Canon MX870 fine for years, now printing text w/ ghost lines

G2Jim — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:00:09 GMT

Help! I've been using my MX870 printer for a few years now with no problems, but just within one day it started showing ghost images/lines above all text, as shown below. I've tried doing ALL the built in maintenance cleaning functions, as well as a manual print head alignment and prior to that, removing the print head for a total cleaning in warm water until all ran clear. I also cleaned the internal clear horizontal timing strip. I'm wondering if I need a new print head?

Details:

Dell XPS 630i
Windows 7 Pro, 64Bit, 8GB RAM

Canon MX870 w 12.08 driver

Suggestions?

Thx,

Jim

Re: Canon MX870 fine for years, now printing text w/ ghost lines

G2Jim — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 00:40:48 GMT

Since I had zero replies here and needed to take action, I sprung for a new print head. Unfortunately it helped only marginally, and even after further cleaning of everything possible (without disassembling the printer), I still have the same problem. Unless someone has any last minute suggestions, I guess I'll be forced to buy another printer.

Do any of you moderators have any suggestions short of professional repair?

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Canon MX870 fine for years, now printing text w/ ghost lines

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