Digital BW, The Print

I had that same problem,

It might be slightly different than yours though, it had to do with 
the paper having a slight bend along with not having the paper side 
fences not tight enough.

Jules



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore" 
<r.t.moore@r...> wrote:
> Has anyone encountered this behavior and found a fix.
> 
> Situation:
> Printer - Epson 2200 (using UC inks, not that I think that matters)
> Image size - 8x10
> Paper size - letter with image centered
> Paper - Ilford smooth pearl, although it happens with others (e.g. 
EEM)
> Software - QTR
> 
> The last few passes of the print head seem to swipe the paper as its
> trailing edge passes by leaving a smear of black ink on the image 
and
> border. If I lift the leading edge of the paper up at this stage of 
printing
> the effect is reduced and is confined to the side of the paper 
nearest the
> head parking position.
> 
> This doesn't happen with color images printed with the Epson 
driver. I
> suspect that's because the Epson driver does not print as close to 
the
> papers trailing edge without a warning (which I typically heed), as 
QTR
> does.
> 
> I've noticed that inside the printer just downstream from the print 
head
> path is a platen with a lot of little wheels with a squiggly metal 
rim
> (pizza wheels?). This platen is raised and does not seem to contact 
the
> paper is it passes. I vaguely recall lifting that bar sometime in 
the past,
> but not doing anything specific to hold it up permanently. I'm 
wondering if
> that might be my problem. 
> 
> Any suggestions or ideas how to fix or investigate this problem 
further
> before I take the beast to Epson for repair?
> 
> Tom Moore