Canon Arizona 6100 XTHF Mark II Series User Manual page 158

Recovering Nozzles by Swabbing
3. Position the foam end of the swab at one end of the printhead as shown in the next figure.
4. Slowly move the swab from one end of the double printhead to the other. Hold the soaked swab
against the area of the printhead where nozzles require recovering for 10 seconds.
5. Rotate the swab by 180 degrees and repeat step 6 for the same printhead.
6. Use a new dry swab to clean around the openings for the printhead. Run the swab around the
perimeter of the opening. See path in figure below.
7. Use the tip of the swab for the short ends. Turn the swab to the seam side to clean the long ends.
Take special care to remove ink from the gap between the metal plates of the printhead and
carriage base plate. See area indicated by the white ellipses in the figure above.
8. Repeat the steps for the next printhead that needs recovering nozzles.
IMPORTANT
Never use the same swab on two different color channels.
Never "scrub" the printhead with a swab as this will drag debris into other nozzles.
9. Continue until all printheads are cleaned.
10. Close the Maintenance station drawer.
11. Do an AMS on the color channel(s) that were swabbed.
This is important to clear any debris from the printhead before a nozzle check is printed.
12. Print the Nozzle Check Print and evaluate. Repeat swabbing process, if necessary.
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