Digital BW, The Print

I was looking online and epson recommends that the thickest paper that can be run through a 1400 is 11.7 mils or around 200 or 250 gsm. Of the matte papers that most of y'all recommend for b&w printing, which is the papers fall around 200- 250 gsm? Anyone know?

thanks,
Scott

Hi Scott:

Most 300gsm papers will feed fine through the 1400. If you get head strikes, there is a way to let the printer know you are feeding heavy sheets in the driver to increase the platen gap. If you are on Mac, it is under "Extension Settings."

Hope that helps,

All the best,
Andrew

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On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:14 PM, kg4oqu wrote:

> I was looking online and epson recommends that the thickest paper that can be run through a 1400 is 11.7 mils or around 200 or 250 gsm. Of the matte papers that most of y'all recommend for b&w printing, which is the papers fall around 200- 250 gsm? Anyone know?
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> thanks,
> Scott 
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But not through QTR?

Andrew

On 2/3/2011, "Andrew Darlow" <ad@...> wrote:

>Hi Scott:
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>Most 300gsm papers will feed fine through the 1400. If you get head strikes, there is a way to let the printer know you are feeding heavy sheets in the driver to increase the platen gap. If you are on Mac, it is under "Extension Settings."
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>Hope that helps,
>
>All the best,
>Andrew
>
>Andrew Darlow
>Editor, The Imaging Buffet
>http://www.imagingbuffet.com
>Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
>An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com
>and
>Pet Photography 101:
>Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com
>http://facebook.com/andrewdarlow
>
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>On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:14 PM, kg4oqu wrote:
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>> I was looking online and epson recommends that the thickest paper that can be run through a 1400 is 11.7 mils or around 200 or 250 gsm. Of the matte papers that most of y'all recommend for b&w printing, which is the papers fall around 200- 250 gsm? Anyone know?
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>> thanks,
>> Scott
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On 04.02.2011 02:30, Andrew Sharpe wrote:
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> But not through QTR?

Maybe I should spell this out again: I use QTR and successfully raised 
the head-height on my 1400 through the Epson driver nonetheless.

If you have the Epson driver installed, the printer is in contact 
through it with your computer at any time (reporting ink levels etc.). 
With QTR you are bypassing the driver only for the print job proper, any 
other function remaining intact. So, once you have set the thick paper 
setting through the Epson driver, it will stay like that even when you 
print through QTR.

(This is just my own deduction, somebody more knowledgeable may want to 
correct me if wrong.)

Louis

I am running my epson 1400 on a windows 7 laptop. I checked the user manual, there seems to be an extention settings in MacOS but not in the windows driver. Anyone know how to change the platen size/paper size with the windows driver? 

thanks,
scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Louis de Stoutz <loudest@...> wrote:

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> On 04.02.2011 02:30, Andrew Sharpe wrote:
> >
> > But not through QTR?
> 
> Maybe I should spell this out again: I use QTR and successfully raised 
> the head-height on my 1400 through the Epson driver nonetheless.
> 
> If you have the Epson driver installed, the printer is in contact 
> through it with your computer at any time (reporting ink levels etc.). 
> With QTR you are bypassing the driver only for the print job proper, any 
> other function remaining intact. So, once you have set the thick paper 
> setting through the Epson driver, it will stay like that even when you 
> print through QTR.
> 
> (This is just my own deduction, somebody more knowledgeable may want to 
> correct me if wrong.)
> 
> Louis
>

Scott, I started a thread 10 days ago on exactly this subject. Look 
through the posts of Jan. 27th. Here is the info:

 > [...]
 > For those of you who, like me, didn't know about this feature,
 > you will find it in the
 > Printer Settings -> Maintenance tab -> Printer and Option Information
 > [...]

This is in Windows XP. I imagine that it will be the same in Windows 7.

Louis

On 04.02.2011 17:32, kg4oqu wrote:
> I am running my epson 1400 on a windows 7 laptop. I checked the user manual, there seems to be an extention settings in MacOS but not in the windows driver. Anyone know how to change the platen size/paper size with the windows driver?
>
> thanks,
> scott