Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

thanks for the pointers. I presume that you are talking about the 
roller that feeds the paper out of the hopper. This roller, however, 
touches the paper before the inkject. I have tried high speed off, 
but this did not change anything. I cannot see any indentation on the 
front or rear of the paper. I might try cleaning the roller in case 
it has some residue that is coating the paper before the ink hits.

I am surprised that this issue has not happened with others (or maybe 
they don't print a 10*8 solid grey test page!).

BTW - Epson tech support was useless - referred me to a repair shop 
200 miles away.

Regarding the inks, I was trying this printer before going to Eboni 
ink - but am not now so sure - maybe I will stick with the 1270 and 
the UT FS inkset.

Keith Prue


DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Karafyllakis" 
<steve@s...> wrote:
> Hi Keith;
> 
> Sounds like the first cousin to the 'pizza wheel' tracks, the 
rubber 
> roller track. Run a piece of plain paper through right after a 
print 
> and see if maybe you get a similar track on it. If so, keep running 
> plain paper through until it comes out clean and try again.If that 
> is not the case, the only thing I can suggest, is if you are 
> using 'high speed' to turn that off, it might give the ink a bit 
> more time to dry before hitting the offending roller. BTW-you do 
> realise that the OEM inks in that printer are dyes, and have a 
> relatively short lifespan, yes? 
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis
> 
> BTW nice little freebie, yes?
> 
> -- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "fitness2health" 
> <fitness2health@y...> wrote:
> > In frustration that I could not elimiate the color cast from B&W 
> prints 
> > on my Epson 1270, and dismayed with the lack of quality in BO, 
> before 
> > jumping in and buying the MIS UT FS set, I opened the Epson R200 
> box I 
> > had in my basement for the last eight months (a freebee with my 
> D70).
> > 
> > I was stunned by the quality of the BO prints. Obviously all my 
> color 
> > casts gone overnight, much less bronzing than on the 1270, deep 
> blacks 
> > (although it needs some tweaking to lessen contrast compared to 
my 
> > monitor), and a visually tighter dot pattern with less apparent 
> banding.
> > 
> > What has made me disappointed however, is something I can only 
> describe 
> > as a tire track. If I print a 10*8 solid grey test print, on the 
> top 
> > left corner of the print (the edge that exist the printer first), 
> I get 
> > a tonal difference that is a bar, about 1.5" from the left 
> margin, .5" 
> > wide and 2.25" high.  Under a loupe is looks indistinguishshable 
> from 
> > the rest of the print, but to the naked eye looks like a 
> > stripe/bar/tire track.
> > 
> > I have run alignment, checked the nozzle pattern, changed the 
> driver to 
> > version 5.50, tried different paper - all to no avail.
> > 
> > Before I attempt to navigate through Epson support lines, has 
> anyone 
> > experienced such a thing and know of any likely causes.
> > 
> > many thanks
> > Keith