Pink streaks across the photo

sounds like you need a new magenta drum

Have you tried using a different lens ?

If the pink lines or streaks are across the screen then this indicates the CCFL lamp will fail soon.
To confirm it is not the video chip on the motherboard, connect an external monitor to your laptop, power up the monitor first and then boot up your laptop. The video will automatically divert to the external monitor and if the Windows image is normal then this confirms a problem with the CCFL lamp and it needs to be replaced.

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When I had the same problem, I found out, that Epson did not like Generic Ink. As soon as I replaced it with Genuine Epson Ink, it was fine.

Make sure you do Maintenance, Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning. You might be clogged?

Good Luck.

Try a higher quality paper.

I take it the streak is a hot streak of light. If you're shooting negative, look at the negative and see if it's one long streak. If so the light leak could be anywhere between the film roll and the take up roll. I would open up the back, go into a closet and shine a bright light on the front of the camera and see if you can find the leak and tape it up. Otherwise, 35mm SLR's are very cheap these days. I'd recommend a Canon A-1 for your daughter, but you can't go wrong with any Canon or Nikon.

I've had the same problem with my ip4000, but the solution was to get a new print head. They can be quite costly, so I recommend the following:

1. Contact Cannon support and see if you can get them to send you a replacement. They sent me one free of charge, and didn't need an RMA for the old one, so it was hassle free.
2. You can always try to aggressively clean the head yourself by removing it and following some of the "home brew" procedures others have tried. However, you can damage the head further this way and it's only a last resort. Warm distilled water and a syringe was used by one person. When I tried this, it did not work at all, and I called Canon for the replacement anyway.

I have similar problem.highlights overexposed,with streaks of pixels running vertically.overall pinkish hue

find out where are the streaks come from, from PC drum, or transfer belt, fusin unit or from toner cartridges. does the trasferbelt and PC drum look okey. finally if nothing is helping, try firmware upgrade and replace printer drivers, sometimes help.