Little striping problem with Canon Pixma MP760

[vilrockerdefer]

I tried to print a beautiful Nebula yesterday but soon noticed horizontal stripes among the orange clouds at the top.

I tried nozzle alignment (auto) and print head cleaning but with no success.

I use Ferrania OptiJet Professionnel Brillant papierphoto 260 g/m2

Here are the files :
http://dl.free.fr/jmnlXaRTR

1.bmp is the result of the printing, that I scanned to send it here
test.tif is the original

Please does anyone have any idea of a possible source of this problem ?


Thank you all !

 

[SpideRMaN]

Are you refilling ink, using a ciss or using OEM ?

How is the print test page being printed ?

It's not just the banding, you are missing some colors/profiles Etc.

Here they are next to each other

 

[vilrockerdefer]

I am refilling third party refillable cartridges with third-party ink.

The print page prints correctly.

The colors are not very correct because for this print I didn't use any color profile.

When I use my usual color profile (Canon MP780 PR1) the colors are correct. Only the banding stays (though it is a little less apparent).

Thanks a lot.
Fred

 

[ghwellsjr]

Thanks, spiderman, for uploading the images, I could not make any sense of the original link.

I cannot see any stripes in the first image but the whole image seems faded.

Vilrockerdefer, the most important diagnostic when there are printing problems is the nozzle check. Can you do a nozzle check, scan it, and upload using the Upload link at the top of this page, please.

 

[vilrockerdefer]

The stripes are apparent especially in the upper orange "cloud". They may look as compression artifacts on the picture posted by Spiderman but they are not.

I'm unable to send a nozzle check until late tonight or tomorrow morning (GMT +1) which means in 7 hours minimum or 20 hours max because I'm at my office right now, sorry. When I tried it yesterday it seemed correct though, even if I can't say for sure because I am no expert at all.

 

[SpideRMaN]

@ghwellsjr

The lines are very faint but visible



@vilrockerdefer
You cannot identify the problem before you see the test page

 

[ghwellsjr]

They still are not visible to me.

Is the issue with the very large difference in the two images in post #2 not a concern? Are we just concerned with the stripes at the beginning of the print?

Was the image printed bordered or borderless?

 

[vilrockerdefer]

@ghwellsjr
The very large difference is not the issue. The stripes are the issue.
I've tried borderless or bordered but it changes nothing.

Here is the nozzle check :

 

[SpideRMaN]

The test page is good

Ink starvation normally occures int the last 1-2 inch of the print

make sure the paper is flat and if possible feed it from the back tray

 

[qwertydude]

Even if the nozzle check looks ok slow flowing ink can still cause striping. I tended to get that with oem cartridges after a few refills, I use some third party G&G carts, 1st gen so I can german fill them, not the newer style labyrinth style carts which do hold more ink in the reservoir but are harder to fill. Try rinsing and purging a set of cartridges, then letting them completely dry, fill them with ink and then before printing cleaning the printhead by saturating the head with alcohol. I usually do this with a needle bottle filled with alcohol. I squirt a stream of it at the nozzles and let it drip off onto a cloth. This is usually enough to dissolve all but the most stubborn clogs. I then blot the printhead very carefully on a lint free microfiber. Also just in case make sure to wipe clean the wiper squeegees on the printer as this can also be a source of deposits on the printhead. This long drawn process never fails to get my printer printing flawlessly.