Step 2: Performing Normal Cleaning

If dot drop-out or dot displacement was present in step 1, perform normal cleaning.
Procedure
  1. Select Normal Cleaning under Head Cleaning, and then click Execute.

    Cleaning in progress. and an estimate for the remaining cleaning time are displayed on the Utility home screen.

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  2. Set up the nozzle drop-out test paper again.
    • If you have removed the nozzle drop-out test paper and checked the test pattern, set up the printer again.
    • If you have checked the test pattern without removing the nozzle drop-out test paper, click BN2_Utility_Icon_MENU, and then change the Print Origin you have specified with List of Media Settings.
  3. Click Output under Nozzle Drop-out Test.
  4. When printing is complete, open the front cover.
  5. Check whether there is dot drop-out or dot displacement in the test pattern.

    Missing blocks indicate dot drop-out. Collapsed or inclined blocks indicate dot displacement.

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    • If the problem persists, try performing normal cleaning again.
    • If problems such as dot drop-out and dot displacement persist even after you have performed normal cleaning several times, use a different cleaning method.
    If no dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs, preparations for output are finished.
  6. Close the front cover.
  7. Click Close to return to the original screen.