Cleaning the Inside of the Printer (Bottom Plate Cleaning) (macOS) - MX472 / MX479

Article ID: ART177112 | Date published: 07/01/2020 | Date last updated: 07/01/2020
 

Description

If the back sides of your prints have ink smudges, a bottom plate cleaning may resolve the issue.

Solution

Cleaning Inside the Printer

Perform bottom plate cleaning before you execute duplex printing to prevent smudges on the back side of the paper.
Also perform bottom plate cleaning if ink smudges caused by something other than print data appear on the printed page.

The procedure for performing bottom plate cleaning is as follows:

Bottom Plate Cleaning icon Bottom Plate Cleaning

  1. Select Cleaning from the pop-up menu on the Canon IJ Printer Utility.

  2. Click the Bottom Plate Cleaning icon

  3. Load paper in the printer.

    As instructed in the dialog, fold the A4 size or Letter size plain paper in half horizontally, and then unfold the sheet.
    Fold one side of the paper in another half, aligning the edge with the center crease, then unfold the paper.
    With the ridges of the creases facing up, load the paper into the front tray, so that the edge of the half with no crease faces away from you.

  4. Make sure that the printer is on and then click OK.
    Bottom plate cleaning starts.

If your product issue was not resolved after following the steps above, or if you require additional help, please create or log in to your Canon Account to see your technical support options.

Or if you still need help, visit our Canon Community by clicking the button below to get answers:

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