Medium Cleaning

When problems such as dot drop-out and dot displacement are not resolved by normal cleaning, perform the more forceful Medium Cleaning to remove clogging from the print heads nozzles.

Also perform medium cleaning if uneven color issues with white ink are not resolved by ink renewal.

MEMO Medium cleaning consumes more ink than normal cleaning. Because the print heads are prone to damage if cleaned too frequently, do not perform cleaning more than necessary.
Procedure
  1. Set up the nozzle drop-out test paper.
    Registering and Setting Up the Nozzle Drop-out Test Paper
  2. Click BN2_Utility_Icon_NozzleCleaningCleaning on the Utility home screen.
  3. Select Medium Cleaning for Head Cleaning, and then click Execute.

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

    BD-8_Utility_MediumCleaning-Excute
  4. When cleaning is finished, click Output under Nozzle Drop-out Test.
    Printing of the test pattern starts.
  5. When printing is complete, open the front cover.
  6. 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.

    BD-8_TestPrint_Normal
    MEMO
    • If the problem persists, try performing medium cleaning again.
    • If dot drop-out and dot displacement persist even after you have performed medium cleaning two or three times, perform the more forceful Powerful Cleaning.
    • If uneven color issues with white ink persist even after you have performed medium cleaning two or three times, contact your authorized dealer.
    If no dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs, preparations for output are finished.
  7. Close the front cover.
  8. Click Close to return to the original screen.