Paper Is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing; Printed Characters Are Incorrect Or Garbled; The Printed Image Is Inverted - Epson L1455 User Manual

User's Guide
❏ When the thick paper is scuffed, enable the reduce scuff setting. If you enable this setting, print quality may
decline or printing may slow down.
❏ Control panel
Select Setup > Maintenance from the home screen, and then enable Thick Paper.
❏ Windows
Click Extended Settings on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then select Thick Paper and
Envelopes.
If the paper is still scuffed after selecting the Thick Paper and Envelopes setting, select Short Grain Paper in
the Extended Settings window of the printer driver.
❏ Mac OS X
Select System Preferences from the
then select the printer. Click Options & Supplies > Options (or Driver). Select On as theThick paper and
envelopes setting.
❏ When performing manual 2-sided printing, make sure that the ink is completely dry before reloading the paper.
Related Information
"Loading Paper in the Paper Cassette" on page 45
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"Loading Paper in the Rear Paper Feed Slot" on page 48
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"Cleaning the Paper Path for Ink Smears" on page 142
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Paper is Smeared During Automatic 2-Sided Printing

When using the automatic 2-sided printing feature and printing high density data such as images and graphs, set
the print density to lower and the drying time to longer.
Related Information
"Printing on 2-Sides" on page 68
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"Menu Options for Copy Mode" on page 85
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Printed Characters Are Incorrect or Garbled

❏ Connect the USB cable securely to the printer and the computer.
❏ Cancel any paused print jobs.
❏ Do not put the computer manually into the Hibernate mode or the Sleep mode while printing. Pages of garbled
text may be printed next time you start the computer.
Related Information
"Canceling Printing" on page 83
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The Printed Image Is Inverted

Clear any mirror image settings in the printer driver or the application.
Solving Problems
menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and
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