Power Cleaning the Print Head (Power Cleaning)

The power cleaning feature may improve print quality in the following cases.

  • The most nozzles are clogged.

  • You performed the nozzle check and head cleaning three times and then waited for at least six hours without printing, but print quality still did not improve.

Before running this feature, use the nozzle check feature to check if the nozzles are clogged, read the following instructions, and then power clean the print head.

Important:

Make sure that there is enough ink in the ink tank.

Visually check the ink tank is at least a third full. Low ink levels during Power Cleaning could damage the product.

Important:

An interval of 12 hours is required between each Power Cleaning.

Normally, a single Power Cleaning should resolve the print quality issue within 12 hours. Therefore, to avoid unnecessary ink usage, you must wait 12 hours before you try it again.

Important:

Maintenance box replacement may be required.

Ink will be deposited to the maintenance box. If it becomes full, you must prepare and install a replacement maintenance box to continue printing.

Note:

When the ink levels or the free space in the maintenance box are insufficient for Power Cleaning, you cannot run this feature. Even in this case, the levels and the free space for printing may remain.

Read the instructions for Power Cleaning before running this feature.

  1. Turn off the printer.

  2. While holding down the button, press the button to display the confirmation screen until the power light flashes.

  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the Power Cleaning feature.

    Note:

    If you cannot run this feature, solve the problems that are displayed on the screen. Next, follow this procedure from step 1 to run this feature again.

  4. After running this feature, run the nozzle check to make sure the nozzles are not clogged.