i9100 minor banding...

[Bastet]

Yes, I'm a perfectionist. I just printed a photo on A4 Canon High Res paper.
I noticed there were definite white bands - particularly noticeable in the
darker areas. I performed both a head alignment and a head clean and the
result is that it's caused by the bi-directional element. I have set it to 0
(the best on the chart) but it was obvious when I printed a nozzle check
pattern after cleaning. How do I eliminate it? Is it something to do with
the connection - that the data isn't being sent to the printer fast enough -
a bottleneck somewhere perhaps? The printer is connected to a USB2 port,
though the cable isn't specifically USB2 - and I was wondering if this was
an issue? Or is the printhead not seated correctly? I thought I put it in
properly when I installed it - the clip seemed to click into place easily
enough - maybe the contact isn't quite spot on?

Sorry - I'm probably barking up the wrong dog completely - but it was the
first thing that came into my mind.

 

[LLutton]

This may help. In case you missed another post, someone had a banding problem
when printing from Photoshop. They downloaded a newer driver from Canon and the
problem went away His was a new printer and the driver was out of date already.
Could your problem be solved by doing this?
Good luck,
Lynn

 

[Bastet]

This may help. In case you missed another post, someone had a banding
problem when printing from Photoshop. They downloaded a newer driver
from Canon and the problem went away His was a new printer and the
driver was out of date already. Could your problem be solved by doing
this?
Good luck,
Lynn

Thanks Lynn, but unfortunately, this is the latest driver (my fault for not
stating this), but curiously, I was printing from Photoshp.

Any other suggestions?

 

[BF]

I am also very critical. I sometimes get fine
lines that looks like a scratches, after the
printer sits for a couple days. It must be a clog
and head cleaning doesn't always fix it. If I
waste some photo paper, and print a couple prints,
it will go away. I went to my word processor and
made four color bars, that are about 1/2 inch high
going all the way acrosss the page, making the
color as close to magenta, cyan, yellow and black
as I could get. If the printer sits for more than
3 or 4 days I print this page on regular paper. I
haven't had the problem since.

Yes, I'm a perfectionist. I just printed a photo on A4 Canon High Res paper.
I noticed there were definite white bands - particularly noticeable in the
darker areas. I performed both a head alignment and a head clean and the
result is that it's caused by the bi-directional element. I have set it to 0
(the best on the chart) but it was obvious when I printed a nozzle check
pattern after cleaning. How do I eliminate it? Is it something to do with
the connection - that the data isn't being sent to the printer fast enough -
a bottleneck somewhere perhaps? The printer is connected to a USB2 port,
though the cable isn't specifically USB2 - and I was wondering if this was
an issue? Or is the printhead not seated

correctly? I thought I put it in

 

[Bastet]

I am also very critical. I sometimes get fine
lines that looks like a scratches, after the
printer sits for a couple days. It must be a clog
and head cleaning doesn't always fix it. If I
waste some photo paper, and print a couple prints,
it will go away. I went to my word processor and
made four color bars, that are about 1/2 inch high
going all the way acrosss the page, making the
color as close to magenta, cyan, yellow and black
as I could get. If the printer sits for more than
3 or 4 days I print this page on regular paper. I
haven't had the problem since.

It hasn't had the chance to sit for a couple of days - I've only had it
three!