Lines are misaligned, Prints are scuffed or smeared, Lines are misaligned prints are scuffed or smeared – Epson SureColor P8570DL 44" Wide-Format Dual Roll Printer with High-Capacity 1.6L Ink Pack System User Manual
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Lines Are Misaligned
With bidirectional printing, the print head prints while moving left and right. If the print head is misaligned,
ruled lines may be misaligned as a result. If you see vertical lines in the (bidirectional) print output, align
the print head.
Parent topic:
Solving Print Quality Problems
Related concepts
Prints are Scuffed or Smeared
If your prints are scuffed or smeared, try these solutions:
• Make sure your paper meets the specifications for your product.
• Do not use paper with folds or creases and always use new media.
• If you are using cut sheet paper, check that changes in humidity and temperature have not made the
paper wavy or curled up on the edges. Flatten the paper before loading it or use new paper.
• If the surface of the paper is scuffed, select a wider
Platen Gap
setting. If results do not improve, set
Custom Paper Setting
>
Paper Eject Roller
to
Use
.
Caution:
The
Paper Eject Roller
setting may damage glossy paper.
• If ink is smeared on your prints, clean the rollers. Load blank paper and select
>
Forward
to feed it
through the printer.
• If you are using non-Epson media, make sure you create a custom paper configuration for the media.
• Make sure the
Paper Size Check
setting is set to
On
, or the printer may print outside the edges of the
loaded paper and smear ink on the back of the print.
• Depending on the print density and type of paper you are using, the ink may take a while to dry. Do not
stack the prints until the ink is completely dry.
• Make sure that the printer driver's
Media Type
settings match the paper that you are using.
• If the bottom edge is scuffed, try widening the bottom margin. Set
Top Margin
to
45 mm
and
Bottom
Margin
to
15 mm
.
• If the trailing edge is scuffed while printing, create your data with a wider margin. If the situation does
not improve, select
Optimize Edge Quality
from the printer driver.
• If you are printing multiple pages and
Auto Cut
is set to
Never Cut
, the area between pages may be
scuffed. Set
Margin Between Pages
to
65mm
from
Custom Paper Setting
.