Won't print on normal paper

My printer won't print using Plain Paper and Standard or Draft selection. When I try to print a typical paper document the pages emerge with few or no characters printed. I first attempted to address the problem by changing all my ink cartidges and running all the maintenance processes. Seems that if I select special media options (e.g., Photo Paper Pro) and select print quality "High", then I get a nicely printed document. Any suggestions of how to fix my Canon i860 so I can print "plain old" documents again with regular media and print quality selections? Thanks!

Bishop Dave Dec 19, 2007

Cannon i850 wont print draft black - ok with colours. Black ink is not going down despite multiple deep cleans whereas colours are used proportionate to cleaning cycles. This is with a NEW PRINTHEAD! (all inks are brand new too).
jdcarino Dec 28, 2008

My Canon i860 won't print on Plain Paper but works fine on higher resolution paper settings. I have done head cleaning several times but the problem persists.

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Refer to my previous post about manual under head cleaning and follow the routine through. This will most likely get you going as sounds like classic blocked nozzles. http://www.fixya.com/support/t137335-problem_print_outs_from_printer

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