https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-MG3650-wavy-vertical-lines/m-p/461437#M69613 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P>Hello,<BR /><BR />I have a problem now with my 2 year old Canon MG3650 printer. Print out showed wavy vertical lines and some words look like italic.<BR /><BR />I did the print head alignment from computer and also manually keying in the best values but to no effect.</P><P>Next I cleaned the cleaned &amp; deep cleaned the printer head, again no effect. Finally I cleaned the encoder strip several times. No effect.</P><P><BR />I changed the lines to color and they were fine, but the words (black) still had the italic like printing in about 3 lines. I changed the words to color as well and guess what? Everything looks just fine! So clearly the black print head is the culprit.</P><P>How do I correct this?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Would appreciate any input from anyone, thanks in advance.</P></DIV></DIV> Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:19:03 GMT aileen1 2024-02-10T13:19:03Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-MG3650-wavy-vertical-lines/m-p/461437#M69613 <DIV class=""><DIV class=""><P>Hello,<BR /><BR />I have a problem now with my 2 year old Canon MG3650 printer. Print out showed wavy vertical lines and some words look like italic.<BR /><BR />I did the print head alignment from computer and also manually keying in the best values but to no effect.</P><P>Next I cleaned the cleaned &amp; deep cleaned the printer head, again no effect. Finally I cleaned the encoder strip several times. No effect.</P><P><BR />I changed the lines to color and they were fine, but the words (black) still had the italic like printing in about 3 lines. I changed the words to color as well and guess what? Everything looks just fine! So clearly the black print head is the culprit.</P><P>How do I correct this?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Would appreciate any input from anyone, thanks in advance.</P></DIV></DIV> Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:19:03 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Desktop-Inkjet-Printers/PIXMA-MG3650-wavy-vertical-lines/m-p/461437#M69613 aileen1 2024-02-10T13:19:03Z