The Maintenance tab allows you to perform machine maintenance or change the settings of the machine.
Cleaning
Performs print head cleaning.
Print head cleaning removes any blockage in the print head nozzles.
Perform cleaning when printing becomes faint, or a specific color fails to print, even though all ink levels are sufficiently high.
Deep Cleaning
Performs deep cleaning.
Perform deep cleaning when two cleaning attempts do not resolve the print head problem.
Note
Deep Cleaning consumes a larger amount of ink than Cleaning.
Cleaning the print heads frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply.
Therefore, perform cleaning only when necessary.
When you click Cleaning or Deep Cleaning, the Ink Group window is displayed.
Selects the ink group that you want to clean the print head for.
Click Initial Check Items to display the items that you need to check before you execute cleaning or deep cleaning.
Check that the machine power is on, and open the cover of the machine.
Check the following items for each ink.
Then, if necessary, perform Nozzle Check or Cleaning.
Check the amount of ink remaining in the tank.
Make sure that you push in the ink tank completely until you hear a clicking sound.
If an orange tape is adhered to the ink tank, peel it off completely.
Any remaining tape will hinder ink output.
Check that the ink tanks are installed in their correct positions.
Print Head Alignment
Print head alignment corrects the installation positions of the print head and improves deviated colors and lines.
Align the print head immediately after installing the print head.
When you click Print Head Alignment, the Start Print Head Alignment dialog box is displayed.
This dialog box allows you to adjust the attachment position for the print head, or to print the current setting value for the print head position.
Aligns the print head.
Print head alignment corrects the installation positions of the print head and improves deviated colors and lines.
Align the print head immediately after installing the print head.
Click this button to check the current setting value of the print head position.
Prints the current setting value for the print head position.
To adjust the print head position manually, click Align Print Head in the Start Print Head Alignment dialog box, and perform the operations instructed in the messages.
The Print Head Alignment dialog box is then displayed.
This dialog box allows you to check the printed pattern and adjust the print head position.
Displays the pattern of Print Head Alignment, and checks the position of the selected pattern.
You can also change the setting by clicking the pattern on the screen directly.
Compare the printed adjustment patterns, and enter the pattern number of the pattern with the least visible streaks or horizontal stripes into the corresponding box.
Note
If you do not know how to analyze the printed pattern, see Aligning the Print Head Position from Your Computer.
Nozzle Check
Prints a nozzle check pattern.
Perform this function if printing becomes faint or a specific color fails to print.
Print a nozzle check pattern, and check whether the print head is working properly.
If the print result for a specific color is fainted, or if there are any unprinted sections, click Cleaning to clean the print head.
To display a list of items that you should check before printing the nozzle check pattern, click Initial Check Items.
This function prints a pattern that allows you to check whether the any of the ink nozzles are clogged.
Click Print Check Pattern. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. The Pattern Check dialog box is then displayed.
The print head nozzles are not clogged.
The print head nozzles may be clogged.
Closes the Pattern Check dialog box, and returns to the Maintenance tab.
Performs print head cleaning.
Print head cleaning removes any blockage in the print head nozzles.
Perform cleaning when printing becomes faint, or if a specific color fails to print, even though all ink levels are sufficiently high.
Check that the machine power is on, and open the cover of the machine.
Check the following items for each ink.
Then, if necessary, perform Nozzle Check or Cleaning.
Check the amount of ink remaining in the tank.
Make sure that you push in the ink tank completely until you hear a clicking sound.
If an orange tape is adhered to the ink tank, peel it off completely.
Any remaining tape will hinder ink output.
Check that the ink tanks are installed in their correct positions.
Bottom Plate Cleaning
Performs cleaning of the bottom plate of the machine.
To prevent smudges on the back side of a sheet of paper, perform Bottom Plate Cleaning before you perform duplex printing.
Also perform Bottom Plate Cleaning if ink smudges caused by something other than print data appear on the printed page.
Roller Cleaning
Cleans the paper feed rollers.
Paper feeding may fail if paper dust has stuck to the printer's paper feed rollers.
In this case, clean the paper feed rollers to improve the print result.
Power Off
Turns off the printer from the machine driver.
Perform this function to turn off the machine when you cannot press the ON button (POWER button) on the printer because the machine is out of your reach.
You must press the ON button (POWER button) on the printer to turn the machine on again after clicking this button.
When you use this function, you will not be able to turn the printer on from the printer driver.
Auto Power
Opens the Auto Power Settings dialog box.
Specify settings for operating the machine power automatically.
Perform this function if you want to change the auto power settings.
