Canon printer MAXIFY MB5020 User Manual
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The confirmation screen will appear. 7. Tap Yes. The machine starts cleaning the print head deeply. Do not perform any other operations until the machine completes the deep cleaning of the print head. This takes about 2 to 3 minutes. The pattern print confirmation screen will appear. 8. Tap Yes. The nozzle check pattern will be printed. 9. When the completion message appears, tap OK. 10. Examine the nozzle check pattern . If the problem is not resolved, turn off the power and clean the print head...
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Aligning the Print HeadIf printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are otherwise unsatisfactory, adjust the print headposition. Note • When the ink has run out during printing the nozzle check pattern, the error message will appear on thetouch screen. A Message Is Displayed You need to prepare: a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper (including recycled paper)* * Be sure to use paper that is white and clean on both sides. 1. Make sure that the power is turned on. 2. Load a sheet of A4 or...
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The confirmation screen will appear. 7. Tap Yes. The print head alignment sheet will be printed and the print head position will be adjusted automatically. This takes about 3 to 4 minutes. Note • If the automatic adjustment of the print head position has failed, the error message appears on the touch screen. A Message Is Displayed 8. When the completion message appears, tap OK. Note • If the print results are still not satisfactory after adjusting the print head position as described above, align the...
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Aligning the Print Head ManuallyIf printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are still not satisfactory after adjusting the print head position automatically, adjust the print head position manually. Note • For details on adjusting the print head position automatically, see Aligning the Print Head . You need to prepare: two sheets of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper 1. Make sure that the power is turned on. 2. Load two sheets of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the cassette. After inserting the...
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The confirmation screen will appear. Note • To print and check the current head position adjustment values, select Print the head alignment value . 7. Tap Yes. The print head alignment pattern is printed. 8. When the message " Did the patterns print correctly? " appears, confirm that the pattern is printed correctly, tap Yes. 9. Confirm the message, then tap Next. The input screen for the head position adjustment values will appear. 10. Look at the first pattern, tap A to check the printed...
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Note • If it is difficult to pick the best pattern, pick the setting that produces the least noticeable verticalstreaks. A: Unnoticeable vertical streaks B: Noticeable vertical streaks 11. Repeat the same procedure until you finish inputting the pattern number for columns B to M, then tap OK. 12. Confirm the message, then tap OK. The second pattern is printed. 13. Look at the second pattern, tap N to check the printed patterns, then tap the number of the pattern in column N that has the least...
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Note • If it is difficult to pick the best pattern, pick the setting that produces the least noticeable horizontalstreaks. C: Unnoticeable horizontal streaks D: Noticeable horizontal streaks 1. Repeat the same procedure until you finish inputting the pattern number for columns O to T, then tap OK. For column P, pick the least noticeable vertical streaks. 2. Confirm the message, then tap OK. 217
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Performing Maintenance from a Computer Cleaning the Print Heads from Your Computer Aligning the Print Head Position from Your Computer Use Your Computer to Print a Nozzle Check Pattern 218
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Cleaning the Print Heads from Your ComputerThe 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 cleaning the print head is as follows: Cleaning 1. Open the printer driver setup window 2. Click Cleaning on the Maintenance tab When the Print Head Cleaning dialog box opens, select the ink group for which cleaning is to be performed. Click...
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When the Deep Cleaning dialog box opens, select the ink group for which deep cleaning is to be performed. Click Initial Check Items to display the items you need to check before performing deep cleaning.3. Execute deep cleaning Make sure that the printer is on and then click Execute. Click OK when the confirmation message appears. Print head deep cleaning starts. 4. Complete deep cleaning The Nozzle Check dialog box opens after the confirmation message. 5. Check the results To check whether the...