Canon i860 printer owners - do you notice any banding?

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Taliesynwrote:
Anyone notice banding (noticeable lines) with the i860 printers?
I ask because some banding is noticeable on my older i850, particularly
when I rotate some printed photos 90 degrees (one turn to the right).
Mind you they're visible in the normal position too but really stand out
when looking at the printed bands horizontally.

I'm thinking of moving up to an i860 if I can be sure to get away from
these irritating bands which appear on certain photos, often containing
skin - not pornographic ;-) - or pavement, to name a couple. They appear
on all papers, even Canon Photo Paper Pro. I've re-aligned the print
heads several times without effect.

-Taliesyn
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Taliesyn said:
Art, that's your statement, not mine; I don't recall ever complaining
about Epsons banding. My gripe was against their superior CLOGGING
ability, especially the 740. In other words, clogging was so severe
a whole colour could disappear!


I did a nozzle check and an alignment. Nozzle check came out fine,
matching the original from last year.

I even did a menu deep cleaning, something I've never done.


Well, at your suggestion, I thought a full, outside the printer cleaning
might be worth it. And it was actually fun. The heads hadn't been
cleaned in a year. I removed and taped the cartridges. Wiped the print
head assembly, soaked it in a dish with window cleaner. Then forced,
with a cut-off syringe, clean fluid through the intakes several times,
and let it sit for an hour in the dish, changing the liquid twice.

Then I dried it, re-installed it and the cartridges, and ran a cleaning
cycle. After aligning the print heads I did a nozzle check. The results
were normal (perfect) as before.

I then printed a glossy photo in the highest resolution, as always,
and noticed no change from a photo I printed just before the cleaning.
Slight vertical lines in places... more like visible printing passes.
They are more visible when photo is turned 90 degrees, so that they're
horizontal when looking at them. They are more prominent in blue skies,
skin tones and pavement.

I should add that these printing bands only seem to stand out in photo
printing and not when doing graphics (same highest resolution).

I then went next door to my sister's house and tried the same print
on her Canon i850. The results were identical as with my printer.

I've come to the conclusion (after the major head cleaning and comparing
with another Canon i850) that everything is normal and that I'm simply
too fussy - better than most people at seeing printing passes, lines or
bands, whatever they are.... Which would explain why some people like to
call me a perfectionist.

-Taliesyn
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No you're not [too fussy] - I have the identical problem, even after a
new print head, under warranty, numerous cleanings, out of the printer
cleaning, everything possible. I have wasted too much ink, time and
paper, and I will be contacting Canon very soon to demand a full
replacement printer. Perhaps if we all do the same, they will take
notice?

Roger
 
My banding problem occurred when I used a non-Canon paper on a Canon i960.
Never occurred with their glossy paper. Very odd.

B~
 
Banding is an expected result if the wrong setting is used for a particular
paper. As an example, I have some inexpensive Georgia Pacific Professional
Photo Paper which gives banding if the paper type is set to PPP or Glossy. A
setting of plain paper results in a very good print.
 
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