Digital BW, The Print

Sounds like the head is hitting the paper. Try bending the corners slightly and see if that helps.

Walt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stomberg Christopher [mailto:chris_stomberg@...]
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 06:56 PM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Issue with the last half inch on my Epson 1280
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>Thanks guys. I'm happy to know that I can stop worrying about it, and just work around it. Is there any folk wisdom out there about how close one can safely get to the bottom margin on that printer?
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>Chris
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: Jim Coffee <groups@...>
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Issue with the last half inch on my Epson 1280
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>Use larger paper and cut it down.
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>-Jim Coffee-
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Bob Michaels 
>To: DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com 
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 3:46 PM
>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Issue with the last half inch on my Epson 1280
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>Yes, you are trying to do the impossible by making your 1280 print
>onto the last half inch or so of your fine art paper stock. It's just
>not in the realistic design parameters of that printer.
>
>Bob Michaels
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>--- In DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com, Stomberg
>Christopher <chris_stomberg@ ...> wrote:
>>
>> Am I trying to do the impossible by making my 1280 print onto the
>last half inch or so of my fine art paper stock? I recently have had
>increasing issues trying to print onto 8.5 by 11 paper using the
>default QTR border setting, which seems to place the image to within
>1/8 inch (3-4mm) or so of the end of the sheet. Recently, particularly
>with the PhotoRag papers, it seems like my print head is catching on
>the corner of the paper starting at about the last half inch (12-13mm)
>- leaving ugly smears of ink on the edges, crinkling the corners of
>the paper, and going out of registration in the image area. 
>> 
>> Do others have this experience? Should I just adjust my image area
>to avoid this last half inch, or is something broken?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
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