Blurred, uneven printing

New cartridge in place but the printed document looks like the ink is not coming through evenly, Hoe do I clean the head?

Hiwatha May 20, 2008

I bought a new Canon black ink cartridge a week ago. My documents print really crappy-looking, not solid black, as I'm accustomed to.

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I would first try going to printer troubleshooting screen on your PC by clicking the "START bar" then select "Control Panel" next select the printer icon and then select the "Troubleshooting Printer" this will guide you through all the steps to aligning your print heads and cleaning the print cartridges. If that doen't solve the problem for you, I would then go to the internet and type in www..canon.com/printers then enter the model of printer you have. If you find any of these suggestions helpful, please rate my solution. Thanks D. Lange

Posted on Apr 24, 2009

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