Digital BW, The Print

Tom

This is what the pizza wheels are for - to hold the paper down.  Lift the
bar and wheels and they no longer perform their function.  (I actually
ripped my pizza wheels out rather than lifting the bar.  I added three back:
one on the far right, one on the far left to guide A3+ paper out and one in
the middle to guide the left side of A4 out.)

Steve


> From: lulalake_1999 <lulalake_1999@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:48:20 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 print head contacting paper (slightly OT)
> 
> 
> 
> 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