canon IP2000 printer problem on ubuntu

dialman · Post by **dialman** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:12 pm

I have installed turboprint but the quality of my print from gimp is still showing lines across the print. The same printout from ms windows using the canon drivers shows non of these tramlines. Anyone any ideas of how to fix this problem.

Post by **zedonet** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:59 am

Hello dialman,

probably some nozzles of the print head are blocked.
Please print a nozzle check to see if all nozzles are okay. If not, have the head cleaned and try again with a nozzle check.

Depending on the print mode, the Canon printer driver does not use all nozzles - so it could be the case that only nozzles are blocked that were not used when printing with Windows.
Also depending on the print mode and paper used is the utilisation of the black ink. Black color can be mixed with cyan, magenta and yellow (often the case with photo papers) or the black ink can be used.
So if black color is mixed, you will not get any lines even if black nozzles are blocked.

dialman · Post by **dialman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:02 pm

I have done nozzle checks, also head clean and strip out and clean all before doing my original post. I have also done a head alignment. If I print from F spot then I do not get the lines on the photo but get a low res. print. The lines that appear on the photo look like a ploughed field pattern. Using the canon drivers in MS gives me the quality that I am looking for but I hate ms windows because it is soooo slow.

Post by **zedonet** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:50 am

Do you also get these lines when printing a test page or printing from other applications?
Can you send us a scan of such a printout? Preferably via email to mail (at) zedonet (dot) de. This will help to get an idea what the reason might be.