Maintenance Tab

 

(1) Cleaning

Perform Print Head Cleaning to unclog the Print Head Nozzles.

Select this cleaning when the print result is unsatisfactory.

See Print Head Cleaning

(2) Deep Cleaning

Perform a more thorough Print Head Cleaning to unclog the Print Head Nozzles.

Use this function only if Cleaning has not improved the print quality.

See Print Head Deep Cleaning

(3) Print Head Alignment

Aligns the Print Head.

Print Head Alignment is required when the print result is unsatisfactory (e.g., displaced ruled lines).

See Aligning the Print Head

(4) Nozzle Check

Prints a nozzle check pattern to ensure that the Print Head Nozzles are ejecting ink properly.

See Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern

(5) Ink Counter Reset

Resets ink counter to an initial value. Click this if you did not select Yes when a confirmation message of ink tank replacement is displayed after installing a new ink tank. Select the ink tank you have just installed and click Execute.

(6) Low Ink Warning Setting

Click to set whether to display alerts, such as Display low ink warning or Display a confirmation message of ink tank replacement. Modify the settings, and click Send.

When Display a confirmation message of ink tank replacement is selected, a message asking whether or not the ink tank has been replaced is automatically displayed whenever an ink tank is replaced.

(7) Bottom Plate Cleaning

Click to clean the Bottom Plate smudged during duplex printing.

See Cleaning the Inside of the Printer

(8) Ink Usage Control

You can be set as the mode which saves black ink. Moreover, when a black ink tank is empty and a new tank is not immediately available, you can change to the mode which can be printed only in color ink as an emergency measure.

(9) Power Off

Click to turn the printer off.

(10) Auto Power

This allows you to turn the printer off when no data is sent to the printer for a certain period of time.

(11) Custom Settings

Click to modify the printer mode. Change the settings in the Custom Setting dialog box and then click Send to change the printer mode.

(12) Quiet Mode

Set Quiet Mode to reduce the printing noise. You can set the times during which the Quiet Mode is to be used.

However, the effect may be small, depending on the Print Quality setting. If you use Quiet Mode, the print speed may be slower than normal.

(13) Start Status Monitor

Click to start the BJ Status Monitor, to check the printer status and the progress of printing jobs.



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