How to Clean the Print Head of Canon CLI-251XL Inks in Canon PIXMA MG5420

Canon PIXMA MG5420 inkjet all-in-one printer is a reliable printer that is known for its high performance, Five Individual Ink Tank System which consists of five dye-based inks for professional-looking black & white and color photos. Its pigment-based black ink produces exceptionally crisp text and with its Snap Edge feature, you can easily replacing the ink that needed to be change fast.

This printer model uses Canon printer consumables, Canon CLI-251XL inks: Canon 6448B001 black ink cartridge, Canon 6449B001 cyan ink cartridge, Canon 6450B001 yellow ink cartridge and Canon 6451B001 magenta ink cartridge. And basically for your printer to be able to produce excellent quality printouts and images, the inkjet printer should be clean once a while and this includes cleaning the print head of its ink cartridges. And for today’s article, we’re going to give the following steps on how you can easily clean the print head of your Canon PIXMA MG5420 ink’s print head.

One should remember that cleaning the print head will fix missing or horizontal white streaks by unclogging the ink cartridges’ nozzles and restores the print head condition. And you should also keep in mind that cleaning the print head of your ink will consume ink so clean the print head only when it is needed to be.

Steps to Clean Print Head of Canon CLI-251XL Inks via Canon Support & Solutions

• Step 1 – Make sure that the power is turned on.
• Step 2 – There should be one or more sheets of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper are loaded in the Cassette.
• Step 3 – Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension. Note: if the Inner Cover is open, close it.
• Step 4 – Clean the Print Head: (1) Select Setup on the HOME screen. The Setup menu screen will appear. (2) Select Maintenance, and touch the OK button. The Maintenance screen will appear. (3) Select Cleaning, and touch the OK button. The confirmation screen will appear. (4) Select YES, and touch the OK button. The machine starts cleaning the Print Head. Make sure that you do not perform any other operations until the machine completes the cleaning of the Print Head. This takes about 1 minute. The pattern print confirmation screen will appear. (5) Select YES and touch the OK button. The nozzle check pattern will be printed.
• Step 5 – Examine the nozzle check pattern.

After these steps, touch the HOME button to exit Setup and display the HOME screen. If the problem is not resolved after cleaning, you might want to consider buying new Canon ink cartridges for your Canon PIXMA MG5420 inkjet all-in-one printer.