IP4000 unusual nozzle check printout

[Big Al]

Not sure if my IP4000 is having any problems or not. When I do a nozzle check, the light blue bar ends up being half striped in a slightly darker blue. The shorter hashes by the 6C and the 6M are also half shaded. I did some printouts of some pictures and didn't notice any problems. So my question is do I have a nozzle problem?

Thanks

 

[Big Al]

Found this thread here and it helped me figure it out.

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6450&p=2

Replaced the printhead (had a spare) and I'm good to go now. I'm assuming it is an electrical problem with the head as Tin Ho mentioned in the thread mentioned above.

Now I just need to pick up a spare head. Ouch.

 

[turbguy]

Looks like an electronic printhead issue to me, but I could be wrong....

Can you get the printer to print a "service test" print and post that? Most Canon models will do that if you know the correct button press sequences. Perhaps someone else on the Forum could answer how to force your printer to do this.

Does a printhead alignment check look satisfactory?

Are high quality photo-prints satisfactory, or are they banded?

Wayne

 

[Big Al]

I replaced the head and that took care of it. I'm assuming it's an electronic problem with the head. The old head is sitting in the garbage and the new one works fine.

Looks like another person with the same problem here.

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6450&p=1

 

[turbguy]

You should save the old head for text printing. I would.

Wayne

 

[Big Al]

You should save the old head for text printing. I would.

Wayne

Own a laser jet for that. I do hate to throw it away, but I really don't see much use for it; and I imagine fixing it would be virtually impssible.

 

[ghwellsjr]

At least yank off the rubber gaskets around the inlet ports.