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Jonathan, I don't think there's anything seriously wrong with your printer, judging from the print sample that you showed. It looks to me like one of the pick rollers is slipping on the paper, scuffing the paper. The pick rollers pull the paper out of the tray and into the printer. If they scuff the paper, it produces a cyan "smudge" on the print. You can find a PDF file on the Kodak web site that I wrote before I retired that describes how to clean the pick rollers (http://download.kodak.com/professional/manuals/1400digitalPrinter/Kodak_1400_Printer_Maintenance_Tips.pdf)
If that doesn't fix it, check to see if there is a static charge on the paper that is making the paper in the tray stick together. For awhile, Kodak had a problem with some batches of paper being particularly susceptible to holding a static charge. When the paper gets charged, the sheets stick together and it's very difficult to pull a single sheet out of the tray resulting in the pick roller slipping on the paper and scuffing it. If there is a static charge, remove the paper from the tray and individually pull one sheet at a time from the stack and wipe the bottom to bleed of the charge, being careful not to touch the top (image) surface. When you put the paper back in the tray, make sure that the sheets seem "loose" and are able to freely move around.
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