My printer test page shows no banding and all proper colors except for the dark band of magenta. It's non-existent. The other two bands of magenta are fine. No nozzles are clogged. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
After exhausting very method available on the internet to solve the problem, I finally resolved it by simply replacing the printhead. All colors are present and perfect once again.
Thanks for your help. Canon offers no person to person support for the MX870 anymore. Probably time to upgrade, especially since I'm on the Windows 11 platform.
Actually, I ran the nozzle check procedure, several deep cleanings, and replaced the cartridge with another magenta, with the resultant printout displaying the absence of only the dark magenta band. My mistake, it did not actually inform me that the ...
I performed the deep cleaning and nozzle check functions and it said nozzles aren't clogged. In your test pattern above, the 1st magenta band is missing in my printouts. Am I missing something?
