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DD wrote:
> SleeperMan wrote:
>> DD wrote:
>>
>>> I realised that someone would want to know more but I did not know
>>> in which direction to go so I just gave the basic question! Good of
>>> you to reply; here are some answers...
>>> I think it has been intermittent because I have printed good
>>> photographs since I first experienced it. It has now become
>>> universal! I have tried printing from Windows direct from Windows
>>> picture and fax viewer, I put the photographs into Canon Zoombrowser
>>> and printed from there, I have printed from Irfanview and my
>>> favourite program, Canon Easy Photo Printer. I have also printed
>>> from Avery Design pro and various other programs that were not
>>> printing specific. I have tried reinstalling the driver and some of
>>> the programs I have
>>> printed from.
>>> The paper I have used is the same paper that I have used for several
>>> years but just to see what would happen I have printed on Epsom
>>> glossy photo paper and on just plain copier paper.The paper setting
>>> has been changed from just Glossy photo paper to plain paper and
>>> just about everything in between, all gave the similar effect.
>>> I removed the ink tanks and the print head to see if there was some
>>> obvious contamination and afterwards did a nozzle check and print
>>> head alignment. The results were clear with no sign of
>>> contamination and the nozzle pattern was clear.I have printed a test
>>> pattern that
>>> consists of many coloured squares which are randomly distributed
>>> about the page this showed the very severe blue overcast that I get
>>> with all the other prints I have made. The ink I am using is not
>>> Canon but again, I have used it for a long time without trouble. I
>>> do not do a lot of continuous printing, mostly after a holiday or a
>>> family party etc. The printer is about 18 months old.
>>> I know someone will ask if this happened after I installed SP2,
>>> well, I wish it had, then I would have known the source of the problem!
>>> I
>>> had a number of instances of this occurring prior to SP2 but they
>>> all went away before I had time to do a real investigation, this
>>> time 'something broke' and it does not look like it is going to
>>> correct itself. My next move is to try printing from my wife's
>>> computer but in the meantime I would be grateful for any
>>> suggestions! DD
>>>
>>> Ron Cohen wrote:
>>>
>>>> A little more information is needed on this one? When did it start?
>>>> What kind/brand of paper? What editing and/or printing software?
>>>> What settings for paper mode? Any driver changes? Have you printed
>>>> a nozzle check pattern and if so, what did it show? These are only
>>>> a few of the questions that might be asked, but at least it's a
>>>> start.
>>
>>
>>
>> it sounds like dead head...similar happened to me - same period (18
>> months), but i was getting yellowish or reddish cast. It went away
>> when i run several clean cycles and then printed right away, but it
>> was good only until next day...
>> I hope this is not your case, though...
>>
>>
> I have recently found out that the colour cast that I was getting with
> my Canon i950 when I nominated any other paper than plain paper, was
> most likely caused by failure of one or more of the heaters in the
> print head. I have been told that each colour head has two heaters
> but only one is used when plain paper is nominated. The second heater
> is used to get finer drop size for more detailed printing when a
> photo paper is nominated. Sounds reasonable, any comments?
>
> DD
Well, could be...
but, result is in any case obvious...dead printer... :-((( (at least usefull
for plain paper printing)
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