Digital BW, The Print

On 7/20/07 2:27 PM, "robertsonlauri" <laurirobertson@...> wrote:

>  
>  
>  In order to use VFA, Epson says you must use the Single Sheet Feeder, see
> pages 16-19 in the manual.  That¹s the only way I¹ve been able to use VFA.
> Why avoid it?
> 
> Harry
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been printing merrily for 2 years on my Epson R2400 on VFA through the
> regular sheet 
> feeder--After choosing VFA, a warning would come up, "Manual-Roll Required".
> I would hit 
> "ignore", and print, rarely having a misfeed.
> 
> I've just upgraded my system, from a pc to a Mac, from PS CS2 to CS3, and to
> an updated 
> Epson driver.  Now, if the sheet feeder is chosen in the page set-up dialogue,
> I can't choose 
> VFA (or USFA or Watercolor) because they are greyed-out.  If a manual-roll
> option is chosen 
> in the page set-up, I can choose VFA, but am no longer able to print through
> the regular 
> sheet feeder--apparently must use the rear feeder, which I've never done, and
> don't want to 
> do if I can avoid it.  (Parenthetically, with the old system, I could not
> access "Photo RPM", now
> I can.)
> 
> Question--is there a way to keep printing on VFA through the regular sheet
> feeder in my new 
> system?  It's also an issue because on Paul Roark's great advice, I use a lot
> of Premier Matte 
> 210 gms for which USFA paper type and profiles are used (per ITSupplies
> website).
> 
> Thanks, and thanks for all the great teaching on this form--been lurking for a
> while.
> 
> Lauri  
> 


-- 

Harry F. Lockwood




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]