Digital BW, The Print

Thank you for that tip - I'm having a little better luck with the single feed top loader - I 
will try your technique with the back feeder. 

Now I have another problem. I'm thrilled with the color match I'm getting from this printer 
with the Epson profiles, however, the B&W's are printing very strangely. I'm using 
Advanced Black and White mode and the highest quality print settting, and high speed is 
unchecked, but the images are really light and high contrast. The shadows are blocked up 
- the mid tones are all too light.

Does anyone have any tips for B&W printing?

Many thanks,
Lynne Siler
> Dear All, 
> I was plagued with this feed problem with my 2200 even while testing  
> it for Epson,
> and later with the 2400. Pressure on the paper until it grabbed,  
> cardboard spacers behind
> the printing paper, and a few other things didn't help. But one day  
> my son, who is a
> Mac techie (although not a print person), suggested cleaning the  
> little rubber wheel
> on the right side, with alchohol. (looking at the printer from the  
> front, into the top paper feed cavity).
> I actually prefer starting a process with water before moving to more  
> powerful solvents, so
> I wet a piece of old towel and wiped that rubber wheel, as thoroughly  
> as possible -- you can rotate
> it one direction with the power off. That was four or five months  
> ago, and the 2400 hasn't missed
> a paper feed since!  It seems that the papers, particularly the matte  
> art papers deposit paper dust
> on the roller so it can't feed. It was a simple solution which  
> finally made me realize what that little
> tool epson throws in with the printers is for --(that white plastic  
> with a piece of foam attached at one end)
> I never found instructions for it, but I think the damp rag is a  
> better way to go.
> 
> I can't attest that all your feed problems can be solved so easily,  
> but it's certainly worth a try.
> 
> Clay Price
> 
> George wrote:
>  >>>This may not make you feel any better, but I've personally see  
> six 2400 printers die
> because they wouldn't feed properly, including one of my own, which I  
> had to take to the
> dump because of that problem. It may be more common than this, but  
> I'd either send it
> back to Epson or get a 3800 (which although it has similar problems,  
> I've not known or
> seen one die (I have 2) because of it. Mine got so it wouldn't load  
> in any slot!!!>>>
> 
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