Note
If the machine is off or if communication between the machine and the computer is disabled, an error message may appear because the computer cannot collect the machine status.
If this happens, click OK to display the most recent settings specified on your computer.
When you click Auto Power, the Auto Power Settings dialog box is displayed.
This dialog box allows you to manage the machine power from the printer driver.
Selects the auto power-on setting.
Specify Disable to prevent the machine from turning on automatically when print data is sent to it.
Make sure the printer is on and then click OK to change the machine settings.
Specify Enable to turn the machine on automatically when print data is sent to it.
Selects the auto power-off setting.
If a printer driver operation or a machine operation is not performed within the specified time, the machine turns off.
Quiet Settings
Opens the Quiet Settings dialog box.
Quiet Settings dialog box allows you to specify a setting that reduces the operating noise of the machine.
This mode comes in handy when the operating noise of the machine becomes a concern, such when printing at night.
Perform this operation when you want to change the quiet mode setting.
When you click Quiet Settings, the Quiet Settings dialog box is displayed.
Quiet Settings dialog box allows you to specify a setting that reduces the operating noise of the machine.
Select when you wish to reduce the operating noise of the machine at night, etc.
Using this function may lower the print speed.
Select this option when you wish to use the machine with volume of normal operating noise.
Select this option when you wish to reduce the operating noise of the machine.
Select this option when you wish to reduce the operating noise of the machine during a specified period of time.
Set the Start time and the End time of the quiet mode you wish to be activated.
If both are set to the same time, the quiet mode will not function.
Important
You can set the quiet mode from the operation panel of the machine, the printer driver, or ScanGear (scanner driver).
No matter how you use to set the quiet mode, the mode is applied when you perform operations from the operation panel of the machine or printing and scanning from the computer.
If you specify a time for Use quiet mode during specified hours, quiet mode is not applied to operations (copy, direct print, etc.) performed directly from the machine.
Custom Settings
Opens the Custom Settings dialog box.
Perform this function to change the settings of this printer.
Note
If the printer is off or bi-directional communication is disabled, a message may appear because the computer cannot collect the printer status.
If this happens, click OK to display the most recent settings specified on your computer.
When you click Custom Settings, the Custom Settings dialog box is displayed.
If necessary, switch between various modes of machine operation.
The printer can increase the gap between the print head and the paper during high-density printing to prevent paper abrasion.
Check this check box to enable this function.
Uncheck this check box if you do not want to enable this function.
Usually, the Print Head Alignment function on the Maintenance tab is set to automatic head alignment, but you can change it to manual head alignment.
If the printing results are unsatisfactory even after you execute automatic head alignment, execute manual head alignment.
Check this check box to perform the manual head alignment.
Uncheck this check box to perform the automatic head alignment.
Select this check box only if the machine is feeding multiple sheets of plain paper at the same time.
Important
Using this function slows down the print speed.
On the Page Setup tab, you can change the rotation direction of the Landscape in the Orientation.
To rotate the document 90 degrees to the left when printing, select the check box.
To rotate the document 90 degrees to the right when printing, clear the check box.
When you print from the computer, this function identifies the paper that was loaded into this machine.
When the paper width detected by the machine differ from the width of the paper specified in Page Size on the Page Setup tab, a message is displayed.
To use paper width detection when printing from the computer, select the check box.
Important
If you are using user-defined paper, use the Custom Paper Size to correctly set the size of the paper loaded in the machine.
If an error message is displayed even though the same size that was set is loaded, clear the check box.
The machine can pause before printing a subsequent page.
Moving the slider to the right increases the pause time, and moving the slider to the left decreases the time.
If the paper gets stained because the next page is ejected before the ink on the printed page dries, increase the ink drying wait time.
Reducing the ink drying wait time speeds up printing.
This function starts the Canon IJ XPS preview, and displays the print history.
Note
You can use this function only with the XPS printer driver.
Starts the Canon IJ Status Monitor.
Perform this function when you want to check the printer status and how a print job is proceeding.
Note
If you are using the XPS printer driver, the "Canon IJ Status Monitor" becomes the "Canon IJ XPS Status Monitor".
Opens the About dialog box.
The version of the printer driver, plus a copyright notice, can be checked.
In addition, the language to be used can be switched.
When you click About, the About dialog box is displayed.
This dialog box displays the version, copyright, and module list of the printer driver.
You can select the language to be used and switch the language displayed in the setup window.
Lists the printer driver modules.
Specifies the language you wish to use in the printer driver setup window.
Important
If the font for displaying the language of your choice is not installed in your system, the characters will be garbled.
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