Blurry or smeared printout – Epson 2000 User Manual
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Troubleshooting
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❏ Select Automatic as the Mode setting on your printer driver’s
Main menu (Windows) or in the Print dialog box (Macintosh).
Blurry or smeared printout
Try one or more of these solutions.
❏ Make sure your paper is dry and the printable side is facing
up. Also, make sure you are using an acceptable paper type.
See “Paper” on page B-2 for specifications.
❏ Select Automatic as the Mode setting on your printer driver’s
Main menu (Windows) or in the Print dialog box (Macintosh).
❏ Move the adjust lever to the “+” position, and make sure the
Media Type setting selected in the printer driver is
appropriate for the type of media loaded in the printer.
❏ If the paper is curled toward the printable side, flatten it or
curl it slightly toward the opposite side.
❏ Remove each sheet from the output tray as it is printed,
especially if you are using transparencies.
❏ If you’re printing on glossy media or transparencies, place a
support sheet (or a sheet of plain paper) beneath the stack. Or,
load one sheet at a time.
❏ Run the Head Cleaning utility.
❏ Run the Print Head Alignment utility.