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Re: help with Epson R2400 after driver update

2007-07-22 by Shilesh Jani

Try selecting another paper, Epson Enhanced Matte, or whatever it is 
being called these days.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "robertsonlauri" 
<laurirobertson@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>

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