Printing Problem - Not printing right

[jestoker723]

I'm having a problem printing on my 1204. It printed fine yesterday. I went to print today and it is not printing right. I can see bands and the colors are not right. The reds look like pink and the grey looks blue. I've attached a couple of photos that may help. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[signage]

What does your nozzle test show?

 

[J Hill Designs]

unless those stripes are supposed to be there, you have SERIOUS nozzle outages

 

[jestoker723]

I did the nozzle test and it shows that the nozzles are clogged. I'm in the process of dong a cleaning to see it helps. They recommend putting a saturated lint free cloth over the capping pad for 30 minutes. Is this the best thing to do?

 

[jestoker723]

On another note---- I can't find in the manual how to switch the printer to a strong clean instead of a regular clean. Thanks for any help

 

[thewvsignguy]

on the 1204 pressing the right arrow? or the enter button? will let you select between 2 or 3 cleaning methods.

Sorry I'm at home and can't remember the correct button.

 

[Stealth Ryder]

looks like you may have left the head un-capped over night... Soaking the nozzles should do the trick...

or

the seal on the captop has some debris or dried ink on it letting air in while capped...

 

[jestoker723]

Problem fixed. It took about 2 hours to completely unclog it. Works perfectly now. Thanks for the help.

 

[waximoff]

What did you do to fix the problem?

 

[jestoker723]

I soaked a lint free rag in cleaning solution and let the head rest on it.