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Canon IJ Printer Assistant Tool Description

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The CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool allows you to perform printer maintenance or change the settings of the printer.

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.

Ink Group: 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.

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 Print Head Alignment dialog box is displayed.

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.

Print Check Pattern

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.

Left-side bitmap (good): The print head nozzles are not clogged.
Right-side bitmap (bad): The print head nozzles may be clogged.
Exit: Closes the Pattern Check dialog box.
Cleaning: 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.

Ink Flush

Performs ink flush.
Execute this function if the status does not improve even after deep cleaning is performed.
Ink Flush consumes an extremely large amount of ink.
Executing ink flush frequently will rapidly deplete your printer's ink supply.Therefore execute ink flush only when necessary.

Important

If Ink Flush is run when the remaining ink level is insufficient, it may cause a failure.
Be sure to check the remaining ink level before running Ink Flush.

Ink Group: When you click Ink Flush, 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, deep cleaning or ink flush.

Remaining Ink Notification Settings

Displays the Remaining Ink Notification Settings dialog box.
Run this function to switch the remaining ink level notification setting and to reset the remaining ink level count.

Bottom Plate Cleaning

Performs cleaning of the bottom plate of the printer.
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 CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool.
Perform this function to turn off the printer when you cannot press the ON button (POWER button) on the printer because the printer is out of your reach.
You must press the ON button (POWER button) on the printer to turn the printer on again after clicking this button.When you use this function, you will not be able to turn the printer on from the CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool.

Auto Power

Opens the Auto Power Settings dialog box.
Specify settings for operating the printer power automatically.Perform this function if you want to change the auto power settings.

Note

If the printer is off or if communication between the printer and the computer is disabled, an error 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.

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 printer.This mode comes in handy when the operating noise of the printer becomes a concern, such when printing at night.Perform this operation when you want to change the quiet mode setting.

Note

If the printer is off or if communication between the printer and the computer is disabled, an error 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.

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 if communication between the printer and the computer is disabled, an error 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.

Initial Check Items (Cleaning / Deep Cleaning)

Before running Cleaning or Deep Cleaning, check that the printer power is on.
Then check the following item:

Print Head Alignment dialog box

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.

Note

For a detailed procedure on head position adjustment, see 'Adjusting Print Head Position.'

Start

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.

Note

Start appears when the Align heads manually check box is selected in the Custom Settings dialog box.

Print Alignment Value

Click this button to check the current setting value of the print head position.
Prints the current setting value for the print head position.

Print Head Alignment dialog box (run time)

To adjust the print head position, click Start in the Print Head Alignment dialog box, and perform the operations instructed in the messages.The Print Head Alignment dialog box (run time) is then displayed.
This dialog box allows you to check the printed pattern and adjust the print head position.

Preview Window: 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.
Select the Pattern Number: Compare the printed adjustment patterns, and enter the pattern number of the pattern with the least prominent streaks or stripes into the corresponding box.

Note

If you do not know how to analyze the printed pattern, see 'Adjusting Print Head Position.'

Initial Check Items (Nozzle Check)

Before running Nozzle Check, check that the printer power is on.
Then check the following item:

Initial Check Items (Ink Flush)

Before running Ink Flush, check that the printer power is on.
Then check the following items:

When you ran Nozzle Check, were there areas where the print was smeared or unprinted areas?
Did the condition not improve even after Deep Cleaning was run?
Are the remaining ink levels insufficient?
- Visually check whether the remaining ink levels are insufficient.
  If Ink Flush is run when the remaining ink levels are insufficient, it may trigger a failure.
- If you selected All Colors or Black for Ink Group, check that all remaining ink levels are at least at the single dot position indicated on the ink tanks.(The color inks are consumed even if Black was selected.)
  If you selected Color, check that the remaining ink levels for all color inks are at least at the single dot position indicated on the ink tanks.
- If the remaining ink level is below the single dot, refill the ink to the position of the single dot.

Remaining Ink Notification Settings dialog box

When you click Remaining Ink Notification Settings, the Remaining Ink Notification Settings dialog box appears.
From the CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool, you can switch the remaining ink level notification setting and reset the remaining ink level count.

Function for Notifying the Remaining Ink Level

Select the setting for the remaining ink level notification function.
Select Enable to display an error message when the remaining ink level runs low.
Select Disable to prevent the error message from being displayed.
Then click Set to enable the selected setting.

Important

Before enabling Function for Notifying the Remaining Ink Level, replenish all inks to the upper limit line and reset the remaining ink level count by running Resets the Remaining Ink Level Count.However, if you reset the count by operating the printer, the setting in the CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool is unnecessary.
If any ink is not replenished to the upper limit line, a significant error may occur in the accuracy of the remaining ink level notification function.
If you disable Function for Notifying the Remaining Ink Level, you must visually check the remaining ink level.Replenish the ink before the ink level falls below the lower limit line.

Resets the Remaining Ink Level Count

Click Reset to reset the remaining ink level count.

Important

When you reset the remaining ink level count, you must replenish all inks to the upper limit line.

Auto Power Settings dialog box

When you click Auto Power, the Auto Power Settings dialog box is displayed.
This dialog box allows you to manage the printer power from the CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool.

Auto Power On: Selects the auto power-on setting.
Specify Disable to prevent the printer from turning on automatically when print data is sent to it.
Make sure the printer is on and then click OK to change the printer settings.
Specify Enable to turn the printer on automatically when print data is sent to it.
Auto Power Off: Selects the auto power-off setting.
If a printer driver operation or a printer operation is not performed within the specified time, the printer turns off.

Quiet Settings dialog box

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 printer.
Select when you wish to reduce the operating noise of the printer at night, etc.
Using this function may lower the print speed.

Do not use quiet mode: Select this option when you wish to use the printer with volume of normal operating noise.
Always use quiet mode: Select this option when you wish to reduce the operating noise of the printer.
Use quiet mode during specified hours: Select this option when you wish to reduce the operating noise of the printer 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

The quiet mode is applied when you perform operations from the printer or printing from the computer.
If you specify a time for Use quiet mode during specified hours, quiet mode is not applied to operations (direct print, etc.) performed directly from the printer.

Custom Settings dialog box

When you click Custom Settings, the Custom Settings dialog box is displayed.
If necessary, switch between various modes of printer operation.

Prevent paper abrasion

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.

Rotate 90 degrees left when orientation is [Landscape]

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.

Note

If Yougata 4 4.13'x9.25', Yougata 6 3.86'x7.48', Envelope Com 10, or Envelope DL is selected for Page Size on the Page Setup tab, the printer rotates the paper 90 degrees to the left to print, regardless of the Rotate 90 degrees left when orientation is [Landscape] setting for Custom Settings on the CanonIJ Printer Assistant Tool.

Ink Drying Wait Time