Paper Is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing; Printed Photos Are Sticky - Epson XP-8500 Series User Manual

User's Guide
❏ When vertical banding appears or the paper is smeared, clean the paper path.
❏ Place the paper on a flat surface to check if it is curled. If it is, flatten it.
❏ If thick paper is scuffed, enable the reduce scuffing setting. If you enable this setting, print quality may decline
or printing may slow down.
❏ Control panel
Select Settings > Printer Settings from the home screen, and then enable Thick Paper.
❏ Windows
Click Extended Settings on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then select Thick Paper and
Envelopes.
❏ Mac OS
Select System Preferences from the
then select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select On as the Thick paper and
envelopes setting.
❏ When performing manual 2-sided printing, make sure that the ink is completely dry before reloading the paper.
Related Information
"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette 1" on page 48
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"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette 2" on page 51
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"Loading Paper in the Rear Paper Feed Slot" on page 56
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"Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears" on page 154
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"Guide to Windows Printer Driver" on page 168
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"Guide to Mac OS Printer Driver" on page 171
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Paper is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing

When using the automatic 2-sided printing feature and printing high density data such as images and graphs, set
the print density to lower and the drying time to longer.
Related Information
"Printing on 2-Sides" on page 90
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"Menu Options for Copying" on page 117
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Printed Photos are Sticky

You may be printing on the wrong side of the photo paper. Make sure you are printing on the printable side.
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
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