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Hopefully someone can help here? I have been using Hahnemuhle's bamboo paper for some time now with no problems whatsoever. I am using it with Epson's r2400, rear-feed. The rear-feed is not taking it now and even after cleaning the rollers, I am still not having any  luck. I have tried a thinner paper and it seems to go through ok...any thoughts?

Thanks!
AnnMarie

www.annmarietornabene.net

Hi Ann Marie:

Have you tried the normal top feed? With that option, you can pre-feed  
by pressing the paper feed button for a moment and help nudge it in.

Hope that helps,

Andrew

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On May 24, 2010, at 10:32 AM, faeofavalon wrote:

> Hopefully someone can help here? I have been using Hahnemuhle's  
> bamboo paper for some time now with no problems whatsoever. I am  
> using it with Epson's r2400, rear-feed. The rear-feed is not taking  
> it now and even after cleaning the rollers, I am still not having  
> any luck. I have tried a thinner paper and it seems to go through  
> ok...any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
> AnnMarie
>
> www.annmarietornabene.net
>
>
> 



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Adjust paper thickness setting?


On May 24, 2010, at 10:32 AM, faeofavalon wrote:

> Hopefully someone can help here? I have been using Hahnemuhle's bamboo paper for some time now with no problems whatsoever. I am using it with Epson's r2400, rear-feed. The rear-feed is not taking it now and even after cleaning the rollers, I am still not having any luck. I have tried a thinner paper and it seems to go through ok...any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks!
> AnnMarie
> 
> www.annmarietornabene.net
> 
> 



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AnnMarie,

For what it's worth, I have been using their Bamboo paper regularly for several years.  I use the 13x19 size on an Epson 7800 and until recently I never had any issues.  The last box that I bought in late April had unusually severe curling along the 19" sides, and when I attempt to print on it, the printer heads smash into the edges of the paper and thrash about, tearing the paper and spewing ink.  

To successfully I print on it, I must manually de-curl the sheet by bending the sides in the opposite direction of the curl for 10 or 15 seconds before loading it into the printer.

This very well may be coincidence or due to other factors, but after seeing your posting I thought I'd add my experience in case there are others on the list who have had this problem recently (thus suggesting a possible Hahnemule QA problem)

Jeff
crowdspotting.blogspot.com


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Hey Jeff -

Thanks for the input. The 8.5 x 11 sheets I was having problems with, I had cut from 13 x 19 sheets so I thought that might be the problem. I put a cleaning sheet in and ran it through a few times and now at least I can get prints. I was thinking the recent humidity was swelling the paper, making it too thick to load as well. 

Incidentally, have you ever had ink spots along the edges of the paper? Once in awhile I get that only on thicker paper like the bamboo and the epson cold press.

- AnnMarie
www.annmarietornabene.net



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Phillips" <jeffjphillips@...> wrote:

>
> AnnMarie,
> 
> For what it's worth, I have been using their Bamboo paper regularly for several years.  I use the 13x19 size on an Epson 7800 and until recently I never had any issues.  The last box that I bought in late April had unusually severe curling along the 19" sides, and when I attempt to print on it, the printer heads smash into the edges of the paper and thrash about, tearing the paper and spewing ink.  
> 
> To successfully I print on it, I must manually de-curl the sheet by bending the sides in the opposite direction of the curl for 10 or 15 seconds before loading it into the printer.
> 
> This very well may be coincidence or due to other factors, but after seeing your posting I thought I'd add my experience in case there are others on the list who have had this problem recently (thus suggesting a possible Hahnemule QA problem)
> 
> Jeff
> crowdspotting.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Inkspots on the edges are usually indications of "headstrikes " - the print head is actually contacting  the paper - humidity will often cause a bit of swelling of the edges and or curvature of the paper - two solutions - work in a humidity controlled environment - expensive, keep your paper in a humidity controlled environment - a little easier -  - OR try making prints with wider margins - this will keep the printhead over the paper most of the time - in the long run headstrikes are not good for the equipment - and are to be avoided - if you can adjust your platen gap do so -

Berel Lutsky


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AnnMarie,

On my 2400, I have found that when I am printing on Hahnemuhle's Photo Rag 308 or Duo, or on Epson's Velvet Fine Art papers, I can feed through the top feeder but have to nudge the paper as it loads.  I have no seen any loading problems with headstrikes with any of those papers using this technique.

