My Canon S300 printer suddenly has alignment problem. I try to follow
the instruction to clean the printer head and to fix the alignment,
but I don't think the Canon instruction is clear. When I do the
nozzle check and exame the pattern, what I see is:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG

which requires me to pick the smoothest one of each group. The color
groups look ok, but the black ink groups (A, D, F) look aweful and I
have no idea which one to choose:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG

Does anyone have any suggestion of what I should do at this stage? It
used to be such a good printer and I want to save it.

Thank you for any help!

Jorielle

Jorielle wrote:
> My Canon S300 printer suddenly has alignment problem. I try to follow
> the instruction to clean the printer head and to fix the alignment,
> but I don't think the Canon instruction is clear. When I do the
> nozzle check and exame the pattern, what I see is:
>
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG
>
> which requires me to pick the smoothest one of each group. The color
> groups look ok, but the black ink groups (A, D, F) look aweful and I
> have no idea which one to choose:
>
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aswon...3-0360_IMG.JPG
>
> Does anyone have any suggestion of what I should do at this stage? It
> used to be such a good printer and I want to save it.
>
> Thank you for any help!
>

From here it looks like your black groups aren't printing properly,
the black lines look distorted. Is there streaking when you print black
text?... a clog?

Also, to get a better image so you don't have to strain your eyes
as much, print the alignment sheet on a higher resolution paper,
like coated paper.

-Taliesyn