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Troubleshooting

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You tried to print on
cardboard or other
non-recommended
media.

Make sure your paper or media meets the specifications listed in

Paper

.

If your printouts are still blurry after you change paper, clean the print
head as described in

Cleaning the Print Head

.

The

Media Type

setting doesn’t match
the loaded paper.

Make sure the Media Type setting matches the paper you’re using. See

Printing from Windows

or

Printing from a Macintosh

for instructions.

Ink has leaked inside
the printer.

Clean carefully inside the printer to remove spilled ink. See

Cleaning the

Printer

for instructions.

You’re using the High
Speed
and
MicroWeave settings
with a misaligned print
head.

Turn off High Speed following the instructions in

Customizing Print

Quality and Special Effects

. Then run the Print Head Alignment utility

following the instructions in

Aligning the Print Head

.

The resolution of your
image may be too low.

If a photographic image looks grainy or rough, try using the
PhotoEnhance3 (PhotoEnhance on Windows 3.1) and Sharpness
setting to improve the printed quality. See

Customizing Color Settings

for

details. You can also increase the image resolution using your
image-editing software, or decrease the size of the image.

Possible cause

Solution