Pictures print very strangely from Canon MX860, printer or Macbook issue?

I recently purchased a Canon MX860 printer to go with my two-month old Macbook. During setup the printer would not print the head alignment patterns correctly. I do not know if that is a related issue to the picture printing problem I am having.
When I print anything from my Macbook (pictures off my Canon camera or pictures off the internet and even graphics from Canon's site), they come out very odd looking. All the colors are printing and I have checked everything suggested in the printer's online help sections. The problem is that only in certain areas of the pictures are colors coming out reversed or mixed up. For example, I tried printing a picture of my blue-eyed, black and white dog in a snowy landscape with green pine trees in the background. The landscape came out relatively normal looking with white snow, green and brown trees and a light blue sky. My dog cam out with the main areas of her white and black coloring looking normal, but her nostril holes came out white and part of her black nose is pink and blue, while the outer edges of the nose are black like it should be. Her light blue eyes came out solid black while the black "eyeliner" around her eyes is pure white in the printout. The darkest shadows on her face came out with white, blue and pink dots, fading into darker colors towards the outer edges. Her white eyebrow spots came out reversed with the highlights in her fur being black and the shadows being white. But her white muzzle is white like it should be.
I don't get it. How can the printer selectively print some pieces of the same picture incorrectly and some correctly? Did I get the wrong printer to go with a new Macbook? Am I missing some updated driver? Did I just get a dud printer? Please help.

Whether your issue during setup is related or not, I couldn't tell you. However, you definitely want to get that sorted out as it's bound to cause problems otherwise.
Unfortunately, I'm not even sure where to begin troubleshooting for you. Have you tried Canon's website or their support? You might get better answers there.
~Lyssa

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