Pro-1 banding

[sm60]

I have a pro-1 and I am having a banding problem. There are dark bands running horizonatlly that appear mostly in dark areas of the image. I did a nozzle check and the test looks fine. I alligned the printhead and there is still banding. Any help would be great. Thanks

[Patrick]

Hi sm60,

What version of Windows (or OSX) is installed on your computer?

What paper type/manunfacturer are you using?

What program are you printing from (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc) ?

[sm60]

I am on a Mac, Os is 10.18. I have tried Ilford, Canon and Red River inkjet papers and all have banding. Using Photoshop to print. I have done a nozzle check and it looks fine and I have realigned the print head but that made no difference.

[jrhoffman75]

Did you always have the banding problem or did it just start?

Are you using the Canon IJ Series printer driver (not the AirPrint version)?

Download and print the following test image. Just open it in PS and print it. Don't make any adjustments.

http://www.outbackphoto.com/printinginsights/pi049/essay.html

Do you get banding in the test image?

[sm60]

The banding issue I just noticed last week. Have had the printer for around 5 years I think, I bought it new. I printed the test image you linked and the banding shows up in the dark areas, on the gray scale where #24 is you can just start to see the banding and then it gets more noticable down into darkers gray and blacks.

[jrhoffman75]

Give Canon a call at 1-800-OK -CANON.

[sm60]

I will try that. I know they no longer service this model and that it is a discontinued one. My friend had one that would Lock up and stop printing and display an error code, I don’t remember the code # but Canon said it could only be fixed by a repair tech but they weren’t servicing it anymore. Hope I can figure this out. Thanks.