Canon BJC-5100 - Manual (Page 62)

4-6 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 4
Cleaning the Print Heads
Your printer is equipped with a print head cleaning function to ensure
constant high quality printing.
When you turn the printer on, it automatically performs print head
cleaning (if necessary). You can also initiate the print head cleaning
procedure from the Maintenance tab.
When you click on the Clean Print Heads box, you see this screen:
When you click the Clean Print Heads button, the printer automatically
cleans the print heads.
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❍ Perform print head cleaning only when you encounter a print
quality problem. Unnecessary and repetitious cleaning wastes ink.
❍ If you execute the print head cleaning while paper is manually
loaded, the printer will eject the paper and then perform the
cleaning.
❍ If you press and hold the
RESUME button (when the printer is on)
until the printer beeps once, the printer will initiate the print head
cleaning procedure.
POWER BUTTON RESUME BUTTON