Digital BW, The Print

So I think what is happening is that the ends of the paper that are not held
by the rollers (like all the small printers) tend to bend up and touch the
head and yes your inks are maybe a bit thin and there is some ink sitting
under the head.

Try the following;

1) Bend the paper before you put it into the printer so the ends are are
bend away from the printing surface and or

2) Print an image that's at least 5cm (2.5inch) from front edge and back
edge.

Either or both of these should help.

Mike

2009/12/30 nigglefish <nigglefish@...>

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>
> I have an Epson TX650 loaded with MIS Eboni and UT14-PKN and dilutions of
> these made using Paul Roark's base (the one with Edwal LFN for 1.5pl
> printers). The TX650 is the current entry-level 6 Claria ink 1.5pl printer
> in Australia (it's a PX650 in the UK) similar in stats to the R260. I am
> printing on Photo Rag 188 and a very cheap matte inkjet paper for
> experiments.
>
> The problem I have is that whenever I print using QTR and Printing Model
> R260-MIS (to which I have added some profiles) I get blobs and streaks of
> ink in the borders (which are about 1.5cm) around the image I am printing.
> They can take the form of 1mm ink strains along the top or bottom edges of
> the paper, as if part of the edge had been very lightly dipped in ink,
> horizontal streaks within the first 1cm of the top or bottom edge of the
> paper (these look like the head or some rollers have streaked ink from the
> previous stains), and sometimes little dense drops of ink on the right hand
> margin. The images themselves are always perfect with no marks on them, but
> there are always some messy ink blotches somewhere in the border.
>
> Some of the ink will get on rollers and effect later sheets. Aside from
> this left over mess though I never seem to have a problem when I use the
> Epson driver to print images. I have tried adjusting the Ink Limit (Shadows)
> to -50 in QTR's Advanced Adjustments, rolling the paper around a paper roll
> and using a thinner paper, but I always have some messy ink in the borders
> when using QTR.
>
> Is my ink too thin? Too thick? Are my refillable cartridges no good? Is my
> Ink Limit in my QTR curves (40 with a Black Boost of 50) too high for the
> printer? Am I using QTR incorrectly? Am I just missing something? Any help
> or ideas would be appreciated!
>
> Cheers, Nigel.
>
> 
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