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Printer output has shadows, blurring, streaks, lines, poor color

Print-out is very poor with blurred and shadowed images. Color is streaky and faded in places with vertical lines and gaps that lack color or have the wrong color. Text is jagged and shadowed. I have run the diagnostic jet cleaning and installed new ink cartridges. The test pages print sharp text but color bars have vertical lines.

  • fpbh1764 Mar 20, 2009

    Supported my suspicion! Thank you for the prompt response! You're the best!!!

  • collins12 Apr 01, 2009

    Print is not solid and scan lines appear across the paper .Black ink is not as rich as another machine

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Seem like blocked hole(s) on the color print head...
Most likely if there is a deep clean option then do it (may need a few times to unblock a hole or never).
Also get the printer physically cleaned up if you can see dusts inside (vrtical lines on color bars).

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