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• 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.
• To clean the rollers inside your Epson printer, try making several copies without placing a
document on the scanner glass.
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.
• 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, Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, or Mac OS X 10.5
printer software.
• Select Photo RPM (Max dpi) for the Quality Type (Windows) or Photo RPM for the Print
Quality (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 or Mac OS X 10.5). 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, Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, or Mac OS X 10.5 printer software is not
set to print in grayscale.
• For best results, use genuine Epson ink and paper.
• 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 Fix Photo in the Windows or Mac OS X 10.5 printer software.
• With Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4
or Mac OS X 10.5, try using Automatic mode.
• Try changing the Gamma setting in your Windows, Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 or Mac OS X
10.5 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 ICM (Windows) or
ColorSync (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4).