The paper path is smeared.
Solutions
When vertical banding (horizontal to the printing direction) appears, or the paper is smeared, clean the
paper path.
&
“Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears” on page 94
The paper is curled.
Solutions
Place the paper on a flat surface to check if it is curled. If it is, flatten it.
The print head is rubbing the surface of the paper.
Solutions
When printing on thick paper, the print head is close to the printing surface and the paper may be
scuffed. In this case, enable the reduce scuff setting. If you enable this setting, print quality may decline or
printing may slow down.
Windows
Click
Extended Settings
on the printer driver's
Maintenance
tab, and then select
Short Grain Paper
.
The back of the paper was printed before the side that had already been printed was dry.
Solutions
When performing manual 2-sided printing, make sure that the ink is completely dry before reloading the
paper.
When printing using automatic 2-sided printing, the print density is too high and the drying
time is too short.
Solutions
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.
&
“Printing on 2-Sides” on page 36
&
“Printing on 2-Sides” on page 54
Printed Photos are Sticky
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Printing, Copying, and Scanning Quality is Poor
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Summary of Contents for EcoTank ET-3800 Series
Page 1: ...User s Guide Printing Copying Scanning Maintaining the Printer Solving Problems NPD6439 00 EN ...
Page 15: ...Part Names and Functions Part Names and Functions 16 ...
Page 26: ...Loading Paper Paper Handling Precautions 27 Paper Size and Type Settings 27 Loading Paper 29 ...
Page 30: ...Placing Originals Placing Originals 31 Originals that are not Supported by the ADF 32 ...
Page 245: ...Where to Get Help Technical Support Web Site 246 Contacting Epson Support 246 ...