canon printer missing lines!

[swz]

i have a canon i320 and after 1 year right now it's printing with a weird pattern. i would have one line of words and then 2 missing lines and then another line of words...(i'm printing a document)

the black ink is giving me problems...the color prints fine. any ideas?

 

[Algere]

Printhead needs a cleaning?

 

[swz]

i did deep cleaning many times...

now i don't know what to do

i took out the printhead and tried to clean it but i don't know how to do it. i replaced the old cartridge also...gR.

 

[Algere]

Maybe your printhead is worn out.

It happens

 

[Aquaman]

When that happens I do a deep clean & also a printer head alignment.

Cheers,
Aquaman S600 owner

 

[wseyller]

one year is a typical interval for changing canon printheads and cleaning may not help.

 

[Zepper]

When you are missing whole lines of text, it may be more than just the print head. But try cleaning the contacts on the print head and the printer with a good, plastic-safe, contact cleaner like Caig Labs DeOxit. Radio Shlock has the Caig Labs contact cleaner pens with the RS label on them.
. Unfortunately, they usually make it impractical to replace the print heads as a whole new printer, with new print head and new carts as well, can often be had for $50. (Canon i455 - amazing at the price!).
. The print head price is $40.08 plus shipping and tax if applicable. But it's not returnable if it doesn't fix the problem... The Canon parts dept is at: 1-732-521-7230 and the hours are 'til 8:00pm eastern.
.bh.