Digital BW, The Print

This may be silly but I'm probably not the only person who has 
tried to use wide rolls of paper with a  3000.
I got some "good deals" on rolls of paper that are too wide for the 
3000. I don't have a clue which is the best way to cut off the ends 
of the rolls of paper. Is there some type of saw out there that can 
cut through the paper cleanly? 
I have tried a hack saw but that was messy and I am clueless 
when it comes to using tools.
Thanks,
Thom Jackson

Thom,

In my 3000 I us EAM (EEM, actually) that is cut from 24" rolls.  I slice of
17" using straight edges and a razor knife.  I then take the 17x24" piece
and lay it between 2 clean blotter papers that have been evenly dampened
with distilled water -- not soaking wet.  I use a hand sprayer to do this as
evenly as possible.  I use the blotter paper box as a press to flatten the
sandwich.  After the EAM has been there a couple of minutes, I feed it into
the 3000 via the front paper tray, using the "Load/Eject" button to pre-load
it.  So, I'm printing on paper that is a hair damp (not wet), has no curl
left in it, may be slightly wavy, is 24" long, and works perfectly every
time.

Good luck.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: tjphotoct [mailto:tjphoto@...]
  Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:36 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Suggestions for cutting rolls of paper?


  This may be silly but I'm probably not the only person who has
  tried to use wide rolls of paper with a  3000.
  I got some "good deals" on rolls of paper that are too wide for the
  3000. I don't have a clue which is the best way to cut off the ends
  of the rolls of paper. Is there some type of saw out there that can
  cut through the paper cleanly?
  I have tried a hack saw but that was messy and I am clueless
  when it comes to using tools.
  Thanks,
  Thom Jackson


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Paul,
You are a very patient man. Contrast your method with this 
madman in the garage hacking away at the entire roll of paper 
with little bits of paper chaff flying everywhere. 
I admire you.
Thom

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Thom,
> 
> In my 3000 I us EAM (EEM, actually) that is cut from 24" rolls.  I 
slice of
> 17" using straight edges and a razor knife.  I then take the 
17x24" piece
> and lay it between 2 clean blotter papers that have been evenly 
dampened
> with distilled water -- not soaking wet.  I use a hand sprayer to 
do this as
> evenly as possible.  I use the blotter paper box as a press to 
flatten the
> sandwich.  After the EAM has been there a couple of minutes, I 
feed it into
> the 3000 via the front paper tray, using the "Load/Eject" button 
to pre-load
> it.  So, I'm printing on paper that is a hair damp (not wet), has 
no curl
> left in it, may be slightly wavy, is 24" long, and works perfectly 
every

> time.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com

Thanks Paul.

Helene

The "Blotting paper" I use is Kodak 19x24", 10 sheets per box, 120 Lb., cat.
# 1521996.