Greetings,
Old ink, a worn out or partially clogged printhead (due to infrequent use) can all cause the problems you are describing. Have you performed a printhead alignment?
Also, a dirty timing (encoder) strip is something else you can look at.
Have you checked this:
Canon Knowledge Base - Clean the timing (encoder) strip - MX922
~Rick
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