Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I used to have similar problems with my 4000.  I've since discovered  
that simply manually feeding from the sheet feeder tray works  
perfectly for all papers (even canvas sheets).  Just load up the tray  
with paper and hit the front panel up arrow feed button once to load a  
sheet.  I don't know if the 3800 has a similar front loading tray or  
not, but if it does it might be worth trying.

Carl

On May 11, 2008, at 1:08 AM, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

> I too have a 3800, but having owned several previous Epson printers
> was not in the least bit surprised that the canned profiles are
> mediocre at best, they always have been. But I agree they should do
> a lot better, at least for the more expensive printers.
> My big disappointment with the 3800 is the paper handling-for this
> price, size, and class of machine it is absolutely miserable. It
> frequently (and repeatedly) rejects properly aligned rear-fed paper
> as 'skewed' and then proceeds to feed it and print it crooked. And
> top feeding 17" paper is very hit-or miss. It seems like every 3rd
> or 4th piece goes in skewed, sometimes resulting in a paper jam.
> I've had to rig up a guide extension using the lid of a 17x22" paper
> box to get it to feed right. Needing to come up a with such a rinky-
> dink fix for a $1200 machine is absolutely galling, particulalry
> when they have produced so many smaller and much cheaper machines
> that work properly.
> If there's another class-action suit brewing out there, I would
> happily add my name to the list!
>
> Steven Karafyllakis
>
> -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "digikdm" 
> <monroekd@...> wrote:
>>
>> I have been printing with my new Epson 3800 for about 1 month, and
> I
>> am a bit dismayed that the B&W prints I'm getting using the
> intrinsic
>> Epson driver (with or without third party profiles provided by Eric
>> Chan) are inferior to the B&W prints I get using ImagePrint with my
>> Epson 2200 printer.