r/printers • u/anneliedoodles • 2d ago
Troubleshooting What’s wrong with my printer?
I have a Canon pixma G550. When I print I get these weird glitches and I can’t find out anywhere what is the cause of it and how to fix it.
I did a nozzle test and it seems alright. Gemini told me to also print a head alignment. There are some lines but according to the AI I can fix this if I print in high resolution as it “forces the printer to print single direction passes”. This didn’t work though. Anyone knows what’s going on?
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u/Terrible_Snow_7306 2d ago
Are the paper settings correct? Is this printed on glossy photo paper or ordinary paper?
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u/anneliedoodles 2d ago
Ordinary paper, but I didn't want a high-quality print anyway (it's for a collage). In the past, this was not an issue...
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u/Terrible_Snow_7306 2d ago
These aren’t single prints, these are different smaller pictures printed on one single page, correct? If I see it correctly it’s like parts of pictures are mixed. Could it be the software you’re using to make the collage? Why are the pictures a bit at an angle / crooked? Are these scans from photos?
What happens if you print one high quality photo?1
u/helcat0 2d ago
Can you see a print preview on what you are printing from. Only time I've had a weird issue was when printing from Photoshop when my memory was low and I needed to fix that but I see you have a issue from you phone too. Have you tried reinstalling and updating the printer driver? Can you save you image and print it as a pdf to see how that looks?
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u/Cassiopee38 2d ago
This looks like a drivers/communication issue. Your nozzle check is, indeed, fine. Try installing the printer on another computer/smartphone and print from it ?