The Printer Sounds Like It Is Printing, But Nothing Prints; The Printer Prints Blank Pages; Text Printing Is Slow - Epson Stylus 1500 Reference Manual

The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints.

The print heads may need cleaning. See "Cleaning the Print
Heads" in Chapter 3 for instructions.
One or both ink cartridges are empty or too old. A cartridge is
too old if it has been used longer than six months or beyond
the date on its packaging. First clean the print heads as
described in Chapter 3. If this does not solve the problem,
replace the ink cartridge(s).

The printer prints blank pages.

Make sure EPSON Stylus 1500 is selected as the default
Windows printer driver (Windows driver) or is the last printer
selected in the Chooser (Macintosh driver).
Make sure you selected the correct Paper Size option in the
printer driver; see your Setup and Software Guide for
instructions. Also make sure the margins you selected in your
application software fit the paper size you're using.

Text printing is slow.

You may be using printer driver settings that are more suitable
for graphics printing and unnecessarily slowing down
printing. To speed up text printing only, turn off MicroWeave
mode and turn on High Speed mode. Some combinations of
Printing Mode (resolution) and Media Type do not allow you
to select these settings; if this is the case for your settings, select
a lower resolution, possibly using 180 dpi for drafts and
360 dpi for your final output. However, do not turn off
MicroWeave when printing final copies of high-quality
graphics or photographs.
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