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Images or Photos are Printed in Unexpected Colors

The following causes can be considered.

The print head nozzles may be clogged.

Solutions

  • Perform a nozzle check to see if the print head nozzles are clogged. Perform a nozzle check, and then clean the print head if any of the print head nozzles are clogged. If you have not used the printer for a long time, the print head nozzles may be clogged and ink drops may not be discharged.

  • If you printed when the ink levels were too low to be seen in the ink tanks windows, refill the ink tank to the upper lines and then use the Power Ink Flushing utility to replace the ink inside the ink tubes. After you use the utility, perform a nozzle check to see if print quality has improved.

Color correction has been applied.

Solutions

When printing from the Windows printer driver, the Epson auto photo adjustment setting is applied by default depending on the paper type. Try change the setting.

On the More Options tab, select Custom in Color Correction, and then click Advanced. Change the Scene Correction setting from Automatic to any other option. If changing the setting does not work, use any color correction method other than PhotoEnhance in Color Management.