leon Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 All, I printed image taken with Canon A60 at maximum resolution and lowest compression. I printed it on Epson Photo 780 using Premium Glossy Photo paper. On the print I see horizontal lines - why? Is it expected? (I changed the ink - same result). I attach a scan made at 300 dpi on Epson Perfection 1640. The lines are clearly visible on the scan/print, but not on the original image from the camera. Leon<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_cooper Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Your printer setup was ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Printer setting. There's not much to set: select proper paper type - sets it to 720 dpi set to color and automatic, select 'Epson natural Color' Bear with me I am new to printing ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich815 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Have you done a Nozzle Check? Or a Head Alignment Check? All covered in the manual but pretty self-explanatory in the Utlitiy tab of the print driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Yes I've printed the nozzle check patterns - looks OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich815 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 and the Head Alignment check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven_clark Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 That sure looks like a clogged nozzle or two to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_cooper Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Have you tried it at 1440 print resolution (I assume it has it)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 All, Thank you so much. I did try custom settings - 2880 dpi and the lines disappeared! Stupid default settings for the printer driver - I assumed that by selecting the paper I was selecting proper settings. Well, I learned something today. I am out of ink now - will buy some more and will continue my experiments. Thanks again. Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonhamilton Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 its also a good idea to run a print head cleaning job on the printer from time to time, as that can cause the exact same symptom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_keen2 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 <p>Sorry to bump this thread. I'm suffering from exactly this issue with my Epson 9700. I'm seeing lines but there's still colour in the lines. Nozzle check is perfect no gaps. I did an automatic head alignment of all the options available in the menu. Still not an issue, By the way do you do this on plain paper or glossy paper?<br> It just seems recently not sure what's happened. I think it started when I did a clean & head alignment. Now I've did a wiper clean and capping station clean. If I've got a perfect nozzle-check does that mean its something to do with the feed? <br> <br />Any help much appreciated.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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