Why has a two inch wide shaft of light suddenly appeared on my Mac OS X Tiger?

First problem I have had with my iMac OS X Tiger. Everything works - just this shaft of light which I fear is some sort of warning that all is not well.

Have you tried to disable hardware acceleration? (I don' know if this is actually an option on Mac.)

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This is usually indicative of a defective print cartridge. Suspect the black is low in ink or defective. Please check all cartridges.
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LornaDer,
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Well as you can see, I've attached you a screenshot of my tracert command results, what do you think?
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