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User's Guide
❏ Do not print on paper that is damp, damaged, or too old.
❏ If the paper is curled or the envelope is puffed up, flatten it.
❏ When printing images or photos, print using high-resolution data. Images on websites are often low resolution
although they look good enough on the display, and so print quality may decline.
❏ Select the appropriate paper type setting on the control panel or in the printer driver for the type of paper
loaded in the printer.
❏ Print using a high quality setting on the control panel or 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 images or photos are printed in unexpected colors, adjust the color and then print again. The automatic
color correction feature uses the standard correction mode in PhotoEnhance. Try another correction mode in
PhotoEnhance by selecting an option other than Auto Correct (or Automatic) as the Scene Correction (or
Scene Detection) setting. If the problem continues, use any other color correction feature other than
PhotoEnhance.
❏ Disable the bidirectional (or high speed) setting. When this setting is enabled, the print head prints while
moving in both directions, and vertical lines may be misaligned. If you disable this feature, printing may slow
down.
❏ Control panel
When printing JPEGs or TIFFs, press Settings, and then disable Bidirectional.
❏ Windows
Clear High Speed on the printer driver's More Options tab.
❏ Mac OS X
Select System Preferences from the
then select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select Off as the High Speed
Printing setting.
❏ Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
❏ Align the print head. If your printouts contain horizontal banding or streaks after trying Print Head Cleaning
and Horizontal Alignment, select Setup > Maintenance > Improve Horizontal Streaks to finely tune the
horizontal alignment.
❏ Do not stack the paper immediately after printing.
❏ Dry the printouts completely before filing or displaying them. When drying the printouts, avoid direct sun light,
do not use a dryer, and do not touch the printed side of paper.
❏ Try to use genuine Epson ink cartridges. This product is designed to adjust colors based on the use of genuine
Epson ink cartridges. The use of non-genuine ink cartridges may cause print quality to decline.
❏ Epson recommends using the ink cartridge before the date printed on the package.
❏ For best results, use up ink cartridge within six months of installation.
❏ When printing images or photos, Epson recommends using genuine Epson paper rather than plain paper. Print
on the printable side of the genuine Epson paper.
Related Information
"Paper Handling Precautions" on page 41
&
"List of Paper Types" on page 44
&
"Adjusting the Print Color" on page 75
&
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
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