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If you are printing a large image, the computer may not have enough memory. Print the image at a lower
resolution or a smaller size.
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In Windows, click
Print Queue
on the printer driver's
Maintenance
tab, and then check the following.
❏
Check if there are any paused print jobs.
Cancel printing if necessary.
❏
Make sure the printer is not offline or pending.
If the printer is offline or pending, clear the offline or pending setting from the
Printer
menu.
❏
Make sure the printer is selected as the default printer from the
Printer
menu (there should be a check mark
on the menu item).
If the printer is not selected as the default printer, set it as the default printer.
❏
In Mac OS X, make sure the printer status is not
Pause
.
Select
System Preferences
from the
menu >
Printers & Scanners
(or
Print & Scan
,
Print & Fax
), and then
double-click the printer. If the printer is paused, click
Resume
(or
Resume Printer
).
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Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
Related Information
&
“Canceling Printing” on page 54
&
“Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” on page 72
Printout Problems
Print Quality Is Poor
Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors,
misalignment, and mosaic-like patterns in the prints.
❏
Do not print on paper that is damp, damaged, or too old.
❏
If the paper is curled or the envelope is puffed up, flatten it.
❏
When printing images or photos, print using high-resolution data. Images on websites are often low resolution
although they look good enough on the display, and so print quality may decline.
❏
Select the appropriate paper type setting in the printer driver for the type of paper loaded in the printer.
❏
Print using a high quality setting in the printer driver.
❏
If you have selected
Standard-Vivid
as the quality setting on the Windows printer driver, change to
Standard
. If
you have selected
Normal-Vivid
as the quality setting on the Mac OS X printer driver, change to
Normal
.
❏
When using certain color adjustment features, the colors may change or the tone may be unnatural. Try
disabling the features.
❏
Windows
Select
Custom
as the
Color Correction
setting on the printer driver's
More Options
tab. Click
Advanced
,
and then select anything other than
PhotoEnhance
as the
Color Management
setting.
❏
Mac OS X
Select
Color Matching
from the printer driver's pop-up menu, and then select
EPSON Color Controls
.
Select
Color Options
from the pop-up menu, and then select anything other than
PhotoEnhance
.
User's Guide
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