Troubleshooting

Printing is too slow

Possible cause

Solution

Your printer software

For the fastest printing, try the following:

options are set incorrectly.

Set Print Quality to Economy.

 

Turn MicroWeave off.

 

Turn High Speed on.

 

Choose Black ink and No Halftoning.

 

See Chapters 1 and 3 for more information.

 

 

Your system doesn’t have

Clear space on your hard disk or run a defragmentation utility.

enough resources.

Don’t run too many applications at the same time.

 

Turn off virtual memory.

 

Increase your system’s memory (RAM).

 

 

You’re using background

Select EPSON Monitor3 and choose Get Info from the File menu

printing on a Macintosh.

to increase the Memory Requirements for EPSON Monitor3. See

 

page 4-14 for more information. If that doesn’t work, turn off

 

background printing (you won’t be able to use EPSON Monitor3).

 

 

You’re not using ECP mode and/or DMA transfers.

If your computer supports ECP mode and/or DMA transfers, turn them on to speed up printing. See your computer documentation for details.

Fixing Paper Problems

You can avoid most paper handling problems by doing the following:

Use smooth, high-quality media designed for ink jet printers that meets the media specifications on page B-2.

Follow all loading and handling instructions included with the media.

Load the media with the printable side face up, as described in the Getting Started guide or on page 3-3.

If you have problems with paper feeding, paper jams, or ejected paper, check here for solutions.

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