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From: Briain Boruhma on 13 Jan 2008 11:06 I have a Canon i865 printer which has been v.good over the past two years. However recently it has started to develop a banding problem in that dark horizontal lines, about 5mm apart, appear whenever I try to print any sizeable block of any colour. The darker the colour the more pronounced the banding. No problem with text of any colour. Any ideas suggestions greatly appreciated. TIA Brian
From: measekite on 14 Jan 2008 12:18 Briain Boruhma wrote: > I have a Canon i865 printer which has been v.good over the > past two years. > > However recently it has started to develop a banding problem > in that dark horizontal lines, about 5mm apart, appear whenever > I try to print any sizeable block of any colour. > > The darker the colour the more pronounced the banding. > > No problem with text of any colour. > > Any ideas suggestions greatly appreciated. > It is probably due to non OEM APPROVED ink. > TIA > > Brian >
From: Frank on 14 Jan 2008 12:36 measekite wrote: ....something only an idiot like him would write. Loser! Frank
From: phineaspaine on 17 Jan 2008 22:00 On Jan 13, 11:06 am, "Briain Boruhma" <cabad...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I have a Canon i865 printer which has been v.good over the > past two years. > > However recently it has started to develop a banding problem > in that dark horizontal lines, about 5mm apart, appear whenever > I try to print any sizeable block of any colour. > > The darker the colour the more pronounced the banding. > > No problem with text of any colour. > > Any ideas suggestions greatly appreciated. > > TIA > > Brian Have you tried performing a nozzle check print from the maintenance menu of the driver? It will show if any jets in the printhead are clogged or otherwise non-operational. Sometimes the electrical contacts have oxidized somewhat, and impede conductivity. Try cleaning them with a pencil eraser, making sure to keep the eraser residue from contaminating any other part of the printhead. Sometimes a regular head cleaning, or a deep head cleaning from the same menu will get them working again. As a last resort, remove the ink cartridges, and then remove the printhead. Give the printhead a good, long, submersive bath in a tub of isopropyl alcohol (overnite should be good), taking care not to touch the printhead nozzles on the bottom, ever!. Repeat until no ink remains in the head. Clean gently with compressed air, then let dry overnite. Taking a magnifying glass, visually examine the printhead (the nozzles on the bottom), looking for any irregularities which may indicate damage. If you see any, you'll have to get yourself a new printhead. If you don't see any damage, reinstall it in the printer, reinstall the ink cartridges, and test it out again. If you think you need a new printhead, look on eBay and search for QY6-0049. That's the part no. you'll need. About US$40, and worth it if the rest of the printer is still in good working order. The i860/ i865 has still-decent resolution, and 3rd party inks are very cheap for this model (see BCI-3eBK and BCI-6 at www.idiya-solutions.com). Printheads do wear out after many thousands of prints, or sometimes they get damaged. Fortunately, those in most Canon printers are replaceable. FYI, one of my IP5000's has printed over 8500 pages over the past 3 years, mostly colour, all with the original printhead using CoralJet 3rd party ink cartridges, and it is still going strong. Phineas
From: aardvark on 19 Jan 2008 22:43 On Jan 18, 3:00 am, phineaspa...(a)yahoo.com wrote: > On Jan 13, 11:06 am, "Briain Boruhma" <cabad...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > I have aCanoni865 printer which has been v.good over the > > past two years. > > > However recently it has started to develop a banding problem > > in that dark horizontal lines, about 5mm apart, appear whenever > > I try to print any sizeable block of any colour. > > > The darker the colour the more pronounced the banding. > > > No problem with text of any colour. > > > Any ideas suggestions greatly appreciated. > > > TIA > > > Brian > > Have you tried performing a nozzle check print from the maintenance > menu of the driver? It will show if any jets in the printhead are > clogged or otherwise non-operational. Sometimes the electrical > contacts have oxidized somewhat, and impede conductivity. Try > cleaning them with a pencil eraser, making sure to keep the eraser > residue from contaminating any other part of the printhead. > > Sometimes a regular head cleaning, or a deep head cleaning from the > same menu will get them working again. > > As a last resort, remove the ink cartridges, and then remove the > printhead. Give the printhead a good, long, submersive bath in a tub > of isopropyl alcohol (overnite should be good), taking care not to > touch the printhead nozzles on the bottom, ever!. Repeat until no ink > remains in the head. Clean gently with compressed air, then let dry > overnite. Taking a magnifying glass, visually examine the printhead > (the nozzles on the bottom), looking for any irregularities which may > indicate damage. If you see any, you'll have to get yourself a new > printhead. If you don't see any damage, reinstall it in the printer, > reinstall the ink cartridges, and test it out again. > > If you think you need a new printhead, look on eBay and search for > QY6-0049. That's the part no. you'll need. About US$40, and worth it > if the rest of the printer is still in good working order. The i860/ > i865 has still-decent resolution, and 3rd party inks are very cheap > for this model (see BCI-3eBK and BCI-6 atwww.idiya-solutions.com). > > Printheads do wear out after many thousands of prints, or sometimes > they get damaged. Fortunately, those in mostCanonprinters are > replaceable. > > FYI, one of myIP5000'shas printed over 8500 pages over the past 3 > years, mostly colour, all with the original printhead using CoralJet > 3rd party ink cartridges, and it is still going strong. > > Phineas Phineas, I also have an IP5000; can you tell me how you determined the number of prints your printer has produced? I'm assuming there is some file the printer puts in a directory somewhere on my computer? Thanks, PC.
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