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Re: [Digital BW] Printing on 310g paper

2003-08-06 by D. Hill

Hans,

When you flip the lever to "+" are you also running a
print head alignment in the epson print utility before
printing?


--- Hans <hans@...> wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I am fairly new to B&W printing and have a question
> for you experts.
> 
> I recently bought an Epson 1160, already wired up
> with MIS quadtone 
> inks. After some playing around with Epson matt
> paper I discovered 
> Lyson Standard Fine Art paper.
> 
> The results are superb. Now my question: The paper
> is quite thick 
> (310 g), does that do any harm to the printer? I
> know there is a 
> lever that you can put to '+', but then the dots
> become streaks, when 
> viewed under a lupe, so I would prefer the 'normal'
> position. The 
> printer seems to handle it quite well, but I don't
> want to harm the 
> transport mechanism, or the print head.
> 
> Regards and thank you
> Hans
> 
> 


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