CANON Printer - Cleaning the Print Heads from Your Computer

CANON Printer - Cleaning the Print Heads from Your Computer

The 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:

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 Initial Check Items to display the items you need to check before performing cleaning.

3. Execute cleaning

   Make sure that the machine is on and then click Execute.

   Print head cleaning starts.

4. Complete cleaning

   The Nozzle Check dialog box opens after the confirmation message.

5. Check the results

   To check whether the print quality has improved, click Print Check Pattern. To cancel the check process, click Cancel.

   If cleaning the head once does not resolve the print head problem, clean it once more.

Deep Cleaning

Deep Cleaning is more thorough than cleaning. Perform deep cleaning when two Cleaning attempts do not resolve the print head problem.

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Click Deep Cleaning on the Maintenance tab

   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 machine 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 print quality has improved, click Print Check Pattern. To cancel the check process, click Cancel.

Important

• Cleaning consumes a small amount of ink.
  Cleaning the print head frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply. Consequently, perform cleaning only when necessary.

• Deep Cleaning consumes a larger amount of ink than Cleaning.

     Cleaning the print head frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply. Consequently, perform cleaning only       when necessary.

Canon ink Printer E470 light flashing / blinking (error code occurs)

An Error Occurs

If an error occurs in printing, for example if the paper runs out or jams, a troubleshooting message appears automatically. Take the appropriate action described in the message.

When an error occurs, the Alarm lamp flashes and a support code (error number) appears on the computer screen. For some errors, the ON lamp and the Alarm lamp flashes alternately. Check the status of the lamps and the message, and take the appropriate action.

Alarm Lamp Flashes

Example of 2 times flashing:

(A) Flashes

(B) Goes off

Number of flashes	Cause	Support Code
2 flashes	Printer is out of paper.	1000
3 flashes	The cover is opened while printing is in progress.	1203
	Paper jam.	1300
4 flashes	FINE cartridge is not installed properly.	168A
5 flashes	FINE cartridge is not installed.	1401
	FINE cartridge cannot be recognized.	1403
	Appropriate ink cartridge is not installed.	1485
8 flashes	Ink absorber is almost full.	1700
9 flashes	The protective material for the FINE cartridge or the tape remains attached.	1890
11 flashes	The media type and paper size are not set correctly.	4102
	Cannot perform printing with the current print setting.	4103
12 flashes	The specified data cannot be printed.	4100
13 flashes	Ink may have run out.	1686
14 flashes	Ink cartridge cannot be recognized.	1684
15 flashes	FINE cartridge cannot be recognized.	1682
16 flashes	Ink has run out.	1688

ON Lamp and Alarm Lamp Flash Alternately

Example of 2 times flashing:

(A) Flashes

(B) Goes off

Number of flashes	Cause	Support Code
2 flashes	Printer error has occurred.	5100
7 flashes	Printer error has occurred.	5B00, 5B01
10 flashes	An error requiring a repair has occurred.	B201 B202 B203 B204
Other cases than above	Printer error has occurred.	5011 5012 5050 5200 5400 6000 6500 6800 6801 6900 6901 6902 6910 6911 6930 6931 6932 6933 6936 6937 6938 6940 6941 6942 6943 6944 6945 6946

***Sources : Canon offcial web