Digital BW, The Print

Now that my 1160 has been felled by the monster clog, I'm considering 
getting an Epson 1280 to produce b/w prints with either the PiezoTone or 
MIS ink sets. Does anyone have experience running thick paper through a 
1280? I've used Cone's Orwell (Hahnemuhle German Etching) in the past and 
liked it, but it is rather thick. I would also like to know if the heavy 
weight of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag will go through the printer.

Any opinions?

Jeff Greer

I have 2 1280's one with Piezotone WN 7 the other with Selenium. I use
primarily Photo rag 308gm/m2 but have used Orwell and Wells River
without feeding problems. The key is good alignment adjustment when
using thick papers!

Frank
Francis James Mares Photography

-----Original Message-----

From: J Greer [mailto:jgpinfo@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:35 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] 1280 Max Paper Thickness?

Jeff Greer asked:
<<I would also like to know if the heavy weight of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag will
go through the printer.>>

Jeff, I've used the Hahnemuhle 308 in my 1280 without a problem and have
even printed without problems on the Epson Smooth Fine Art paper (cut from
their sheets, not a roll) which I believe is 425gsm.

Tom Keesling
Intelligent Design, Inc.

All the answers I've gotten tell me I'll have no problem. Excellent! 
Thanks, everyone.

Jeff Greer

At 05:34 PM 08/07/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Jeff Greer asked:
><<I would also like to know if the heavy weight of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag will
>go through the printer.>>
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>Jeff, I've used the Hahnemuhle 308 in my 1280 without a problem and have
>even printed without problems on the Epson Smooth Fine Art paper (cut from
>their sheets, not a roll) which I believe is 425gsm.
>
>Tom Keesling
>Intelligent Design, Inc.
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At 05:25 PM 8/7/2002, you wrote:
>All the answers I've gotten tell me I'll have no problem. Excellent!
>Thanks, everyone.
>
>Jeff Greer

I use the Hannemuhle German Etching 310 (sold as Royal Plush by 
MediaStreet.com) in my 1270 and my 1280. Interestingly, on the 1280 I have 
to help the paper begin feeding by grasping it at the edges and pushing it 
into the feeder. On the 1270, it just feeds automatically. This is true of 
both the 8.5x11 and the 13x19 sizes. Once it feeds, I have never had a problem.

Stan

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