I have not tried the Bamboo, but the PRD and VFA are similar in weight.

keithz
http://kzarts.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "faeofavalon" <faeofavalon@...> wrote:

>
> Hopefully someone can help here? I have been using Hahnemuhle's bamboo paper for some time now with no problems whatsoever. I am using it with Epson's r2400, rear-feed. The rear-feed is not taking it now and even after cleaning the rollers, I am still not having any  luck. I have tried a thinner paper and it seems to go through ok...any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks!
> AnnMarie
> 
> www.annmarietornabene.net
>

Hey Keith -

That is how I load the bamboo. I push slightly down onto the sheet for the printer to grab. As for headstrikes..I am still unclear from Berel's explanation on how or what is causing it but it doesn't occur all the time, and is usually one tiny red spot on the edge of the paper...

Update - last time I printed, I WAS able to load the paper so I am thinking humidity is the culprit.

Thank you all!
AnnMarie

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zz_ir" <keithz@...> wrote:

>
> AnnMarie,
> 
> On my 2400, I have found that when I am printing on Hahnemuhle's Photo Rag 308 or Duo, or on Epson's Velvet Fine Art papers, I can feed through the top feeder but have to nudge the paper as it loads.  I have no seen any loading problems with headstrikes with any of those papers using this technique.
> 
> I have not tried the Bamboo, but the PRD and VFA are similar in weight.
> 
> keithz
> http://kzarts.com
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "faeofavalon" <faeofavalon@> wrote:
> >
> > Hopefully someone can help here? I have been using Hahnemuhle's bamboo paper for some time now with no problems whatsoever. I am using it with Epson's r2400, rear-feed. The rear-feed is not taking it now and even after cleaning the rollers, I am still not having any  luck. I have tried a thinner paper and it seems to go through ok...any thoughts?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > AnnMarie
> > 
> > www.annmarietornabene.net
> >
>

Might the problem be due to either a different manufacturing tech technioque or a naturally occurring difference in the material used to manufacture the paper?  It might be worth contacting the manufacturer to find out.  If so, then this discussion becomes academic since it cannot be fixed.

Submitted for thought

Iric 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "faeofavalon" <faeofavalon@...> wrote:

>
> Hey Keith -
> 
> That is how I load the bamboo. I push slightly down onto the sheet for the printer to grab. As for headstrikes..I am still unclear from Berel's explanation on how or what is causing it but it doesn't occur all the time, and is usually one tiny red spot on the edge of the paper...
> 
> Update - last time I printed, I WAS able to load the paper so I am thinking humidity is the culprit.
> 
> Thank you all!
> AnnMarie
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zz_ir" <keithz@> wrote:
> >
> > AnnMarie,
> > 
> > On my 2400, I have found that when I am printing on Hahnemuhle's Photo Rag 308 or Duo, or on Epson's Velvet Fine Art papers, I can feed through the top feeder but have to nudge the paper as it loads.  I have no seen any loading problems with headstrikes with any of those papers using this technique.
> > 
> > I have not tried the Bamboo, but the PRD and VFA are similar in weight.
> > 
> > keithz
> > http://kzarts.com
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "faeofavalon" <faeofavalon@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hopefully someone can help here? I have been using Hahnemuhle's bamboo paper for some time now with no problems whatsoever. I am using it with Epson's r2400, rear-feed. The rear-feed is not taking it now and even after cleaning the rollers, I am still not having any  luck. I have tried a thinner paper and it seems to go through ok...any thoughts?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > AnnMarie
> > > 
> > > www.annmarietornabene.net
> > >
> >
>