topic Re: Printhead alignment not working. Pixma TR4522 in Desktop Inkjet Printers

Printhead alignment not working. Pixma TR4522

dsavage — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:53:07 GMT

No matter how many times I print out the page and scan it in to realign the printhead, it's still printing like this:

Any assistance on this would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

-D

Re: Printhead alignment not working. Pixma TR4522

dsavage — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:38:06 GMT

I was able to figure it out on my own.

For future reference for other people, the problem was the timing ribbon that the printhead uses to tell where it is on the paper. If it gets grease/dirt/etc. on it, it will stop at the wrong time. (Hence the jaggies in the printouts.)

The timing ribbon is a transparent ribbon that is about halfway through the printhead.

Re: Printhead alignment not working. Pixma TR4522

Patrick — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:12:34 GMT

There is a knowledgebase article that coves the procedure for cleaning the encoder/timing strip. To view this article, please use the following link:

https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART114102