Paper Is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing; Printed Photos Are Sticky; Loading Paper In The Paper Cassette; Related Information "Loading Paper In The Paper Cassette - Epson L7160 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 Setup 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 41
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"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette 2" on page 45
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"Loading Paper in the Rear Paper Feed Slot" on page 49
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"Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears" on page 131
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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 76
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"Menu Options for Copy Mode" on page 97
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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.
When printing on the wrong side of the photo paper, you need to clean the paper path.
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
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