Epson RX700 Basics - Page 79

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You see misaligned vertical lines in your printout. ■ Align the print head; see page 74 for instructions. Your printout is faint or has gaps. ■ Clean the print head; see page 72 for instructions. ■ The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink; see page 69. ■ Make sure you haven't selected Draft as the Quality setting. ■ If you're printing with Epson paper, load it face-up in the rear sheet feeder. Your printout is grainy. ■ Use Epson paper for best results. ■ Use the control panel buttons to select Photo or Best Photo as the quality setting. If you're printing from your computer, select a higher Quality Type or Print Quality in your printer software. ■ If you're printing from a scanned image, rescan it at a higher resolution, or try printing it at a smaller size. You see wrong or missing colors. ■ Clean the print head; see page 72 for instructions. ■ The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink; see page 69. ■ Select the correct paper type setting for the paper you loaded (see page 32). ■ If the RX700 runs out of paper during a print job, load additional sheets as soon as possible, or the colors of your next copy may be incorrect. ■ If you're printing photos from a digital camera, check the Auto Correct and Filter settings to make sure they're the ones you want to use (see page 36). ■ If you're printing from a computer, make sure Grayscale is off (Windows) or Color ink is selected (Macintosh), even when you're printing black and white photographs. ■ Your printed colors can never exactly match your computer's on-screen colors. However, you can use a color management system, such as ICM or ColorSync®, to get as close as possible. Problems and Solutions 79

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Problems and Solutions
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You see misaligned vertical lines in your printout.
Align the print head; see page 74 for instructions.
Your printout is faint or has gaps.
Clean the print head; see page 72 for instructions.
The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink; see page 69.
Make sure you haven’t selected
Draft
as the Quality setting.
If you’re printing with Epson paper, load it face-up in the rear sheet feeder.
Your printout is grainy.
Use Epson paper for best results.
Use the control panel buttons to select
Photo
or
Best Photo
as the quality
setting. If you’re printing from your computer, select a higher Quality Type or
Print Quality in your printer software.
If you’re printing from a scanned image, rescan it at a higher resolution, or try
printing it at a smaller size.
You see wrong or missing colors.
Clean the print head; see page 72 for instructions.
The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink; see page 69.
Select the correct paper type setting for the paper you loaded (see page 32).
If the RX700 runs out of paper during a print job, load additional sheets as
soon as possible, or the colors of your next copy may be incorrect.
If you’re printing photos from a digital camera, check the
Auto Correct
and
Filter
settings to make sure they’re the ones you want to use (see page 36).
If you’re printing from a computer, make sure
Grayscale
is off (Windows) or
Color
ink is selected (Macintosh), even when you’re printing black and white
photographs.
Your printed colors can never exactly match your computer’s on-screen colors.
However, you can use a color management system, such as ICM or
ColorSync
®
, to get as close as possible.