Canon G2400 vertical lines are not straight

Owczar

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Hello!
I can't get my Canon G2400 to print properly. All vertical lines printed in color are curved. When printing in black only, everything is ok. I've tried all cleaning procedures, aligning heads - automatically, and manually. Honestly, I have no idea what can I do. I'm attaching photos of example test prints.
Any ideas why is it happening?
Printer have about 2 years now, but it wasn't used a lot - I've refilled tanks only once through this time.
Thanks in advance!
 

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Owczar

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Thanks for fast replies!
Timing strip looked totaly clean, but I've cleaned it anyway. Unfortunately it is still the same :(
 

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I'm afraid to say that your nozzle check shows an irritating effect , the blur effect varies over the height of the printed spots , that's an indication that the printhead is nearing its end of a useful life, this effect can be seen more frequently with the pigment black ink nozzles, but I would assume you have printed quite a lot of photos or other print output with colors. You cannot clean away that effect. You may check if your unit is still under warranty with the dealer or Canon.
 

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I've just checked - my unit is over 2 years old, so it's not under waranty anymore :(. I have not printed lot of photos, as I said in my first post - refilled ink tanks only once. I'll try to clean timing strip again, and will let You know if it helped. Thanks!
 

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printhead is nearing its end of a useful life
I thought this, too, similar to what happens with warping of Pigment Black when the nozzles are scorched. Yet it does not appear in all vertical lines, which might be a function of how the data is printed or using which colors. So, a proper cleaning of the timing strip is worth a try before posting bad news.

There is also a slight wavy appearance to the Pigment Black latticework (use a straight edge across the top row) and a funky pinstripping effect in the Cyan swatch, leading me to think from the onset the print head is irreparably damaged.

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I'll try to clean timing strip again, and will let You know if it helped.
When done cleaning, please perform a nozzle check, scan, crop and post. Thank you.
 
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