Digital BW, The Print

You need to just barely lift the paper's edge above where it rests so it does not catch the lip on either side of the grabbers. Then hold it as if it's almost resting, but it's not. the angle that you hold it by is not as important as the amount of distance from the plastic base it would normally be resting on before being grabbed. Then it's a matter of timing to release your light hold. After that it's a lot like keeping a batting average. You should give yourself cudos when you can feed a 300gsm, and celebrate like crazy if ever you can feed Museum Etching 350gsm. 

too many print heads to keep specs on, thanks! :)

"Chemical coating" means different things depending on the capability of the formulator. Epson perfected and patented an encapsulation process that is worth the read because it offers one of the best public understandings of modern inkjet ink formulation that is available today.  HP has it "going on" for sure. They're the Apple of Inkjet, yet they seem like such a Microsoft.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> With respect to paper handling, one odd characteristic of my 1400 is that I cannot pre-load a sheet of paper.  It just shoots the paper straight through the printer.  I'm not sure if this is true of all 1400's or just mine.
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> Note also that, like the 1800, the 1400 is a 1.5 pl printer.  
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> Additionally, with respect to pigments, my understanding is that virtually all modern inkjet pigments use electrostatic charges on them to keep the particles from flocculating (clumping/agglomerating).  Even matte pigments are "coated" with the chemicals needed to accomplish this.  I experimented (unsuccessfully) with adding steric dispersion; HP may be unique in successfully combining the 2 methods with its z3100 pigment coating.
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> Paul
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