Ok, I just fracked it up worse...To recap, I put new ink in my printer today, but prinouts were crooked...I tried to realign the heads. The result: Slightly less crooked, but still tilted, and now certain lines are slightly blurred.

Print head might be jacked up

Last time I had problems after aligning the print heads over and over again like that...I went and bought a new one.

I think you can order a new print head though - might wanna check into that it could be cheaper than a new printer...

The print heads are still out of alignment. You gotta do a complete print head test on your printer-

That's when your printer prints out a series of test patterns and you gotta chose the pattern that is most correct. After going through a couple of tests, your computer should then be calibrated.

I did the test...one or two of the patterns looked identical and it was impossible to differentiate...Could that be why it's doing this?

Also note that in almost five years since I brought the printer I've never had it cleaned.

And just now, my printer is emitting this awful scratchy sound...****ing thing is doomed.

Inkjet printers are designed to be either run and cost you big money, or to sit around and cost you these problems. There is a reason they are given away for free brand new.

Laser is the only way.

In your case, however, you need to reset the printer, it seems. If cartridges are new and original, then if reset doesn't help then throw away the printer.

If the cartridge is not by original manufacturer, then the reset should fix this.

If cartridge is original but old, then you may need a new one, or to clean nozzles (physically), and may-be reset the printers memory.

Anyway, it is cheaper to get rid of inkjet, than to maintain it.

Best of luck.