Very odd problem with Canon Pixma i4300 (color printing issue)

[sharkys]

My printer prints black text fine, including colorful illustrations. Also eg. test photo like http://printermaster.dk/TEST/Color_Print_Test.pdf are completely fine.

BUT - when I print real photography on Glossy photo paper, in approximately 1/3 of the picture I got aprox. 1 cm pinker/whiter stripe. I did all sort of cleaning, including removing and flushing print head and nothing helps. When I'm printing the same on the normal paper, I got stripes randomly in the picture - eg. 3 stripes / 3 cm long / 5mm wide. When I print without borders, the symptom again changes - the upper 3cm seems to be fine, then I can observe some horizontal lines, then again a pinker/whiter stripe and then the bottom seems to be again fine.

I did all sort of recalibration, printer head alignment, different sort of paper - the result is still the same.

Any idea please ? Is it time to throw it away ?

Also here are some results of the alignment, it looks very strange (vertical lines?!).

Head alligments / service info prints / etc. : http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=06883978457109160756

[sharkys]

I have also tried automatical alligment toggether with manual alligment of the printer head.

Btw, the catrigdes were replaced - no change.

Also have tried to disconnect printer shortly from power, reconnect, reinstalled drivers...

Here are some examples to better understand it :

- photography on normal paper - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0FHn7mFJP9PS1ZHZGRpSWNPVUU/view?usp=sharing

- on Glossy paper - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0FHn7mFJP9PS2ZCOW56ZTYwUTQ/view?usp=sharing

[sharkys]

And nozzle test - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0FHn7mFJP9Pb2h3Rlp1Z1Y4WmM/view?usp=sharing

(kind of dual-tone )

[sharkys]

Really, no-one ? This isn't officiall support forum for CANON devices ?

[Stephen]

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[sharkys]

So OK, and...you would like to tell me, that the same products, even sold in two different regions, would have another troubleshooting ? ...don't even try that please.

Try to be brave and suggest some solution please, don't hide for non-sense statement.