❏ Dry the printouts completely before ling or displaying them. When drying the printouts, avoid direct sun light,
do not use a dryer, and do not touch the printed side of paper.
❏ When printing images or photos, Epson recommends using genuine Epson paper rather than plain paper. Print
on the printable side of the genuine Epson paper.
❏ Try to use genuine Epson ink cartridges. is product is designed to adjust colors based on the use of genuine
Epson ink cartridges. e use of non-genuine ink cartridges may cause print quality to decline.
❏ Epson recommends using the ink cartridge before the date printed on the package.
❏ For best results, use up ink cartridge within six months of opening the package.
❏ When printing images or photos, print using high-resolution data. Images on websites are oen low resolution
although they look good enough on the display, and so print quality may decline.
Related Information
& “Available Paper and Capacities” on page 17
& “List of Paper Types” on page 18
& “Paper Handling Precautions” on page 16
& “Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” on page 64
&
“Aligning the Print Head” on page 66
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.
❏ Wi n d o w s
Clear High Speed on the printer driver’s More Options tab.
❏ 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 O as the High Speed Printing
setting.
Images or Photos are Printed in Unexpected Colors
Adjust the color and then print again. e automatic color correction feature uses the standard correction mode in
PhotoEnhance. Try another correction mode in PhotoEnhance by selecting an option other than Auto Correct as
the Scene Correction setting. If the problem continues, use any other color correction feature other than
PhotoEnhance.
Related Information
& “Adjusting the Print Color” on page 39
Banding Appears at Intervals of Approximately 2.5 cm
Align the print head.
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