Paper Is Smeared Or Scuffed - Epson WF R8591 User Manual

User's Guide
"Loading Paper in the Front Paper Feed Slot" on page 50
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"Placing Originals" on page 54
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"Cleaning the Scanner Glass" on page 148
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"Printable Area" on page 198
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Paper Is Smeared or Scuffed

Check the following if the paper is smeared or scuffed when printing.
❏ Clean the paper path.
❏ Clean the scanner glass and the document cover.
❏ Load paper in the correct direction.
❏ When performing manual 2-sided printing, make sure that the ink is completely dry before reloading the paper.
❏ Enable the reduce smear setting for thick paper. If you enable this feature, print quality may decline or the
printing may slow down. Therefore, this feature should normally be disabled.
❏ Control panel
Select Setup > Maintenance from the home screen, and then enable Thick Paper.
❏ Windows
Click Extended Settings on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then select Thick Paper and
Envelopes.
❏ Mac OS X
Select System Preferences from the
then select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select On as the Thick paper and
envelopes setting.
❏ For Windows, if the paper is still smeared after selecting the Thick Paper and Envelopes setting, select Short
Grain Paper in the Extended Settings window of the printer driver.
❏ When printing high-density data such as images or graphs using automatic 2-sided printing, lower the print
density setting and choose a longer drying time.
❏ When the paper is smeared during copying, lower the copy density setting on the control panel.
Related Information
"Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears" on page 145
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"Cleaning the Scanner Glass" on page 148
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"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette" on page 46
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"Loading Paper in the Rear Paper Feed" on page 48
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"Loading Paper in the Front Paper Feed Slot" on page 50
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"Copy Mode" on page 24
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"Memory Device Mode" on page 29
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"Printing on 2-Sides" on page 64
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"Print Quality Is Poor" on page 181
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Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
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