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When printing on plain paper, print using a higher quality setting.
Related Information
&
“List of Paper Types” on page 35
&
“Aligning the Print Head - Control Panel” on page 81
Blurry Prints, Vertical Banding, or Misalignment
Align the print head using the
Vertical Alignment
feature.
Related Information
&
“Aligning the Print Head - Control Panel” on page 81
Print Quality Does Not Improve Even After Aligning the Print Head
During bidirectional (or high speed) printing, the print head prints while moving in both directions, and vertical
lines may be misaligned. If print quality does not improve, disable the bidirectional (or high speed) setting.
Disabling this setting may slow down printing speed.
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Windows
Clear
High Speed
on the printer driver’s
More Options
tab.
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Mac OS X
Select
System Preferences
from the
menu >
Printers & Scanners
(or
Print & Scan
,
Print & Fax
), and then
select the printer. Click
Options & Supplies
>
Options
(or
Driver
). Select
Off
as the
High Speed Printing
setting.
Print Quality is Poor
Check the following if the print quality is poor due to blurry prints, banding, missing colors, faded colors, and
misalignment in the prints.
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Make sure the initial ink charging is complete.
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Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged.
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If you have not used the printer for one or two months, replace the ink inside the ink tubes.
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Align the print head.
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Use paper supported by this printer.
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Select the appropriate paper type setting for the type of paper loaded in the printer.
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