My Pixma MG5220 seems to "process" unendingly with the initial print command each time I use it.

[excomm]

My Pixma MG5220 seems to "process" unendingly with the initial print command each time I use it. May be autocleaning, but it extends time necessary to print, and I suspect it is wasting ink. Can anything be done to shorten the "Processing" cycle or limit the number of times it occurs?

[Devin]

Hi excomm,

The PIXMA MG5220 and all of our Canon printers are setup to automatically perform a cleaning when it has been a certain amount of time since the last cleaning was performed.  This is done automatically by the printer and is hard wired into the printer system.  Unfortunately, this cannot be changed. 

I hope this answers your question.