Nozzle check:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pramclub/5144026270/
Some missing parts from the black, but the others look OK.
CUPS test:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pramclub/514342022
The image looks fine, but the text areas show the bands of missing print. Almost all my printing is text - but is...
My Canon IP3000 is several years old but has worked well until the last couple of weeks. I only do a handful of pages weekly, mostly black and white text. I saw some faint very narrow lines, so I changed the cartridges and ran a clean. The bands quickly became wide (about half an inch)...