Photoshop Elements printing problem

[Roy Gold]

Whenever I try to print an image on 11 by 17 inch paper with my Canon S9000 printer using Photoshop Elements 2, areas that contain black have a series of closely spaced lines in them. How do I get rid of these lines?

[slin100]

It's very likely that some of the black ink nozzles in the print head are clogged. The driver should also be able to print a test pattern to enable you to assess the condition of the heads. Alternate between printing the test pattern and running the head cleaning cycle until the pattern looks perfect.

[ejwebb]

If you can't get a perfect test pattern you may need a new print head. Just happened to me with my Canon S820 last year. so then I bought an i9100 last fall and a few weeks ago the yellow started doing this and then stopped printing completely. Still under warranty so Canon sent a new print head - doesn't print anything but the old head still prints all but yellow. I am now waiting for a replacement for my replacement. Pain in the *** but Canon has been good to deal with over the warranty issue.

I just wish the heads lasted longer - new ones are around $100 from Canon.

[Roy Gold]

I forgot to say that if I print an image using Canon Zoom Browser I do not have this problem. The blacks come out exactly as they should.

[barryburgard]

I have had the same problem when I do not use Canon paper . I don't know why but it cleared up as soon as I went back to Canon paper and selected the paper I used in the print menu.

Good Luck

Barry

[Roy Gold]

Thanks. I am using Ilford Galerie paper and this problem haas persisted through two different scanners and two different computers.