Hey gang,
First timer with a printing issue on my Canon MX870. I have scoured these forums and the net with no luck. Hoping someone might have an idea of what's going on. It seems there is an issue with the Blue Print head. The nozzle check prints fine except that it only prints 100% of the ink on half of the nozzle check. The other half seems to be at 50% resulting in some banding in all of my output. I have tried to link to a scan of the output and the nozzle check below which will illustrate what I am talking about perfectly.
Here's what I have tried:
Facts:
Canon Pixma MX870
All Canon OEM inks - Never used anything else
I have replaced the Cyan Cartridge, the yellow cartridge and the Large Black Cartridge. All inks are full
I have done a "Cleaning" and a "Deep Cleaning" multiple times
I have removed the cartridges and the print head and cleaned it. I did not soak it in hot water for 5 mins but I did clean it. Everything looks super clean.
I have cleaned the timing strip even though it was very clean
I have restarted multiple times
I have done auto Head alignment test multiple times and I have also done the manual alignment multiple times
We use this printer regularly and it didn't sit idle for any extended period of time
We always have it on and never manually turn it off unless we want to
All inks are the proper spec for this printer
I tried posting a link to the output from my printer but I couldn't post an image because I am a newbie. Kind of a bummer but I understand.
You can try to navigate to puinsai.com/ and then after the forward slash just type in "bad-nozzle-check1.jpg" (without the quotes) and that is the actual link.
Really appreciate any input because I am not sure what to do at this point. Repairing these printers is never worth it but this seems like it can be fixed. Should I buy a new print head?
First timer with a printing issue on my Canon MX870. I have scoured these forums and the net with no luck. Hoping someone might have an idea of what's going on. It seems there is an issue with the Blue Print head. The nozzle check prints fine except that it only prints 100% of the ink on half of the nozzle check. The other half seems to be at 50% resulting in some banding in all of my output. I have tried to link to a scan of the output and the nozzle check below which will illustrate what I am talking about perfectly.
Here's what I have tried:
Facts:
Canon Pixma MX870
All Canon OEM inks - Never used anything else
I have replaced the Cyan Cartridge, the yellow cartridge and the Large Black Cartridge. All inks are full
I have done a "Cleaning" and a "Deep Cleaning" multiple times
I have removed the cartridges and the print head and cleaned it. I did not soak it in hot water for 5 mins but I did clean it. Everything looks super clean.
I have cleaned the timing strip even though it was very clean
I have restarted multiple times
I have done auto Head alignment test multiple times and I have also done the manual alignment multiple times
We use this printer regularly and it didn't sit idle for any extended period of time
We always have it on and never manually turn it off unless we want to
All inks are the proper spec for this printer
I tried posting a link to the output from my printer but I couldn't post an image because I am a newbie. Kind of a bummer but I understand.
You can try to navigate to puinsai.com/ and then after the forward slash just type in "bad-nozzle-check1.jpg" (without the quotes) and that is the actual link.
Really appreciate any input because I am not sure what to do at this point. Repairing these printers is never worth it but this seems like it can be fixed. Should I buy a new print head?
