Epson Stylus Photo 1200 Printer Basics Manual page 50

If your printout is faint or has gaps
in the image . . .
Make sure the print head nozzles are
not clogged. To clean the print head,
see page 27.
Make sure your paper isn't damaged,
old, dirty, or loaded face down (the
printable surface should be loaded
face up). If it is, reload a new stack of
paper with the printable side up.
If your printout is grainy . . .
Try using a higher quality paper.
Make sure you set the Quality/Speed
slider to the
printer software; see page 15
(Windows) or page 17 (Macintosh)
for instructions.
Run the Print Head Alignment
Utility. See page 35 for instructions.
You may need to increase the image
resolution or print it in a smaller size.
See your application software
documentation for instructions.
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If your printout contains incorrect or
missing colors . . .
Make sure the Ink setting is set to
for color images.
Color
Make sure the print head nozzles are
clean. See page 27 for instructions.
Make sure the ink cartridges aren't
low on ink or too old. If either ink
out light is flashing, replace the ink
cartridge; see page 30. If your ink
cartridge is more than six months
old, see page 33.
Try using Automatic mode. See
page 15 (Windows) or page 17
(Macintosh) for instructions.
With Photoshop 5.0, make sure
you're not using two color
management options at the same
time; see page 26 for details.
Your printed colors can never
exactly match your on-screen colors.
However, you can get as close as
possible using your printer software's
color matching options, see page 23.