Digital BW, The Print

I think this is right--use the rear most top feed.  The front feed 
use (for very thick materials) changes the head height and probably 
accounts for the smearing

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" 
<rockclimber@y...> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Don't know if this could be your problem or not:
> 
> http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%20R2400/page-
9.htm
> 
> The reviewer sounds like he was experiencing the same type of 
> problems and discovered that it was caused by incorrectly using the 
> front manual paper feed slot.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sdpage0" 
> <yahoogroups@f...> wrote:
> > Using the Advanced B&W mode on the Epson 2400, I have had good 
> results 
> > from the Epson Enhanced Matte.  However, I want to get back to 
the 
> > heavier, more interesting texture of Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 308gsm.
> > 
> > I've tried various things without success.  In most cases I get 
> smears 
> > outside the image area, or too much loss of shadow detail (too 
> dark).
> > 
> > I had started with the same settings as used for Enhanced Matte 
> > (except I switched to front load).  I tried reducing ink by 20% - 
> > surprisingly, this made the smearing worse.  I tried the ICC 
> profile 
> > from inkjetart.com - same.  I tried the Hahnemuehle Epson 4800 
> profile 
> > in colour mode - disasterous. everything purple.  I tried setting 
> to 
> > Velvet Fine Art - smeared again.
> > 
> > I've run out of patience for testing this now.  Surely someone 
has 
> > managed to make this popular combination work well?