https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/MG5550-printer/m-p/154548#M40749 <P>Hi ,</P><P>can anybody help please .I have the above printer its about 6 months out of warranty .I have replaced all the inks ,carried out all cleaning ,realignment programmes .</P><P>I am getting blurred ghost printing with text ,I get one line thats ok then the next is blurred (doubled) .</P><P>also if I print a grid the horizontals are fine but the verticals are just a series of very very narrow ellipses on top of each other .</P><P>Just thought I would ask the experts if they have any ideas before I throw it in the trash.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>thanks very much</P> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:01:45 GMT norbie 2015-10-22T08:01:45Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/MG5550-printer/m-p/154548#M40749 <P>Hi ,</P><P>can anybody help please .I have the above printer its about 6 months out of warranty .I have replaced all the inks ,carried out all cleaning ,realignment programmes .</P><P>I am getting blurred ghost printing with text ,I get one line thats ok then the next is blurred (doubled) .</P><P>also if I print a grid the horizontals are fine but the verticals are just a series of very very narrow ellipses on top of each other .</P><P>Just thought I would ask the experts if they have any ideas before I throw it in the trash.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>thanks very much</P> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:01:45 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/MG5550-printer/m-p/154548#M40749 norbie 2015-10-22T08:01:45Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/MG5550-printer/m-p/159831#M40750 <P>Hello there. &nbsp; &nbsp;Exactly the same problem with mine. &nbsp; Ran all the cleaning operations, found out how to inspect and clean the encoder (timing) strip and did that too. &nbsp;Really disapointed with canon. throw away printers.</P> Sun, 27 Dec 2015 07:37:39 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/MG5550-printer/m-p/159831#M40750 jage 2015-12-27T07:37:39Z