Select the menus on the control panel as described below.
Settings > Maintenance
Maintenance
Print Quality Adjustment
Select this feature if there are any problems with your print outs. You can check for clogged nozzles and clean the print head if necessary, and then adjust some parameters to improve print quality.
Print Head Nozzle Check
Select this feature to check if the print head nozzles are clogged. The printer prints a nozzle check pattern.
Print Head Cleaning
Select this feature to clean clogged nozzles in the print head.
Power Cleaning
Select this feature to replace all of the ink inside the ink tube. More ink is consumed than in usual cleaning. See the "Related Information" below for details on using this feature.
Print Head Alignment
Select this feature to adjust the print head to improve print quality.
Ruled Line Alignment
Select this feature to align vertical lines.
Horizontal Alignment
Select this feature if horizontal banding appears at regular intervals in your printouts.
Fill Ink
Select this feature to reset the ink level to 100% when refilling the ink tank.
Ink Level Setting
Select this feature to set the ink level according to the actual ink remaining.
Paper Guide Cleaning
Select this feature if there are ink stains on the internal rollers. The printer feeds paper to clean the internal rollers.
Remove Paper
Select this feature if there are still some torn pieces of paper inside the printer even after removing jammed paper. The printer makes more space between the print head and the surface of the paper to easily remove the torn pieces of paper.
Periodic Cleaning
The printer automatically performs Print Head Nozzle Check and Print Head Cleaning based on the specific period of time. Select On to maintain premium print quality. Under the following conditions, perform Print Head Nozzle Check and Print Head Cleaning yourself.
Printout problems
When Off is selected for Periodic Cleaning
When printing at high quality, such as photos
When the Print Head Cleaning message is displayed on the LCD screen