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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

Ruled Line Alignment

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

.