Your printout is blurry or smeared.

■Make sure your paper isn’t damp or loaded face down. If it’s damp, reload a new stack of paper.

■Use a support sheet, or load your paper one sheet at a time.

■Make sure your paper meets the specifications listed in your electronic Reference Guide.

■Use EPSON papers to ensure proper saturation and absorption of genuine EPSON inks. Non-EPSON media may not be compatible and may produce ink bleeding or pooling.

■Run the Print Head Alignment utility. See page 55 for instructions.

■Check the paper thickness lever position. If it’s in the + position, your printer is set for thicker paper or envelopes and your image may smear. For most papers, set the paper thickness lever to the 0 position.

■Remove each sheet from the output tray after printing, especially when you’re printing on transparencies.

Your printout is faint or has gaps in the image.

■Make sure the print head nozzles are not clogged. To clean the print head, see page 49.

■Check the control panel lights to see if the ink cartridges are low on ink. To replace an ink cartridge, see page 52.

■Make sure the Media Type setting matches the paper you loaded. See page 26 for guidelines.

■Make sure your paper isn’t damaged, old, dirty, or loaded face down. If it is, reload a new stack of paper with the printable side up; it is usually whiter or shinier than the other side.

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