Digital BW, The Print

Super B size probably isn't the problem unless you're having trouble
with unusally (in that size) thin stock.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but
I think Epson recommends all heavy paper (eg 15mil/190gsm +) be loaded
from the back. 

 15mil/190gsm of all sizes (eg Moab Kayenta) have almost reliable for
a first pass  from the top, but essentially impossible for a second
pass (eg when printing on both sides). 

Since I don't need "almost reliable," I load from the back, per
Epson's design and recommendation...that's 100%. 

First experimenting with 305 gsm Entrada from the top I could "load
fairly well"  for a first pass by flexing it forward to introduce a
slight curve or break down some of the rigidity. But I could not load
it from the top for a second pass: it appeared the pigment itself has
absorbed and changed the paper, as no amount of flexing of the printed
paper seemed to allow it to pass from the top again...it didn't appear
to be a matter of paper stiffness the second time, the way it is the
first.

Since I don't want "almost reliable", I usually load 15mil paper from
the back now, which I do think is Epson's recommendation, even though
it does work sometimes from the top.  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Frank Kolwicz
<kolwicz@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, I'm having that kind of a problem - most Super B sheets (what I
use most often) 
> need careful hand feeding, but there's a slight wrinkle on it for
me: the paper seems to load fairly well by hand with a new sheet, but
if I have to run a sheet through more than once, for instance when
running some kinds of tests, I have to use a backer sheet and
sometimes even that requires multiple feeds to get the paper in right.
> 
> My 2200 is a couple of years old, but has not been used much, I only
print for myself and I don't have a lot of throughput. 
> 
> I've tried feeding a window-cleaner dampened sheet through a few
times and that may have helped, but it certainly didn't restore new
paper feeding action. I used a scrap sheet of SuperB matte paper about
1/2 dampened, 1/2 dry and fed the dry end first to eliminate the
problem of trying to get the soft, wet, curl fed properly. Maybe
dampening both sides slightly would be a good idea.
> 
> Frank
> _____________________________________________________________
>    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:36:35 -0000
>    From: "royalrex1" <ryan@...>
> 
> Has anybody had any problems with the paper feeding mechanism on a 
> Epson 2200 printer. After about 2-3 years of use, the mechanism that 
> feeds the paper from the top will no longer work by itself. You either 
> have to help the paper get picked up, or feed the paper in the back 
> from the roll-paper input.
> 
> Does anybody know how to fix this?
>