Printed Photos Are Sticky; Images Or Photos Are Printed In Unexpected Colors; Cannot Print Without Margins; Edges Of The Image Are Cropped During Borderless Printing - Epson XP-5100 Series User Manual

User's Guide

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.
When printing on the wrong side of the photo paper, you need to clean the paper path.
Related Information
"Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears" on page 141
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Images or Photos are Printed in Unexpected Colors

When printing from the control panel or from the Windows printer driver, the Epson auto photo adjustment
setting is applied by default depending on the paper type. Try change the setting.
❏ Control panel
Change the Enhance setting from Auto to any other option. If changing the setting does not work, select
Enhance Off as the Enhance setting.
❏ Windows printer driver
On the More Options tab, select Custom in Color Correction, and then click Advanced. Change the Scene
Correction setting from Auto Correct to any other option. If changing the setting does not work, use any color
correction method other than PhotoEnhance in Color Management.
Related Information
"Adjusting the Print Color" on page 72
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Cannot Print Without Margins

Make borderless setting in the print settings. If you select a paper type that does not support borderless printing,
you cannot select Borderless. Select a paper type that supports borderless printing.
Related Information
"Advanced Menu Options for Copying" on page 108
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"Printing Basics" on page 58
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"Printing Basics" on page 76
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Edges of the Image are Cropped During Borderless Printing

During borderless printing, the image is slightly enlarged and the protruding area is cropped. Select a smaller
enlargement setting.
❏ Control panel
Change the Expansion setting.
❏ Windows
Click Settings next to the Borderless checkbox on the printer driver's Main tab, and then change the settings.
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