Digital BW, The Print

Tom,

Do you happen to know what the maximum thickness paper for the R1800 is? I tried some Alise in it but had a heck of a time getting it to load. Most of the time it shot right through, even using the rear slot and after carefully cleaning the rollers. I finally sold an almost-full package.

And might you or someone else know the thickness in mils of Premier Art Fine Art Hot Press? It's 205 gm/sq m. I wanted to try Alise because of the favorable reviews of its DMax but couldn't see it was that much better than the Fine Art HP. (I admit to that being a non-scientific comment, I'm not trained enough to know how to do that, nor apparently am I that discerning!). So that's my current paper of choice.

Thanks...

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Fielder" <tfielder@...> wrote:
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> Ken -
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> According to Epson, the maximum thickness for the 1400 is 11.8 mils.  It is
> possible to feed thicker paper and many are doing exactly that.  However,
> according to Epson's techs, the thicker paper will eventually damage the
> printer's ability to feed the thinner papers designed to go through the
> printer.  Additionally, if you are using a coated paper, the coating may
> wear off onto the rollers and thereby requiring a manual hand cleaning of
> the rollers.  If you enjoying tinkering around then go for the thicker
> paper.  However, if you want to make prints with the least amount of fuss,
> I'd recommend staying within or close to the manufacturer's specifications
> for the printer (many will disagree with this recommendation).  
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> For what it's worth, I've used Maob's Entrada Rag 190 (15.5 mils) in the
> printer; however, it will hang up from time-to-time and it did require a
> certain amount of fussing.  
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> Tom
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