Canon i865 misprints single letters

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My printer periodically will misprint a single letter wherever it appears in a
document, eg every "n" will have a short vertical line through it, or every "c"
or whatever. Head cleaning doesn't affect it. Change of font eliminates it.
Repeat printing of same document does not. Printing new document in same session
does not. Switch off and restart either eliminates it or transfers fault to
another letter.
What do I do?

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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:26:45 +1100, "GB" <guy@dilithiumNO_SPAM.com.au> wrote:

>align the print head again.
>
>Deep print head cleaning?
>
>"R L Tosswill" <rltosswill@pippin.u-net.com> wrote in message
>news3ub019382f5vaf0hgf6csdstv1ncm27ja@4ax.com...
>> My printer periodically will misprint a single letter wherever it appears
>> in a
>> document,
I don't understand. On test, and in most printing, the machine works perfectly.
Then, at random, a document will emerge with every appearance of one (and only
one) letter of the alphabet with, to be be more precise, a short vertical
whisker upwards from some part of the letter, and another downwards. Sometimes a
short linking mark joins the upward and downward strokes. Once the fault
appears, only a change of font, or a restart of the print will prevent the
chosen letter misprinting in al; subsequent documents.

I am most grateful for your interest. Please keep coming.

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R L Tosswill wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:26:45 +1100, "GB" <guy@dilithiumNO_SPAM.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>align the print head again.
>>
>>Deep print head cleaning?
>>
>>"R L Tosswill" <rltosswill@pippin.u-net.com> wrote in message
>>news3ub019382f5vaf0hgf6csdstv1ncm27ja@4ax.com...
>>
>>>My printer periodically will misprint a single letter wherever it appears
>>>in a
>>>document,
>
> I don't understand. On test, and in most printing, the machine works perfectly.
> Then, at random, a document will emerge with every appearance of one (and only
> one) letter of the alphabet with, to be be more precise, a short vertical
> whisker upwards from some part of the letter, and another downwards. Sometimes a
> short linking mark joins the upward and downward strokes. Once the fault
> appears, only a change of font, or a restart of the print will prevent the
> chosen letter misprinting in al; subsequent documents.
>
> I am most grateful for your interest. Please keep coming.


Have you tried a printer driver upgrade or at least a re-install of the
existing one.

-Taliesyn

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"R L Tosswill" <rltosswill@pippin.u-net.com> wrote in message
news3ub019382f5vaf0hgf6csdstv1ncm27ja@4ax.com...
> My printer periodically will misprint a single letter wherever it appears
> in a
> document, eg every "n" will have a short vertical line through it, or
> every "c"
> or whatever. Head cleaning doesn't affect it. Change of font eliminates
> it.
> Repeat printing of same document does not. Printing new document in same
> session
> does not. Switch off and restart either eliminates it or transfers fault
> to
> another letter.
> What do I do?

Have you checked for possible font corruption? I don't have a link handy,
but there is a shareware program out there which checks for such.