So I have had this printer for over a year now and I have not had any issues with it until just lately. Without making any changes to the printer it self it started to print out anything black with a really scratchy look to it.
Any type of text seems a little faded in areas but its all in a straight line across horizontal.
I have tried the maintenance settings on the printer to do a nozzle check, cleaning, and deep cleaning and all fail to solve the issue.
To give an idea of what I mean by the issue I printed off a test page that should look like this:
http://www.inkguides.com/images/test-page-printing/print-test-page-black.gif
and scanned the printed page to show the difference
http://i56.tinypic.com/28he90g.png
The lines that are lighter are the faded ones.
I also did a test sheet of just text
http://i54.tinypic.com/n3ojs2.png
If I print anything in any color it comes out clear and perfect.
Everything else about the printer works great and all around its a great printer so I rather not have to buy a new printer just because of this problem.
Please help!
Any type of text seems a little faded in areas but its all in a straight line across horizontal.
I have tried the maintenance settings on the printer to do a nozzle check, cleaning, and deep cleaning and all fail to solve the issue.
To give an idea of what I mean by the issue I printed off a test page that should look like this:
http://www.inkguides.com/images/test-page-printing/print-test-page-black.gif
and scanned the printed page to show the difference
http://i56.tinypic.com/28he90g.png
The lines that are lighter are the faded ones.
I also did a test sheet of just text
http://i54.tinypic.com/n3ojs2.png
If I print anything in any color it comes out clear and perfect.
Everything else about the printer works great and all around its a great printer so I rather not have to buy a new printer just because of this problem.
Please help!