Paper Is Smeared or Scuffed

The following causes can be considered.

Paper is loaded incorrectly.

Solutions

When horizontal banding (perpendicular to the printing direction) appears, or the top or bottom of the paper is smeared, load paper in the correct direction and slide the edge guides to the edges of the paper.

The paper path is smeared.

Solutions

When vertical banding (horizontal to the printing direction) appears, or the paper is smeared, clean the paper path.

The paper is curled.

Solutions

Place the paper on a flat surface to check if it is curled. If it is, flatten it.

The print head is rubbing the surface of the paper.

Solutions

When printing on thick paper, the print head is close to the printing surface and the paper may be scuffed. In this case, enable the reduce scuff setting. If you enable this setting, print quality may decline or printing may slow down.

Windows

Click Extended Settings on the printer driver's Maintenance tab, and then select Short Grain Paper.

When printing using automatic 2-sided printing, the print density is too high and the drying time is too short.

Solutions

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.