If your printouts are blurry or smeared, try these
solutions:
Make sure
your paper is not damp, curled, old, or loaded incorrectly in your
product.
Use a
support sheet with special paper, or load special paper one sheet
at a time.
Make sure
your paper meets the specifications for your product.
Use Epson
papers to ensure proper saturation and absorption of genuine Epson
inks.
Make sure
the paper type setting in your product software matches the type of
paper you loaded.
Make sure
you loaded the printable side of the paper correctly for your
product.
Remove each
sheet from the output tray as it is printed.
Avoid
handling printouts on glossy paper right after printing to allow
the ink to set.
Turn off any
high speed settings in your product software.
If you print
on both sides of a sheet of paper, smudges may appear on the
reverse side of heavily saturated or dark images. If one side of a
sheet will contain a lighter image or text, print that side first.
Make sure the ink has dried before reloading the
paper to print on the other side.
If printed
copies are smeared, lower the copy density setting on the product
control panel.
Run a nozzle
check to see if any of the print head nozzles are clogged. Then
clean the print head, if necessary.
Align the
print head.
Clean the
paper path.
If you have
not used the product for a long time, run the Power Ink Flushing
utility.
Note:
Flushing the ink tubes replaces all the ink inside the tubes, so
flush the ink only if you cannot improve print quality by other
means. See the ink flushing section for details.
Note: Your
product will not operate properly while tilted at an angle. Place
it on a flat, stable surface that extends beyond the base of the
product in all directions.