Epson CX5600 User Guide - Page 83

Quality Option, Print Quality, High Speed, Economy, Photo RPM, PhotoEnhance, Automatic, Gamma

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• Make sure your paper isn't damaged, old, dirty, or loaded face-down. If it is, reload a new stack of paper with the printable side up; it is usually brighter or whiter than the other side. For best results, use genuine Epson paper. Printout Is Grainy • Make sure the printable side of the paper is face-up. It's usually brighter or whiter. • Select a higher Quality Option or Print Quality, and turn off High Speed and Fast Economy or Economy mode in the Windows or Macintosh printer software. • Select Photo RPM for Quality Type (Windows) or Print Quality (Macintosh). Remember that this setting increases print time. • Align the print head. • You may need to increase the image resolution or print in a smaller size; see your software documentation. Incorrect Colors in Printout • Make sure your Windows or Macintosh printer software is not set to use black ink only. • The print head nozzles may need cleaning. • The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink, and you may need to replace them. • Try turning off PhotoEnhance in the Windows printer software. • On a Macintosh, try using Automatic mode. • Try changing the Gamma setting in your Windows or Macintosh printer software. • Your printed colors can never exactly match your on-screen colors. However, you can use a color management system to get as close as possible. Try using the ICM (Windows) or ColorSync (Macintosh) setting. • For best results, use genuine Epson ink and paper. Image Quality Problems (quality problem appears on screen) If a scanned image on your computer screen has a quality problem, check the solutions in this section. If the image looks correct on screen but prints with poor quality, check for print quality problems. Image Consists of a Few Dots Only Line of Dots Appears in All Scanned Images Straight Lines in Image Appear Crooked Image Is Distorted or Blurry Image Colors Are Patchy at the Edges Image Is Too Dark Back of Original Image Appears in Scanned Image Ripple Patterns Appear in Image Image Colors Do Not Match Original Colors 83

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Make sure your paper isn’t damaged, old, dirty, or loaded face-down. If it is, reload
a new
stack of paper with the printable side up; it is usually brighter or whiter than the other side. For
best results, use genuine Epson paper.
Printout Is Grainy
Make sure the printable side of the paper is face-up. It’s usually brighter or whiter.
Select a higher
Quality Option
or
Print Quality
, and turn off
High Speed
and
Fast
Economy
or
Economy
mode in the Windows
or Macintosh
printer software.
Select
Photo RPM
for Quality Type (Windows
) or Print Quality (Macintosh
). Remember that
this setting increases print time.
Align
the print head.
You may need to increase the image resolution or print in a smaller size; see your software
documentation.
Incorrect Colors in Printout
Make sure your Windows
or Macintosh
printer software is not set to use black ink only.
The print head nozzles may need cleaning
.
The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink, and you may need to replace them
.
Try turning off
PhotoEnhance
in the Windows
printer software.
On a Macintosh
, try using
Automatic
mode.
Try changing the
Gamma
setting in your Windows
or Macintosh
printer software.
Your printed colors can never exactly match your on-screen colors. However, you can use a
color management system to get as close as possible. Try using the
ICM
(Windows
) or
ColorSync
(Macintosh
) setting.
For best results, use genuine Epson ink and paper.
Image Quality Problems (quality problem appears on screen)
If a scanned image on your computer screen has a quality problem, check the solutions in this
section.
If the image looks correct on screen but prints with poor quality, check for print quality problems
.
Image Consists of a Few Dots Only
Line of Dots Appears in All Scanned Images
Straight Lines in Image Appear Crooked
Image Is Distorted or Blurry
Image Colors Are Patchy at the Edges
Image Is Too Dark
Back of Original Image Appears in Scanned Image
Ripple Patterns Appear in Image
Image Colors Do Not Match Original Colors