Digital BW, The Print

I have always had this problem on my 2200 after using Hahnemuhle or 
Somerset papers for awhile...so I use manual feed. I've found if I use 
Epson papers for a bit the problem temporarily goes away.

John Merrill

On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 12:10  PM, mikenmeyer wrote:

> not a specific black and white question, but i figured the group would 
> be able
> to help me out.
>
> i am printing on photo rag (196gsm super B) with an epson 2200, regular
> epson ink cartridges and ink.  the printer was purchased in august and 
> has
> been through a modest printing load, but certainly not a huge amount 
> of prints
> or anything taxing.
>
> yesterday the printer started to fail to load sheets of paper through, 
> and today
> has been more finicky.  it is leaving two marks on the edge of the 
> paper that
> loads through, even when it doesn't load the paper. i assume that the 
> loading
> rollers are not grabbing the paper, either because they or the paper 
> is getting
> too "polished." does ths seam reasonable?
>
> i have already made a call to epson service, which was nearly 
> worthless, and
> they are sending out a replacement. that is good i suppose.
>
> any hints for keeping this from happening again?
>
> thanks,
> mike meyer
> michaelmeyerphoto.com
>
>
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