Canon i960 printer banding on photos. How can I eliminate this? I have cleaned the print head, re aligned the print nozzle. Now what?

You'll need a new printhead, once they plug that bad nothing gets them clean again. Make sure the tape is off the top of the cartridge as well

Hello!!
Switch off the printer and disconect the USB cable for 30 seconds. deep clean on the black head to get it work properly.

Clean the print head nozzles (Mac OS X) MP210 Clean the print head nozzles (Windows) MP210 Clean the print head nozzles - MP210 Perform Print Head Alignment (Mac OS X) MP210 Perform Print Head Alignment (Windows) MP210 Replace ink cartridge(s) MP210 Reseat ink cartridge MP210

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How long has it been since you printer prior to the other day ? If you do not use your printer for some time, the ink will dry out even if it's a new cartridge. 

dear friend

it was basically a solution

your print head needs to be replaced too

thanks

Hi it's Gill again. I've been looking around more on the net and I think the problem is our printers need new printheads which I'm told are spare parts easy to change. Hope this helps. Gill

see owners manual PIXMA MX700 Quick Start Guide pages 85-93,:Nozzle Check
Pattern,Print Head Cleaning,Print Head Deep Cleaning and Aligning The Print Head

Unfortunately, one choice Canon made to keep the price low was to eliminate automatic alignment. That means you have to align the print heads manually—an unusual step for all but the least-expensive printers today. Manual alignment involves printing an alignment page, picking the best-looking choices for each of several alignment samples, and then entering the settings in the printer driver.

on an i960 canon the magenta does not come through/thank you,Leo

If the test patterns are not matching what your printer tells you is normal and your photos are banded horizontally, you may have clogged nozzles and printhead. Do a maintenace clean under your printers direction, and see if it now prints ok. Also, you may be low or out of one particular colour, but still have enough of the others and the printer will try to compensate by using available colours, hence colour banding and distortion. A manual clean with cotton buds and cleansing solution is recommended if the first clean does not help.