Blurry Prints, Vertical Banding, Or Misalignment; Print Quality Is Poor - Epson ET-3600/L605 User Manual

User's Guide
❏ When printing on plain paper, print using a higher quality setting.
Related Information
"List of Paper Types" on page 35
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"Aligning the Print Head - Control Panel" on page 81
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Blurry Prints, Vertical Banding, or Misalignment

Align the print head using the Vertical Alignment feature.
Related Information
"Aligning the Print Head - Control Panel" on page 81
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Print Quality Does Not Improve Even After Aligning the Print Head
During bidirectional (or high speed) printing, the print head prints while moving in both directions, and vertical
lines may be misaligned. If print quality does not improve, disable the bidirectional (or high speed) setting.
Disabling this setting may slow down printing speed.
❏ Windows
Clear High Speed on the printer driver's More Options tab.
❏ Mac OS X
Select System Preferences from the
select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select Off as the High Speed Printing
setting.

Print Quality is Poor

Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors, and
misalignment in the prints.
❏ Make sure the initial ink charging is complete.
❏ Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
❏ If you have not used the printer for one or two months, replace the ink inside the ink tubes.
❏ Align the print head.
❏ Use paper supported by this printer.
❏ Select the appropriate paper type setting for the type of paper loaded in the printer.
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and then
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