Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dnjbackup"
<dnj@...> wrote:
>
> After over a year of misfeeds on my 2400, I have finally understood
what's causing them. 
> Not sure this will help you, but I'll tell you just in case (and
perhaps this will help others -- 
> I can't believe I wasted so much time and irritation figuring this
out). 
> 
> The printer measures the forward edge of the sheet (that is, the
edge that enters the 
> printer first) to make sure the paper is not askew. If the side that
is perpendicular to that 
> (going round anticlockwise) is not perfectly aligned against the
guide, the forward edge 
> will not be parallel to the print head and the sheet will be
rejected. What I hadn't realized 
> was that if the paper is not cut perfectly square, then if the side
is aligned, the forward 
> edge will not be parallel. I cut larger sheets in half (for proof
prints), and wasn't cutting 
> them perfectly square. The solution was to rotate the sheet so that
both the forward edge 
> and the edge against the guide are edges that were cut by the
manufacturer.
> 
> --Daniel
> 


The same thing applies to pretty much all of the upper model printers
from Epson. You can sometimes turn this feature off in the menus, but
you may also lose the ability to keep from printing off the edge if
you mistakenly tell the printer that the paper is larger than it
really is.