Paper Is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing; Printed Photos Are Sticky; The Position, Size, Or Margins Of The Printout Are Incorrect - Epson ET-M1170 Series User Manual

User's Guide
❏ When vertical banding appears or the paper is smeared, clean the paper path.
❏ Place the paper on a flat surface to check if it is curled. If it is, flatten it.
❏ When printing on thick paper, the print head is close to the printing surface and the paper may be scuffed. In
this case, enable the reduce scuff setting. If you enable this setting, print quality may decline or printing may
slow down.
Windows
Click Extended Settings on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then select Short Grain Paper.
Related Information
"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette" on page 35
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"Cleaning the Paper Path" on page 85
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Paper is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing

When using the automatic 2-sided printing feature and printing high density data such as images and graphs, set
the print density to lower and the drying time to longer.

Printed Photos are Sticky

You may be printing on the wrong side of the photo paper. Make sure you are printing on the printable side.
When printing on the wrong side of the photo paper, you need to clean the paper path.
Related Information
"Cleaning the Paper Path" on page 85
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The Position, Size, or Margins of the Printout Are Incorrect

❏ Load paper in the correct direction, and slide the edge guides against the edges of the paper.
❏ Select the appropriate paper size setting.
❏ Adjust the margin setting in the application so that it falls within the printable area.
Related Information
"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette" on page 35
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"Printable Area" on page 122
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Solving Problems
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