Recent content by Tim Mackey

Just tested the printer again after 36 hours of soaking the printhead in cleaner, and flushing the PM cartridge. Sadly, there was no improvement. I think at this point I'm going to look into getting my printhead replaced under warranty. Thanks for all the help, guys!

Just a quick update—I've had my printhead soaking for the last 24 hours, and am going to leave it to soak until I get home this evening. Once home, I will let it dry out and then try another. In the meantime, I also completely flushed out my PM cartridge. @turbguy, thanks for the advice on the...

@Grandad35 & @3dogs, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, trying with a fresh PM cartridge didn't help. @The Hat, I will try soaking the printhead for the next 24 hours and see if that helps. Fingers crossed! I'm glad that I'm still under warrantee, hopefully I won't have to go that...

Thanks for your help, guys. Here's a scan of the service test print. EDIT: The first file I posted was cropped off because my paper was too small. Reprinted and rescanned with larger paper. Here's a link to a higher quality image: http://cl.ly/image/2a0o2B431O3b

Hi, I recently noticed banding showing up in my prints, and after printing a nozzle check, I found that there was considerable banding in the Photo-Magenta. After a couple regular cleaning cycles, and 4 or 5 deep cleaning cycles, the result is virtually unchanged (maybe 5% improved). I also ran...