Digital BW, The Print

I find that if the printer is located for good physical access to it, that I
can perform a manual load from the rear very easily.
Flat feeding of heavy papers is good practice for the 2200.  Initially rear
loading was awkward, now I don’t even think about it.  Practice it a dozen
or so times and you may surprise yourself with how easy it becomes.

Best regards,
John Moody

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:39 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: EPSON 2200 Paper feeding issue

I had this problem too. You really get to dread that sound it makes
when it tries again and again to grasp the paper. In my case it
finally caused me to take my printer in to be "refurbished". I
brought it home, plugged it in and it worked perfect again. (And it
was shiny and clean and even smelled good. It was like a whole new
printer.) After about six or seven 11x17 prints on 308 GSM HPR, the
exact same paper feed issues started up again. After the problem
starts, no matte type paper I try will consistently feed properly.
In my case this is HPR and EEM. It will work once in a while, maybe
even three or four times in a row, but the problem keeps occurring.

On the other hand gloss and luster papers have no problem. After
using gloss and luster papers for a while, I try some matte paper –
works fine again. I'm convinced that the problem occurred because
running HPR through the top feed leaves behind a good deal of
unbound dust. The dust coats the rollers and the rollers can no
longer "grab" matte paper. I have no advice about cleaning the
rollers, except to use non-matte paper for a series of prints, which
seems to help clear gunk.




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