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Update for all you hoarders. I purchased a printhead in original packaging for $60. Long story short, it worked a grand total of one time before my printer refused to work at all. I reinstalled the original head and the printer worked though with the same problem as before. :barnie Oh well...

Doubt if anyone is still following this...didn't realize there were printer hoarders! Took me almost a month but decided to buy a printhead based on the advise I've gotten here (instead of a new printer). Have almost $100 worth of ink that would probably be tossed if I bought a new printer...

Have been checking prices ($50+) and honestly having a very hard time considering a print head that costs almost as much as the printer did. Then again, it's just as hard trying to find a good replacement printer that doesn't have a ton of bells & whistles that won't be used. So it's back to...

Good point if indeed the problem is the print head. I will shop around and see what is out there. Sure would be nice to get a few more years out of this workhorse. Thanks for the tip.

Thank you both for the informative and rapid responses! Canon also 'relooked' their response and now say it sounds like an 'internal hardware malfunction'. :hit Replacement heads start at $40--I paid $90 for the printer so guess it's time to start searching for another plain, simple, reliable...

Greetings! I have had a Pixma IP4300 since 2007, used perhaps weekly, Canon ink only. Recently noticed horizontal bars running across color pictures/images, switching between darker and lighter tones. Ran standard cleaning, deep cleaning, nozzle tests. Only problem I noticed in the nozzle test...