PIXMA mx922 prints blurry.

[afip4n6doc]

Our PIXMA mx922 prints blurry.  I have already cleaned the encoding strip.  

When I print a black and white text document. some lines on a printed document are sharp and crisp, while others are faint and blurry.  These crisp and blurry lines alternate all the way down the page. 

When I print a mixed color and black text document (such as a screen capture of this current page), the color sections are sharp but the black ink sections are blurry as mentioned previously.

The blurry text almost looks like a double image of the letters.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

[FrankO1958]

I have had the same problem and after cleaning the printhead, multiple times, I have the following theory.  I use aftermarket ink cartridges and have had NO problems until recently.  I think Canon, during their "updates" fed my 2 machines something that detects aftermarket cartridges and is causing this problem.  Given the ridiculous cost of canon ink cartridges, and the massive profit, it would not surprise me.  As a professional photographer sine 1982 and a loyal Canon user of their cameras and lenses, this is their thank you . . . will be looking at alternative printers . . . Canon greed is disgusting!!

[jbk1524]

Thanks for the tip!  I set mine to High Resolution papers which you can find under "Other Papers" in the preference tab.  The only drawback to this solution is that it takes a long time to print.  A page that used to take about 15 seconds now takes about 2 minutes. but the blurriness disappears.  I'm thinking of doing this work-around until I use up my stock of ink for this printer, then buying something new.   This is the 2nd time I've had this particular model.  The last one developed some other seemingly incurable malady that affected print quality after about 5 years of use.  It really smells like planned obsolescence to me!  Feature-wise, it's really hard to beat the value that this printer provides.  Reliability-wise, it sucks.

[LeonJ]

The year is now 2023 - the problem still exists and no successful response has been posted.

[Sloanie]

Lol - I was just searching for a new printer then thought “no”! “There has to be a way to fix this!” Guess not. Looking for a camera too, steering clear of Canon. 

[ixtasis]

Thanks to this forum, this workaround works with the MX922.

In the printer settings, I set it to high quality on glossy (photo).  When I print from my device, I select 8x10 on photo paper (2 separate settings), and it works. This is with after market ink.