Color photo is unnormal

If you are able to print normally from this model, despite the 'stuck' faxes, then it could be that you have been sent a document that is not the same size as that in your tray. Try cutting A4, if that is what you have, down to 'legal' and see if will move on to next page. If this works, cut some more and print job till finished.
If the above makes no difference, you may have to do a memory reset to clear a corrupt fax record. Caution! this would clear all faxes queued in your machine.

Can you print a test page? That is the real proof of the pudding. If not, the printer has serious issue.

Print on special and custom-sized media
To print on special or custom-sized media (Windows)
1. Load the appropriate media. For more information, see Load media.
2. With a document open, click Print on the File menu, and then click Setup,
Properties, or Preferences.
3. Click the Paper/Features tab.
4. Select the media size from the Size is drop-down list.
To set a custom media size:
a. Click the Custom button.
b. Type a name for the new custom size.
c. In the Width and Height boxes, type the dimensions, and then click Save.
d. Click OK twice to close the properties or preferences dialog box. Open the
dialog box again.
e. Select the new custom size.
5. To select the media type:
a. Click More in the Type is drop-down list.
b. Click the desired media type, and then click OK.
6. Select the media source from the Source is drop-down list.
7. Change any other settings, and then click OK.
8. Print your document.
To print on special or custom-sized media (Mac OS)
1. Load the appropriate media. For more information, see Load media.
2. On the File menu, click Page Setup.
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3. Verify that the correct printer is selected.
4. Select the media size.
5. To set a custom media size:
a. Click Manage Custom Sizes in the Paper Size pull-down menu.
b. Click New and type a name for the size in the Paper Size Name box.
c. In the Width and Height boxes, type the dimensions and set the margins, if
desired.
d. Click Done or OK, and then click Save.
6. On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then select the new custom size.
7. Click OK.
8. On the File menu, click Print.
9. Open the Paper Handling panel.
10. Under Destination Paper Size, click the Scale to fit paper size button, and then
select the customized paper size.
11. Change any other desired settings, and then click OK or Print.
Print borderless
Borderless printing lets you print to the edges of certain media types and a range of
standard media sizes.
NOTE: Open the file in a software application and assign the image size. Make
sure the size corresponds to the media size on which you are printing the image.
You can also gain access to this feature from the Printing Shortcuts tab. Open
the printer driver, select the Printing Shortcuts tab, and select the printing
shortcut for this print job drop-down list.
NOTE: Borderless printing is not supported on plain media.
To print a borderless document (Windows)
1. Load the appropriate media. For more information, see Load media.
2. Open the file that you want to print.
3. From the application, open the print driver:
a. Click File, and then click Print.
b. Click Properties or Setup.
4. Click the Paper/Quality tab.
5. Select the media size from the Size is drop-down list.
6. Select the Borderless Printing check box.
7. Select the media source from the Source is drop-down list.
8. Select the media type from the Type is drop-down list.
NOTE: Borderless printing is not supported on plain media.
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9. If you are printing photos, select Best from the Print Quality drop-down list.
Alternatively, select Maximum dpi, which provides up to 4800 x 1200 optimized
dpi* for optimum print quality.
*Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi for color printing and 1200 input dpi. This setting
might temporarily use a large amount of hard disk space (400 MB or more) and will
print more slowly.
10. Change any other print settings, and then click OK.
11. Print the document.
12. If you printed on photo media with a tear-off tab, remove the tab to make the
document completely borderless.
Change settings from an application for current jobs (Windows)
To change the settings
1. Open the document that you want to print.
2. On the File menu, click Print, and then click Setup, Properties, or Preferences.
(Specific options may vary depending on the application that you are using.)
3. Change the settings that you want, and then click OK, Print, or a similar command.
Change default settings for all future jobs (Windows)
To change the settings
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers or Printers and Faxes.
- Or -
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Printers.
2. Right-click the printer icon, and then click Properties, Document Defaults, or
Printing Preferences.
3. Change the settings that you want, and then click OK.

