Operation Manual

❏ If you are printing a large image, the computer may not have enough memory. Print the image at a lower
resolution or a smaller size.
❏ In Windows, click Print Queue on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then check the following.
❏ Check if there are any paused print jobs.
Cancel printing if necessary.
❏ Make sure the printer is not oine or pending.
If the printer is oine or pending, clear the oine or pending setting from the Printer menu.
❏ Make sure the printer is selected as the default printer from the Printer menu (there should be a check mark
on the menu item).
If the printer is not selected as the default printer, set it as the default printer.
❏ In Mac OS X, make sure the printer status is not Pause.
Select System Preferences from the
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and then
double-click the printer. If the printer is paused, click Resume (or Resume Printer).
❏ Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
Related Information
& “Canceling Printing” on page 62
& “Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” on page 81
Printout Problems
Print Quality Is Poor
Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors,
misalignment, and mosaic-like patterns in the prints.
❏ Do not print on paper that is damp, damaged, or too old.
❏ If the paper is curled or the envelope is pued up, atten it.
❏ When printing images or photos, print using high-resolution data. Images on websites are
oen
low resolution
although they look good enough on the display, and so print quality may decline.
❏ Select the appropriate paper type setting in the printer driver for the type of paper loaded in the printer.
❏ Print using a high quality setting in the printer driver.
❏ If you have selected Standard-Vivid as the quality setting on the Windows printer driver, change to Standard. If
you have selected Normal-Vivid as the quality setting on the Mac OS X printer driver, change to Normal.
❏ When using certain color adjustment features, the colors may change or the tone may be unnatural. Try
disabling the features.
❏ Wi n d o w s
Select Custom as the Color Correction setting on the printer driver's More Options tab. Click Advanced,
and then select anything other than PhotoEnhance as the Color Management setting.
❏ Mac OS X
Select Color Matching from the printer driver's pop-up menu, and then select EPSON Color Controls.
Select Color Options from the pop-up menu, and then select anything other than PhotoEnhance.
User's Guide
Solving Problems
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