Digital BW, The Print

>Hello,
>
>my 1160 went out of warrenty about 5 weeks ago

First, Mark, I would whine to Epson anyway, because there have been 
reports occasionally of their giving a break to users only a little 
off warranty.


> and will no longer
>feed EAM... do these things really only last one year and print less
>than 300 prints

No, not normally, or if they do the victims have been keeping quiet about it.


> or is there something I can do to get it to work
>again?  It will pull thinner papers through, but not EAM.  Manual
>says something about using paper that is "too old," but this stuff is
>only a few months old (at least when I bought it from B&H).

I use paper, much of it EAM/EEM more than a few months old, in both 
my 1160s w/o any problems.


>Even tried a "support sheet" even though I haven't ever needed one in the
>past with this paper (other papers yes).

I haven't always needed it either, but I try to use one routinely 
rather than risk ruining a relatively expensive sheet. If I don't 
forget, it almost never balks.

Incidentally, although I'm not sure either matters: I never put more 
than 15 sheets of EAM/EEM (fewer than 10 of 300 gsm paper) in at 
once, and I leave the paper thickness lever on "0" (for both).


>thanks,
>
>mark

Hope this helps.

Sam

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