Printout Problems; Print Quality Is Poor - Epson 3801 User Manual

User's Guide
❏ If you are printing a large image, the computer may not have enough memory. Print the image at a lower
resolution or a smaller size.
❏ In Windows, click Print Queue on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then check the following.
❏ Check if there are any paused print jobs.
Cancel printing if necessary.
❏ Make sure the printer is not offline or pending.
If the printer is offline or pending, clear the offline or pending setting from the Printer menu.
❏ Make sure the printer is selected as the default printer from the Printer menu (there should be a check mark
on the menu item).
If the printer is not selected as the default printer, set it as the default printer.
❏ In Mac OS X, make sure the printer status is not Pause.
Select System Preferences from the
double-click the printer. If the printer is paused, click Resume (or Resume Printer).
❏ Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
Related Information
"Canceling Printing" on page 54
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"Checking and Cleaning the Print Head" on page 72
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Printout Problems

Print Quality Is Poor

Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors,
misalignment, and mosaic-like patterns in the prints.
❏ 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 in the printer driver for the type of paper loaded in the printer.
❏ Print using a high quality setting 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 using certain color adjustment features, the colors may change or the tone may be unnatural. Try
disabling the features.
❏ Windows
Select Custom as the Color Correction setting on the printer driver's More Options tab. Click Advanced,
and then select anything other than PhotoEnhance as the Color Management setting.
❏ Mac OS X
Select Color Matching from the printer driver's pop-up menu, and then select EPSON Color Controls.
Select Color Options from the pop-up menu, and then select anything other than PhotoEnhance.
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and then
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