Improving Print Quality - Epson Stylus COLOR 440 Manual

Troubleshooting

Improving Print Quality

You can often improve print quality by doing one of the following:
Clean the print head; the print head nozzles may be clogged
(see Cleaning the Print Head
Use higher quality paper appropriate for your print job (see
Selecting Special Media
Match the Media Type setting in the printer settings dialog box
to the type of media you loaded in the printer. Then the printer
software can automatically select other settings for the best
quality (see Basic Printing
details).
Select Automatic as your print mode (see
Options from Windows Applications
Turn off High Speed mode (see
Special Effects for details).
Turn off Economy mode (see
Special Effects for details).
Replace the ink cartridges. If an ink cartridge is low on ink (the
black or color ink out light is flashing) or the ink cartridge is
more than six months old, the cartridge should be replaced.
See Replacing an Ink Cartridge
for instructions).
for a list of EPSON papers).
and Printing on Special Media
Setting Printer
for details).
Customizing Print Quality and
Customizing Print Quality and
for instructions.
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