Basic Guide

Problems and Solutions 79
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.