Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,

I am sitting here running 13x19 prints on Photo Rag 308gsm. I have Selenium
PT in my 1280 and I am putting in one sheet at time with the paper thickness
lever set to the minimum. No feed or printing problems. I have run through
smaller sheets of German Etching, William Turner and 300 gsm Eclipse without
any difficulties.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "J Greer" <jgpinfo@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:34 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] 1280 Max Paper Thickness?


> 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
>
>
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I have a 1280 and have had no problems with the papers you mention going
through the printer. 

Jerry

J Greer wrote:

> 
> 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.
>

I also use thick papers on the 1280, with no problems - well almost 
no problems. I commonly print on 13 x 19 papers, with image size of 
12.25 x 18.25, to fit my mat window of 12 x 18 without too much 
fiddle. EAM does fine at this print size. But Photorag 308 gsm and 
Eclipse Satine 300 gsm(? the thicker one) do not feed properly at the 
very last few mm of printing. This is when the paper has left the 
push stage of the feeder, and now needs to be pulled by the pizza 
wheels. What I have done, very sucessfully, is to cut a 1 inch strip 
(by 13 inch wide) paper, and tack it onto the trailing edge of the 
print paper. This essentially means I have a 13 x 20 inch paper when 
the printer thinks it is 13 x 19. After printing, I just remove that 
strip. This leaves some minor scuff marks on the back reverse side of 
the paper, but who looks there?

Best wishes.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> I have a 1280 and have had no problems with the papers you mention 
going
> through the printer. 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> J Greer wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> >