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Repair and disassembly guides for Epson printer. The company was founded in 1942 as Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd., but merged with another company in 1959 to create Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd.

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Black Smudges on color print

When I print out a color print it has black smudges on the lead and the end of the paper.

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I found the problem. I had the wrong paper selected.

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The printer head is probably dirty. Epson has a Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning option in their software, so you should try that first. In case that doesn't work, you might want to look up a guide for your specific model on how to remove and clean the printer head manually.

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