Blank Pages Print; Printed Side Is Smeared Or Scuffed; Printing Is Too Slow - Epson l550 User Manual

User's Guide

Blank pages print

❏ Make sure the printer driver settings are appropriate for the paper size you are using.
For Windows, check the Main window.
For Mac OS X, check the Page Setup dialog box or Print dialog box.
❏ For Windows, check the Skip Blank Page setting by clicking the Extended Settings button on the Maintenance
window of the printer driver.
For Mac OS X, select On from the Skip Blank Page. To display the Skip Blank Page, click through the following
menus: System Preferences, Print & Scan (for Mac OS X 10.7) or Print & Fax (for Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.5), your
product (in the Printers list box), Options & Supplies, and then Driver.
❏ Uninstall the printer driver, then reinstall it.
"Uninstalling Your Software" on page 96
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Printed side is smeared or scuffed

❏ If the paper is curled toward the printable side, flatten it or curl it slightly in the opposite direction.
❏ Make several copies without placing a document on the scanner glass.
"Cleaning the interior of the product" on page 92
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❏ Uninstall the printer driver, then reinstall it.
"Uninstalling Your Software" on page 96
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Printing is too slow

❏ Make sure the paper type selected in the LCD menu or printer driver is appropriate for the type of paper loaded in
the product.
"Selecting Paper" on page 17
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❏ For Windows, choose a lower Quality in the printer driver Main window.
For Mac OS X, choose a lower Print Quality in the Print Settings dialog box from your printer driver's Print dialog
box.
"Accessing the printer driver for Windows" on page 27
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"Accessing the printer driver for Mac OS X" on page 28
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❏ Close any unnecessary applications.
❏ If you print continuously for an extended period, the printing may be extremely slow. This is to slow down the
printing speed and prevent the product mechanism from overheating and being damaged. If this happens, you
can continue to print, but we recommend stopping and leaving the product idle for at least 30 minutes with the
power on. (The product does not recover with the power off.) After you restart, the product will print at normal
speed.
❏ Uninstall the printer driver, then reinstall it.
"Uninstalling Your Software" on page 96
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If you try all of the methods above and cannot solve the problem, see the following:
"Increasing the Print Speed (For Windows Only)" on page 115
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Troubleshooting for Printing/Copying
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