Digital BW, The Print

May not be a representative sample but I am sitting here waiting for an
Epson engineer to show up to fix my paper tray sheet loader.  It simply
stopped picking up the paper the day before yesterday.  Until then though it
worked flawlessly.


> From: James Haney <jhaney@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:40:23 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] 4800 paper loading - User feedback requested
> 
> Last year I did a brisk business making holiday cards for portrait
> customers printing Entrada 5x7 pre-folded stock (188 gsm as I recall)
> as well as letter sized sheets cut in thirds to fit in #10 envelopes.
> 
> I used QTR with OEM inks in an Epson 2200.
> 
> This was all well and good, except, no tweaking or creative solution
> could be found to get a stack of sheets to automatically load the
> relatively thick stock.
> 
> This year I am contemplating getting a 4800 to do the job but I want to
> hear from actual users if the printer is capable of printing a stack of
> 188 gsm paper unassisted. I will be around to keep an eye on things, I
> just don't ever want to go back to setting a timer to be at the printer
> at the exact instant required to "ooch" each sheet into the feed
> rollers again.
> 
> Let me know.
> 
> James Haney