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If the image also looks incorrect on screen, check for image quality problems. Printout Has White or Dark Lines Across It Printout Is Blurry or Smeared Printout Is Faint or Has Gaps Printout Is Grainy Incorrect Colors in Printout Printout Has White or Dark Lines Across It • The print head nozzles may need cleaning. • Select a higher Quality Option or Print Quality and turn off High Speed mode in the Windows or Macintosh printer software. • Make sure the paper Type or Media Type setting matches the paper you loaded. • Make sure the printable side of the paper is face-up. It's usually brighter or whiter. • The ink cartridges may need replacing. • On a Macintosh, try using Automatic mode. • Align the print head. Printout Is Blurry or Smeared • Make sure your paper isn't damp or curled, or loaded face-down (the printable side should be face-up). • Use a support sheet with special paper, or try loading your paper one sheet at a time. • Make sure your paper meets the specifications. • Use Epson papers to ensure proper saturation and absorption of genuine Epson inks. • Align the print head. • Remove each sheet from the output tray as it is printed. • Avoid handling printouts on glossy paper for a few hours to allow the ink to set. • If ink smears on the back of a printout, clean the paper path. • Turn off High Speed mode in the Windows or Macintosh printer software. • If you are using double-sided paper and printing heavily saturated or dark images on the front side of the paper, you may notice that smudges or marks appear on the front when you print the second side. If one side of the paper will contain a lighter image or text, print that side first to eliminate marks or smudging. Printout Is Faint or Has Gaps • The print head nozzles may need cleaning. • The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink, and you may need to replace them. • Make sure the paper Type or Media Type setting matches the paper you loaded. 82

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If the image also looks incorrect on screen, check for image quality problems
.
Printout Has White or Dark Lines Across It
Printout Is Blurry or Smeared
Printout Is Faint or Has Gaps
Printout Is Grainy
Incorrect Colors in Printout
Printout Has White or Dark Lines Across It
•
The print head nozzles may need cleaning
.
•
Select a higher
Quality Option
or
Print Quality
and turn off
High Speed
mode in the
Windows
or Macintosh
printer software.
•
Make sure the paper Type or Media Type setting
matches the paper you loaded.
•
Make sure the printable side of the paper is face-up. It’s usually brighter or whiter.
•
The ink cartridges may need replacing
.
•
On a Macintosh
, try using
Automatic
mode.
•
Align
the print head.
Printout Is Blurry or Smeared
•
Make sure your paper isn’t damp or curled, or loaded face-down (the printable side should be
face-up).
•
Use a support sheet with special paper, or try loading your paper one sheet at a time.
•
Make sure your paper meets the specifications
.
•
Use Epson papers to ensure proper saturation and absorption of genuine Epson inks.
•
Align
the print head.
•
Remove each sheet from the output tray as it is printed.
•
Avoid handling printouts on glossy paper for a few hours to allow the ink to set.
•
If ink smears on the back of a printout, clean the paper path
.
•
Turn off
High Speed
mode in the Windows
or Macintosh
printer software.
•
If you are using double-sided paper and printing heavily saturated or dark images on the front
side of the paper, you may notice that smudges or marks appear on the front when you print
the second side. If one side of the paper will contain a lighter image or text, print that side first
to eliminate marks or smudging.
Printout Is Faint or Has Gaps
•
The print head nozzles may need cleaning
.
•
The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink, and you may need to replace them
.
•
Make sure the paper Type or Media Type setting
matches the paper you loaded.