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Smearing my printouts

My epson stylus nx 400 I had a paper jam. I pulles the paper out, and now everytime I print it smears everthing. How can I fix this.

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Possible that the printhead got affected when it jammed the paper.
Take all the cartridges out and put them all back into the printer. Let it charge like it normally does.
Print a nozzle check pattern if you see any gaps or breaks or any missing lines on the pattern, clean the printhead.

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