Epson WF-5190 Users Guide - Page 200

White or Dark Lines in Printout, Blurry or Smeared Printout, Faint Printout or Printout Has Gaps

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Faint Printout or Printout Has Gaps Grainy Printout Incorrect Colors Parent topic: Solving Problems White or Dark Lines in Printout If you notice white or dark lines in your prints (also called banding), try these solutions before you reprint: • Run a nozzle check to see if any of the print head nozzles are clogged. Then clean the print head, if necessary. • Make sure the paper type setting matches the type of paper you loaded. • Make sure you loaded the printable side of the paper correctly for your product. • Turn off any high speed settings in your product software. • Align the print head. • You may need to replace the ink cartridges. Parent topic: Solving Print Quality Problems Related concepts Print Head Nozzle Check Print Head Cleaning Print Head Alignment Related references Paper Type Settings - Control Panel Related tasks Selecting Additional Layout and Print Options - Windows Selecting Basic Print Settings - OS X Related topics Loading Paper Replacing Ink Cartridges and Maintenance Boxes Blurry or Smeared Printout If your printouts are blurry or smeared, try these solutions: • Make sure your paper is not damp, curled, old, or loaded incorrectly in your product. 200

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Faint Printout or Printout Has Gaps
Grainy Printout
Incorrect Colors
Parent topic:
Solving Problems
White or Dark Lines in Printout
If you notice white or dark lines in your prints (also called banding), try these solutions before you reprint:
• Run a nozzle check to see if any of the print head nozzles are clogged. Then clean the print head, if
necessary.
• Make sure the paper type setting matches the type of paper you loaded.
• Make sure you loaded the printable side of the paper correctly for your product.
• Turn off any high speed settings in your product software.
• Align the print head.
• You may need to replace the ink cartridges.
Parent topic:
Solving Print Quality Problems
Related concepts
Print Head Nozzle Check
Print Head Cleaning
Print Head Alignment
Related references
Paper Type Settings - Control Panel
Related tasks
Selecting Additional Layout and Print Options - Windows
Selecting Basic Print Settings - OS X
Related topics
Loading Paper
Replacing Ink Cartridges and Maintenance Boxes
Blurry or Smeared Printout
If your printouts are blurry or smeared, try these solutions:
• Make sure your paper is not damp, curled, old, or loaded incorrectly in your product.