Canon i9000 banding?

Ann McRae

I have not printed more than one test print as yet, but that print had repeating lines the entire width of the photo.

Any tips for tweaking, and troubleshooting to get the printer set up properly? Hubby would like some photos for his office, and I guess its time for me to be using my new toy.

Thanks

ann

David_S85

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stevehapp

I dont know if this is a printer problem

but

Check your photo in photoshop and have a look at the levels. If you stretch those levels too much, it will cause banding. have a look at your levels curve for vertical lines.. if so, that may cause banding.

beyond that , i have no knowledge..

CatOne

I've seen this when the paper type is set improperly. For example, if it's set to "plain paper" and you're printing a photo on glossy or matte, you will get banding.

Double, lo, triple check all settings.

Sam

Ann McRae wrote:

I have not printed more than one test print as yet, but that print had repeating lines the entire width of the photo.

Any tips for tweaking, and troubleshooting to get the printer set up properly? Hubby would like some photos for his office, and I guess its time for me to be using my new toy.

Thanks

ann

Ann,

RTM

Normally when you first get the printer they ask you to do some head alignment, and set up steps, procedures.

Once this is done it should print great images.

Sam

ps: Added: Learn to use icc prifiles if you don't know already.

Tee Why

If you are seeing this in all the prints, I too think this may be related to the printer jets. I'd do a head alignment and a cleaning. I think if you go into the properties button on the print menu, then it should walk you through it.

dogwood

It's also possible it's your print head. Canon has pretty decent customer support though. I had this happen with my i9100 (I think that's the model) and spent a half hour on the phone with Canon diagnosing it. They finally agreed to ship me a new printer with a call tag for the old one.

The new one still had slight banding in even tones like skies.

Incidentally, after a year of using that printer, I got so fed up with the constant ink jet clogs that I now outsource all my printing to labs. I'm happy to let them deal with those issues! I'm a photographer, not a printer maintenance tech.

Ann McRae

Well, the printer sat there waiting for me to get the courage and motivation to run more prints. Last night I ran proofs for the poster I made for the soccer team, on 13 x 19 Kodak Matt paper.

Perfect! No banding. No clogged nozzles. True color reproduction.

Tee Why

They do recommend using the printer occasionally as prolonged time without making prints can clog the printer jets. So print regularly I say.

Ann McRae

Tee Why wrote:

They do recommend using the printer occasionally as prolonged time without making prints can clog the printer jets. So print regularly I say.

I know. I used to have an Epson that was always clogging! I have no viable excuse, other than procrastination.

Will print now, for sure.

pathfinder

I had a LOT more clogged heads with my Epson Stylus 4000 than I have had with my Epson 3800. The newer 3800 does not seem to clog much at all. We'll see when the drier air of winter arrives.

Red River paper suggest having a bowel of water in the room you print in to keep the humidity from getting too low. Especially in winter. It is cold and dry in Canada right now also, isn't it Ann?

For me, banding usually means clogged print heads, but not certain if this is true in the Canon world as well, Ann.

Ann McRae

pathfinder wrote:

Especially in winter. It is cold and dry in Canada right now also, isn't it Ann?
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Cold? Dry? Here?


Well, touch wood, it has not gotten cold yet. Edmonton has very little humidity ever. Had a skiff of snow last night, but it has melted.

Definitely have a humidity issue here tho.
Thanks Jim.

ann