Digital BW, The Print

Does anyone have any suggestions or tricks that ease the loading of 
thick, curled paper?

I've concluded a bunch of paper tests and settled on Photo Rag 308 as 
my 'stock' paper, and in order to have as great a variety of 
possibilies re paper size, I bought a 24" roll that I had cut up into 2 
smaller 
rolls of 11" and 13". Problem is, there is an inherent curl to the 
paper when I cut it down to size, which even a week's habitation in a 
mount press wouldn't straighten.

My problem is that the paper will simply not feed through my printers 
(a 1200 and a 2000P) without a great deal of fiddling, pushing, and 
frustration. It works OK in smaller size, 8.5x11 or less, but I have 
yet to get a sheet of 13x19 or longer through either printer. 

Was buying a roll a bad move, or is there some solution? Any 
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Wolf Kutnahorsky

Wolf,

The latest thing I tried, which seemed to work on EAM rolls at least, was to
put the cut paper between a couple of my photo blotter papers.  I then
dampened the blotters with distilled water that was in a hand sprayer
bottle.  The blotter paper sandwich was put in drying screens to dry.

I'm not sure that I have the system down totally, but the water/dampness
seems to be a key to softening the paper and getting the curl out.

I've also made a hanger such that the paper is held by the top at both
sides.  Then a second set of clips is put on the bottom of the paper as a
weight to keep it straight.  I use this after printing to allow the print to
dry with some tension on it to keep it straight.  I might use the hanger
system and the water mister directly on the paper next time to see if it
dries faster.

Paul

 -----Original Message-----
From: wolfkphotos [mailto:wolfkutnahorskyphotos@...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 6:50 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Problem with Heavyweight Paper on Rolls


  Does anyone have any suggestions or tricks that ease the loading of
  thick, curled paper?

  I've concluded a bunch of paper tests and settled on Photo Rag 308 as
  my 'stock' paper, and in order to have as great a variety of
  possibilies re paper size, I bought a 24" roll that I had cut up into 2
  smaller
  rolls of 11" and 13". Problem is, there is an inherent curl to the
  paper when I cut it down to size, which even a week's habitation in a
  mount press wouldn't straighten.

  My problem is that the paper will simply not feed through my printers
  (a 1200 and a 2000P) without a great deal of fiddling, pushing, and
  frustration. It works OK in smaller size, 8.5x11 or less, but I have
  yet to get a sheet of 13x19 or longer through either printer.

  Was buying a roll a bad move, or is there some solution? Any
  suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  Wolf Kutnahorsky



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Wolf-

I'm using 13x desktops and have given up on rolls for pretty much the 
same reason... 

I even have some curling on some of the art papers in 8.5x11 size. So 
far I've been very successfull by stretching the paper over a crisp 
edge to reverse the curl (much the same as you do to curl ribbon with 
scissors?). This seems to get the curl under control long enough to 
make a print. 

The biggest problem I have if I don't do this is ink splotches on the 
trailing edge...ugly, but sometimes can be trimmed off (if it's less 
than 1/8 inch).

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "wolfkphotos" 
<wolfkutnahorskyphotos@r...> wrote:
> Does anyone have any suggestions or tricks that ease the loading of 
> thick, curled paper?
> 
> I've concluded a bunch of paper tests and settled on Photo Rag 308 
as 
> my 'stock' paper, and in order to have as great a variety of 
> possibilies re paper size, I bought a 24" roll that I had cut up 
into 2 
> smaller 
> rolls of 11" and 13". Problem is, there is an inherent curl to the 
> paper when I cut it down to size, which even a week's habitation in 
a 
> mount press wouldn't straighten.
> 
> My problem is that the paper will simply not feed through my 
printers 
> (a 1200 and a 2000P) without a great deal of fiddling, pushing, and 
> frustration. It works OK in smaller size, 8.5x11 or less, but I 
have 

> yet to get a sheet of 13x19 or longer through either printer. 
> 
> Was buying a roll a bad move, or is there some solution? Any 
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Wolf Kutnahorsky