Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Koloshor, you just saved me a boatload of aggravation.

I just ran down to the hardware store and got me a 10 inch
diameter concrete tube form, which should do nicely. :-)

-d

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "koloshor"
<koloshor@y...> wrote:
> 
> Never touch the paper while it's in the last inch. Your problem
> happens when the end of the paper disengages from the rear feed and is
> free to curl up. Being out from under the rear feed rollers means only
> the front feed us there to keep the paper straight, and it's not
> adaquate when the machine is pushing a long piece of paper. If you
> disturb the paper at this point, you're liable to skew it, resulting
> in dark lines (lines of overlapped dots) or light lines (missing dots).
> 
> To "decurl" the paper without damaging the finish, take something big
> and round (like a 2 foor length of 6 inch PVC drainpipe, the local
> hardware or plumbing store will cut you one, cheap, tape a piece of
> EEM to it, then place that EEM over your HPR and roll up, so that the
> only thing touching the front face of the HPR is the EEM, not the
> tube, not your hands.
>