Digital BW, The Print

Well, group, sad news. I was happily printing some postcards on my
R220, in black only mode, with an Eboni cart in the black position.
Suddenly I began to get paper load errors, telling me to close the
CD/DVD tray, etc. But I had never even used that feature. Then blank
sheets would spit out of the printer.

After a long session on Epson's help line, a very polite and patient
support person came to the conclusion that this stock, Avery 8387, is
too thick for this printer, even with the heavy weight options chosen.
He looked at other Epsons' specs and told me no Epson printer will
take that stock. (My HP 970 handles it fine, but I can't do BO
printing on that.)

Seems I may even have ruined the paper sensor, he tells me, although
ordinary weight paper seems ok. Guess I was pushing the limits of the
printer as far as paper thickness goes.

I did some searching here and one group member found that a 1/4" thick
piece of foam board placed behind the stack of paper solved his
problem - however it was for a higher end Epson, a 2200 or som such.

Ideas, anyone? And I just today placed a big order to MIS for some
bulk ink, chip resetter, empty spongeless cart, the whole works. :(