Digital BW, The Print

How do you explain this happening with the Epson driver and the selected
Epson media? (ie they should have set the ink limits for their papers at
least).  OK so maybe they are really useless and don't get it right.
But...my printer seems to have developed this problem very recently ie
today.  No problems before.  Problems now.  Epson driver and Epson Premium
Semigloss paper.  Seems odd.  I was wondering if the issue could be dirt
building up on the pizza wheels or something.....


> From: Peter Nelson <pnweb@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:21:03 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 2200 Pizza Wheel Marks - How do I get rid of
> them?
> 
> 
> 
>> I'm sure this topic or question has been broached before but does
>> anyone have a method or solution for rendering the dreaded pizza
>> wheel tracks inert when using non Epson media for the Epson 2200
>> printer? 
> 
> As my many loyal fans (err - ahem) know, I like to experiment
> printing on all kinds of wacko materials using the flat feed feature
> of my 2200.  The only times I get pizza wheel marks on my prints is
> when the ink doesn't dry fast enough on the surface or when I neglect
> to tip the lad from Domino's with sufficient largesse.  While the
> latter is beyond the scope of this discussion, the former is usually
> addressed by selecting the correct ink (e.g. matte black -vs - photo
> black) for the paper, and by controlling the volume of ink.   Never
> use any more ink than you need to get a satisfactory black.  This
> varies tremendously with the medium.    Here's a good bad example of
> tracking:
> http://studio-nelson.com/inkjet/ijimages/ccanv1.jpg
> 
> Here is a print that's visibly wet after 8 hours:
> http://studio-nelson.com/inkjet/ijimages/ccanv3.jpg
> 
> . . . it was still wet after 24 hours, because it was printed
> directly onto Golden (brand) acrylic gesso.   What many denizens of
> the inkjet community may not realize is that inkjet ink does not dry
> merely because it's exposed to air;  it dries as part of a reaction
> with the physical and chemical properties of the paper, or more
> precisely, its coating.   That's why using the exact right amount of
> ink matters.    
> 
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