Print Results Contain Horizontal Bands Is there any dot drop-out or dot displacement? Carry out a nozzle drop-out test and make sure no dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs. If dot drop-out or dot displacement is present, perform head cleaning.Action Taken When Dot Drop-out or Dot Displacement Occur Has printing been paused partway through? Resuming printing after pausing while printing was partway through may produce horizontal stripes in the printing area. Avoid pausing printing.