Horizontal smudging of text w/ inkjet printer

[Vageetasjn]

How do you fix this? I've tried different paper, cleaning the dust out of the printer, different cartridges. The text smudges at any printing speed/quality setting. Or is the fix a laser printer?

 

[The Merg]

Did you try cleaning the print heads? There should be a software option to do that.

- Merg

 

[Vageetasjn]

Did you try cleaning the print heads? There should be a software option to do that.

- Merg

Yes, to no avail.

 

[nickbits]

what brand of printer? if hp/canon get a new print head, if epson get a new printer

 

[pcgeek11]

How do you fix this? I've tried different paper, cleaning the dust out of the printer, different cartridges. The text smudges at any printing speed/quality setting. Or is the fix a laser printer?

The problem is the sponges or pads at the parked position are full of ink. I had this problem on an old HP deskjet and all I did was use alchohol to clean the bottom of the carridge and the sponges where the head parks. It prints like new.

pcgeek11

 

[corkyg]

If it is HP, the print head is in the cartridge. An ink saturated parking area could be the problem. Again - what brand of ink spitter?

 

[Vageetasjn]

If it is HP, the print head is in the cartridge. An ink saturated parking area could be the problem. Again - what brand of ink spitter?

It's a Canon. The cartridges just have a sponge. Would it be possible to clean the heads myself? They seem pretty inaccessible.

 

[corkyg]

Canon printers have a cleaning tank. The process runs ink through the head and into the tank. The head can can be cleaned or replaced.

http://www.castleink.com/_a-clean-canon-print-heads.html

 

[Vageetasjn]

Canon printers have a cleaning tank. The process runs ink through the head and into the tank. The head can can be cleaned or replaced.

http://www.castleink.com/_a-clean-canon-print-heads.html

Thanks for the help, I'll give it a go soon.