Miscellaneous Printout Problems; Incorrect Or Garbled Characters; Incorrect Margins - Epson WF-5110 User Manual

User's Guide
❏ Do not touch or allow anything to come into contact with the printed side of paper with a shiny finish. To handle
your prints, follow the instructions of the paper.
❏ Run the Nozzle Check utility and then clean any print heads which produced a defective nozzle check result.
"Checking the Print Head Nozzles" on page 65
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❏ Run the Print Head Alignment utility.
"Aligning the Print Head" on page 69
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❏ From the product's control panel, select the menu as shown below.
Menu > Maintenance > Thick Paper > On
For Windows, select Thick paper and envelopes from Extended Settings in your printer driver's Maintenance
tab.
For Mac OS X 10.5.8, select On from the Thick paper and envelopes. To display the Thick Paper and Envelopes,
click through the following menus: System Preferences, Print & Scan (for Mac OS X 10.8 or 10.7) or Print & Fax
(for Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.5.8), your product (in the Printers list box), Options & Supplies, and then Driver.
❏ If you are printing high-density data on plain paper using automatic 2-sided printing, lower the Print Density and
choose a longer Increase Ink Drying Time in the Print Density Adjustment window (for Windows) or in the
Two-sided Printing Settings (for Mac OS X) of your printer driver. The longer the Increase Ink Drying Time is, the
longer it takes to print.
❏ For Windows, select High as the Quality setting on the Main tab.
For Mac OS X, select Fine as the Print Quality in the Print Settings pane from the Print dialog box.
❏ If the paper is smeared with ink after printing, clean the interior of the product.
"Cleaning the interior of the product" on page 72
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Miscellaneous Printout Problems

Incorrect or garbled characters

❏ Clear any stalled print jobs.
"Canceling printing" on page 34
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❏ Turn off the product and computer. Make sure the product's interface cable is securely plugged in.
❏ Uninstall the printer driver, then reinstall it.
"Uninstalling Your Software" on page 81
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❏ If you put your computer into Hibernate or Sleep mode manually while the computer is sending a print job, pages
of garbled text may be printed the next time you start your computer.

Incorrect margins

❏ Make sure that the paper is loaded into the rear paper feed or the paper cassette correctly.
"Loading Paper into the Paper Cassette" on page 22
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"Loading Paper and Envelopes into the Rear Paper Feed" on page 25
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Troubleshooting for Printing
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