Printed Characters Are Incorrect Or Garbled; The Printed Image Is Inverted - Epson Printer User Manual

User's Guide
❏ When performing manual 2-sided printing, make sure that the ink is completely dry before reloading the paper.
❏ Enable the scuffing prevention feature. Only enable this feature when a scuffing problem occurs because using it
may cause the print quality to decline and print speed to slow down.
❏ Control Panel
Enter Setup, select Printer Setup, and then enable the Thick Paper setting.
❏ Windows
Select the Maintenance tab on the printer driver, click Extended Settings, and then select Thick Paper and
Envelopes.
❏ Mac OS X
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 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.
❏ When the paper is smeared during copying, lower the copy density setting on the control panel.
Related Information
"Cleaning the Paper Path" on page 109
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"Cleaning the Scanner Glass" on page 109
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"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette 1" on page 34
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"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette 2" on page 37
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"Printing on 2-Sides" on page 63
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"Copy Mode" on page 17
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"Print Quality Is Poor" on page 134
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Printed Characters Are Incorrect or Garbled

❏ Connect the interface cable securely to the printer and the computer.
❏ Cancel any paused print jobs.
❏ Do not put the computer manually into the Hibernate mode or the Sleep mode while printing. Pages of garbled
text may be printed next time you start the computer.
Related Information
"Canceling Printing" on page 82
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The Printed Image Is Inverted

Clear any mirror image settings in the printer driver or the application.
❏ Windows
Clear Mirror Image on the printer driver's More Options tab.
❏ Mac OS X
Clear Mirror Image from the print dialog's Print Settings menu.
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
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