Canon Mx922 Print Head
Print heads last a long time. But whenever your printer does not produce the expected color quality, you can replace or clean your print head. Replacing or cleaning the Canon PIXMA MX922 print head is quite simple as it has a FINE print head technology. Check this page to replace or clean your print head. At first, you need to remove the print head from your Canon MX922 printer. Make sure that your Canon printer is turned on.
Removing the print head:
- Pull out the paper output tray from your Canon printer.
- Now, open the document cover to open the ink tank cover at the front. You’ll find your ink tank system.
- Remove the ink tanks from the respective holders.
- Press the Stop button on your printer control panel to stop the movement of the print head cartridge.
- You’ll find another cover inside. Open it. Later, pull out the print head from the inside.
Now, we’ve finished removing the print head. It’s time to replace it.
Replacing the Canon MX922 print head:
- Insert the new print head into the rails located inside the inner cover.
- Slide the print head into its position.
- After placing it in the correct position, you need to push the Head Set Lever. It must be pushed backward.
- You can now close the inner cover and start inserting the ink tanks into the respective slots. Close the ink tank cover and document cover.
It is also necessary to clean the print head to improve the print quality of your Canon PIXMA MX922 printer. To perform the print head cleaning, make sure that your printer is turned on.
Cleaning the print head:
- At first, load the paper into the paper cassette and open the paper output tray.
- On your printer control panel, navigate to Setup.
- From the Setup screen, click Maintenance and then press OK.
- Select Cleaning from the available list. Later, press Yes to confirm the action.
- Now, your Canon PIXMA MX922 printer starts the cleaning process. A few minutes later, the Canon printer prints a nozzle check pattern. Check the quality. If the quality is not satisfactory, you can check the ink tank system. Replace the ink tank if necessary.
You can also do deep cleaning if needed.
Deep cleaning the print head:
- As your Canon PIXMA MX922 printer has a deep cleaning option, you can start the deep cleaning process to improve the print quality.
- At first, make sure that you’ve turned on your Canon printer.
- Load the paper into the paper cassette. Open the output paper tray.
- On your printer control panel, go to Setup.
- Choose Maintenance and then click OK.
- From the maintenance screen, select Deep cleaning.
- Now, your Canon printer starts the cleaning process. Later, the Canon printer prints a nozzle check pattern.
You can now check the print quality. In case you are not that satisfied with the current print quality, you can replace the ink tank system.
If you wish to align the print head, you can follow the steps given below.
Aligning the print head:
- Turn on your Canon PIXMA MX922 printer.
- On your printer control panel, navigate to Setup.
- Select Maintenance and then click OK.
- From the Maintenance screen, select Auto head alignment and click OK.
- You’ll be asked to confirm the action. Select Yes.
- The printer prints an alignment sheet.
Now, you’ve learned about your Canon PIXMA MX922 print head completely.