Digital BW, The Print

Using the straight paper path and the rigid photo rag setting, I've
successfully printed several 13x19 prints on Hawk Mountain's Nighthawk
paper(500gsm)using HP's B9180.  The specs say the straight paper path
accepts up to 1.5mm thickness.  Believe this is close to the thickness
of 4-ply matte board.   I've also printed panoramas up to 36" long. 
Think prints will go to 44" on Windows, but have not yet had the need.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tony Sleep
<TonySleep@...> wrote:
>
> On 07/02/2008 Richard Smallfield wrote:
> > One thing I noted in the specs is that it doesn't like papers over 
> > 270gsm. That narrows paper options considerably.
> 
> It's a conservative fib. I regularly print HPR 308GSM with no issues. 
> Other people have printed with thicker stocks. Harman FB AL Glossy 
> (320gsm) curl during printing  is an issue for some people, giving head 
> strikes, but I've had no problems. The B9180  adjusts itself to paper 
> thickness but there is also a rigid media setting for board etc.
that I've 
> not used.
> 
> The optical calibration is nothing to do with profiling, it allows the 
> printer to recalibrate itself to a factory-set state if anything
changes 
> (eg new head installed) or drifts over time. This seems to be
consistent 
> enough across B9180's that a profile that works well on one will work 
> equally well on any other B9180. Epson do their calibration at the
factory 
> or at service time, with the HP it's part of set-up, or any other
time it 
> might seem necessary.
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> 
> Tony Sleep
> http://tonysleep.co.uk
>