NOTE: Borderless printing is not supported on plain media.
9. If you are printing photos, select Best from the Quality drop-down list.
Alternatively, select Maximum dpi, which provides up to 4800 x 1200 optimized
dpi*.
*Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi for color printing and 1200 input dpi. This setting
might temporarily use a large amount of hard disk space (400 MB or more) and will
print more slowly.
10. Select the media source. If you are printing on thick or photo media, select the
manual feed option.
11. Change any other print settings, and then click Print.
12. If you printed on photo media with a tear-off tab, remove the tab to make the
document completely borderless

1. From the printer control panel, press the Photobutton.
2. Insert a memory card, flash drive, or digital camera set to mass storagemode.
If document files and image files are stored in the memory device, then pressthe arrow buttons to select Photos, and then press OK.
3. Press the arrow buttons to scroll to Easy Photo or Print Photos, and thenpress OK.
Notes:
• Select Easy Photo if you want to print photos quickly.
• Select Print Photos if you want to customize the photos before printing them.

4. Press the arrow buttons to select a photo printing option, and then pressOK.
Note: You can choose to print the most recent photo, print all the photos,print photos that fall within a date range, print photos by selecting the photonumbers on a proof sheet, or print pre-selected photos from a digital camerausing Digital Print Order Format (DPOF). The DPOF option appears only whenthere is a valid DPOF file in your memory device.

5. Adjust the print settings:
• If you are in the Easy Photo menu, then press the arrow buttons to select thepaper and photo . Press OK each time you make a selection.
• If you are in the Print Photos menu, then press the arrow buttons to selectthe photo , paper , paper type, layout, photo effects, and quality ofthe photos, and to adjust the brightness and color effects of the photos. PressOK each time you make a selection.
6. Press the Color/Black button to set a color or black-and-white print.
When you select color or black-only printing, the light near your choice comeson.
7. Press the Start button.For more info, you can also check the User's Guide for your printer. To access it, on your computer, click on Start > All Programs > Lexmark > S300 Series > View User's Guide.

Well, here's what Canon says. In my experience, you can expect to go through a black cartridge in about 500 sheets of paper, less for the color. Our Canon uses ink quickly. The printing speed is pretty fast for a printerthat is for black-and-white documents around 8.4 ipm and a color document printspeed of about 4.8 ipm. While for 4R size photo print takes about 43 seconds.Canon PIXMA MP496 resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi for (max). It is said the all-in-one, because already integrated between print, scan and copy. For copies, this printer has a speed of around 7.6 cpm for black and white documents, while for the color is obtained at about 2.6 cpm.

Im having the same problem, will print on normal paper but when I try to print onto Glossy paper it comes up with paper jam,or paper not loaded properly is anyone else hjaving this problem? Please help!!
Caroline.

Change the printer settings: Right Click the Printer, click Printing Preferences, on Paper Size click 4R or 6 x 4 photo..SOLVE

I'm getting around the problem by using Windows or Nero print options to get the photo as near to the size I need. It would be good if I could print photo's from Photo studio though much simpler and less time consuming.

i think you have a corrupted driver- you have to uninstall driver first

1. Double click on the MAC HARD DRIVE.
2. Double click on the LIBRARY folder.
3. Double click on the PRINTERS folder.
4. Drag the EPSON folder to the trash can.

Go to print and fax and delete the printer name as well

Restart the Mac. (You do not need to empty the trash.)
If you have not done so already, please follow the steps below to download the latest driver for your printer in OSX:

1. Go to the following website: http://support.epson.com
2. Under the PRINTERS heading select INK JETS and then the Stylus Photo R2400.
3. Under the DRIVERS & DOWNLOADS section select MACINTOSH.
4. Select and download the following file for your operating system

which mac are you using? tiger ot leopard? intel core or powerpc?

hello,
probably the printer takes his own color-profiles installed by epson.
Click on propriaties of the printer and create your own color-profile for diferent sizes.
you can take the color-profile from a smaler size and save it choosing an other size.
So You also can improove your pictures by changing the color-profile after your needs...
but then you should use the same paper , because different papers give different colors.
you can also improove the colors by choosing-on the profile-another type of paper.

i hope i could help