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Canon iP4000 prints lines

I recently put in new Canon ink cartridges to replace the empty ones. When I use the bottom feed for photo printing on glossy photo paper, the pictures have small lines across the image. I tried the cleaning, deep cleaning, and alignment options, but still have the same problem! Any advice?

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It sounds like there is a blockage or junk sitting over one or more jets in the printhead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEkKGBUSwNg
have a look at this u tube video and you may be able to fix it.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 21, 2008

SOURCE: Canon PIXMA iP4000 Will not print red Deep clean won t work Other colors OK

remove print head assembly. clean off.
print head not on cartridge. 

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 15, 2009

SOURCE: Pixma iP4000 pauses to dry colour printing.


http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=257&modelid=10239


please go to the link above and enter the sentence below.

How do I change the time it takes for the ink to dry?

And it is very, very, interesting...you'll see.

Anonymous

  • 433 Answers
  • Posted on May 15, 2009

SOURCE: When I print photos, they have uniform vertical streaks.

Issue: Banded or streaked prints
Solution: Change the Print Quality Settings (Windows)

Change the Print Quality Settings (Windows) The Quality setting controls how finely ink droplets are placed on the printed page. Depending on the type of paper being used a higher Print Quality setting does not always insure a better print. Print speed will decrease as the Print Quality setting is increased. Follow the instructions below to change the print quality settings in the Canon printer driver for the Windows operating system through a printing application.

  1. Click 'Properties' in the Print dialog box.

    Note: Depending on the Application software, 'Properties' may be displayed as 'Preferences'.

  2. Set the desired print quality in the 'Print Quality' section.

  3. Select 'High', 'Standard', or 'Draft / Fast'.
To set more detailed print quality settings, follow this procedure:
  1. Select 'Custom' and click 'Set'.

    win_main_print_quality.jpg

  2. In the Set Print Quality dialog drag the slide bar from 'Fast' to 'Fine' to select the print quality.

    win_print_quality_slider.jpg

    Note: There are five options in 'Quality'. However, selectable options are limited depending on the media type.

  3. Select 'Auto', 'Dither', or 'Diffusion' from the 'Halftoning' section.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 30, 2009

SOURCE: Using a Canon pixma ip4000 and when printing

You need to replace the printhead, QY6-0049-000. They get plugged and cannot be cleaned. around $40.00

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