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Re: [Digital BW] thickness of paper for 1400?

2011-02-04 by Andrew Sharpe

But not through QTR?

Andrew

On 2/3/2011, "Andrew Darlow" <ad@...> wrote:

>Hi Scott:
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>Most 300gsm papers will feed fine through the 1400. If you get head strikes, there is a way to let the printer know you are feeding heavy sheets in the driver to increase the platen gap. If you are on Mac, it is under "Extension Settings."
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>Hope that helps,
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>All the best,
>Andrew
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>On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:14 PM, kg4oqu wrote:
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>> I was looking online and epson recommends that the thickest paper that can be run through a 1400 is 11.7 mils or around 200 or 250 gsm. Of the matte papers that most of y'all recommend for b&w printing, which is the papers fall around 200- 250 gsm? Anyone know?
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>> thanks,
>> Scott
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