattern Check dialog box, and returns to the Maintenance tab.CleaningPerforms print head cleaning.Print head cleaning removes any blockage in the print head nozzles.Perform cleaning when printing becomes faint, or if a specific color fails to print, even thoughall ink levels are sufficiently high.Ink Usage ControlOpens the Ink Usage Control dialog box.You can reduce the amount of black ink used and produce the black sections with color inks.Bottom Plate CleaningPerforms cleaning of the bottom plate of the printer.To prevent smudges on the back side of a sheet of paper, perform Bottom Plate Cleaning before youperform duplex printing.Also perform Bottom Plate Cleaning if ink smudges caused by something other than print data appearon the printed page.Roller CleaningCleans the paper feed rollers.Paper feeding may fail if paper dust has stuck to the printer's paper feed rollers. In this case, clean thepaper feed rollers to improve the print result.378
