Paper is smeared during automatic 2-sided printing, Printed characters are incorrect or garbled, The printed image is inverted – Epson L1455 User Manual

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❏ 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

menu > Printers & Scanners (or Print & Scan, Print & Fax), and

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

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“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

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

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“Printing on 2-Sides” on page 68

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“Menu Options for Copy Mode” on page 85

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

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“Canceling Printing” on page 83

The Printed Image Is Inverted

Clear any mirror image settings in the printer driver or the application.

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