PIXMA PRO-10 Black is Faded and Smudged

[Brandilabelshop]

I bought this printer secondhand. When I bought it, the lady that had it was using non-OEM inks off Amazon. It was only $200 and was still printing ok so I took the risk. I did all the cleanings and seemed to get it back to normal for a couple months. But recently the black prints very faded and with banding and looks “smudged” (see photo). The nozzle check has a weird pattern on the top of the boxes as well but not too bad overall. Any ideas what is causing this? 

 

[jrhoffman75]

Did you run a cleaning cycle and repeat the nozzle check?

[Brandilabelshop]

Yes multiple times, did not change it at all

[jrhoffman75]

Does the rest of the nozzle check print OK?

[Brandilabelshop]

 yes it does! Mainly just having an issue with the way black or anything by with black in it is printing out. Very faded, banding and fuzzy

[Stephen]

Are you still using non-Canon inks, or have you switched back? 

[Brandilabelshop]

I switched back