My cyan began streaking, and a nozzel check was fine on reg. cyan, but streaked on the lt. cyan strip. Eventually, after multiple cleanings, both shades of the cyan showed streaked on the nozzle check. I put in a clean printhead, cleaned previously and stored sealed like when new, which printed all colors without streaks. I put the other printhead in to soak overnight like I must do periodically for a couple years. I then dry them for a couple days, repackage and seal - and this has always made them work like new the next time.
After printing a few pages on plain paper with standard quality, the cyan began streaking again, both reg. and lt. nozzle check. I tried a few cleanings, with no change. I made sure the cartridge was changed, in case something was in the ink of the first cartridge - no change.
The drivers were replaced only a couple months ago, when I bought this new 1 TB, 64-bit computer.
Since it is the same color, with 2 different printheads, I am beginning to wonder if the printer itself might be causing the problem, since it has age on it, and even squeaks pretty bad sometimes, especially during cleaning. What is it anyway, with this cyan ink? Lots of people seem to be reporting problems involving only the cyan; I had never noticed any extra problems with the cyan before...maybe the pigment black, but not the cyan.
By the way, now I have discovered that as long as I have the printer settings on "Glossy Photo Paper" and "High" quality, it will so-far print cards or pages, without streaks - no matter what kind of paper I am printing on. A nozzle check still shows streaks because you cannot set paper and quality for nozzle checks. It prints awfully slow on those settings, and of course for some things, the extra ink-use is not practicle.
After printing a few pages on plain paper with standard quality, the cyan began streaking again, both reg. and lt. nozzle check. I tried a few cleanings, with no change. I made sure the cartridge was changed, in case something was in the ink of the first cartridge - no change.
The drivers were replaced only a couple months ago, when I bought this new 1 TB, 64-bit computer.
Since it is the same color, with 2 different printheads, I am beginning to wonder if the printer itself might be causing the problem, since it has age on it, and even squeaks pretty bad sometimes, especially during cleaning. What is it anyway, with this cyan ink? Lots of people seem to be reporting problems involving only the cyan; I had never noticed any extra problems with the cyan before...maybe the pigment black, but not the cyan.
By the way, now I have discovered that as long as I have the printer settings on "Glossy Photo Paper" and "High" quality, it will so-far print cards or pages, without streaks - no matter what kind of paper I am printing on. A nozzle check still shows streaks because you cannot set paper and quality for nozzle checks. It prints awfully slow on those settings, and of course for some things, the extra ink-use is not practicle.
