Epson Stylus Photo 890 Basic Manual page 97

Your printout is faint or has gaps in
the image.
The print head nozzles may need
cleaning; see page 73 for
instructions.
The ink cartridges may be old or
low on ink. To replace an ink
cartridge, see page 76.
Make sure the
Media Type
matches the paper you loaded. See
page 37 for guidelines.
Make sure your paper isn't
damaged, old, dirty, or loaded face
down. If it is, reload a new stack of
paper with the printable side up; it
is usually whiter or shinier than the
other side.
You see wrong or missing colors.
Make sure the Ink setting is set to
for color images and your
Color
application is set for color printing.
The print head nozzles may need
cleaning; see page 73 for
instructions.
The ink cartridges may be old or
low on ink. To replace an ink
cartridge, see page 76.
Try turning off PhotoEnhance.
Also check if you're using a special
effect that alters image colors, like
Sepia.
Try using Automatic mode. See
page 10 (Windows) or page 16
(Macintosh) for instructions.
The color profiles built into your
printer software automatically
reference your monitor profile.
Make sure that your monitor is
calibrated correctly.
If you're using the full version of
Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or later,
setting
select
in the Print dialog box to match
colors more closely to your
actual image. If you want to match
colors to what you see on your
monitor, deselect
Management
Try experimenting with the
Gamma
dialog box; see page 25 for
information about accessing the
Advanced dialog box.
Your printed colors can never
exactly match your on-screen
colors. However, you can use a
color management system to get as
close as possible.
Printer Color Management
Printer Color
.
setting on the Advanced
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