Epson Photo R300 - single thin banding-line on left side if printed photos

js6969

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Hi, I've started getting a strange 'pale' line or banding down the very left side of my printed photos. I first noticed it on a night shot (see link below) and then on the other one link below, a daytime one.

All the ink cartridges are full or almost full and I've done nozzle check and head cleaning. It doesn't show up on a greyscale B&W print I did (or at least not that I could notice).

It's on the leading edge, the part of the image being printed first when using the full size paper eg. A4, 10x15cm.

On a whim while writing this I just tried printing a 7"x5" image in the middle of a sheet of A4 and there was NO banding. Same result with a margin of 2cm rather than the default 0.5cm.
With the 0.5cm default margin, it's like whatever is going on only affects the next 0.5cm of the paper (the first 0.5cm of the printed image).

Is this a paper-feed thing then?
Any ideas how to solve it to avoid wasting lots of paper?
Other than this the printer, whilst old, is still very good

Thanks.

Genuine Epson Inks TO481-6

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjs6969/15656603488/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjs6969/15842139731/
 
thanks carnageX, tried that already but didn't change anything. I think it's got to be something to do with the paper feed at the time the ink starts to hit the page. Once it's all started moving it appears to be OK.
 
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