Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone experienced paper misfeed issues on an Epson 
1280 when using papers such as Ilford Fine Art or Museo? My 
1280 either will not pull the sheet into the printer at all or will 
send the sheet completely through without printing and report a 
paper misfeed in both instances. Standard or heavy paper 
setting seems not to make a difference.

Thanks

Bruce McKinney

Bruce:

It may be that your rollers need cleaning, but what you really need 
is a backing board of some kind.  The best are made of foamcore board 
cut to the short dimension of the paper you are printing on.  (For 
example, I have a 13x11 board that I use for both 11x17 and 13x19 
paper.) Just put the backing board in behind the paper, and I think 
you'll find that your feed problems are history.

Chuck

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kubeatsou 
<bmckinney@t...>" <bmckinney@t...> wrote:

> Has anyone experienced paper misfeed issues on an Epson 
> 1280 when using papers such as Ilford Fine Art or Museo? My 
> 1280 either will not pull the sheet into the printer at all or will 
> send the sheet completely through without printing and report a 
> paper misfeed in both instances. Standard or heavy paper 
> setting seems not to make a difference.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bruce McKinney

Is the mis-fed sheet the only sheet in the printer at the time, 
Bruce? Whether the paper is relatively thick or not, I think it feeds 
more reliably if there is what Epson calls (in English) a "Loading 
Support Sheet" on the bottom of the short stack on which you're going 
to print. They supply one with at least some of their paper. But I 
often just use a sheet or EAM/EEM or Museo or the thicker Eclipse on 
which I've printed a draft. Anything which raises the sheet(s) on 
which I want to print seems to work.

You're right, I believe, in thinking the paper setting isn't 
implicated. But using the plus/heavy setting does seem to have caused 
some "overspray" problems for at least some people. I think I 
remember that being reported mostly about the 1280, but I have the 
mis-feeding problems on my 1160s as you have on your 1280.

Sam

Sam McCandless       samcc@...

>Has anyone experienced paper misfeed issues on an Epson
>1280 when using papers such as Ilford Fine Art or Museo? My
>1280 either will not pull the sheet into the printer at all or will
>send the sheet completely through without printing and report a
>paper misfeed in both instances. Standard or heavy paper
>setting seems not to make a difference.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bruce McKinney

I'll cut a piece of foamcore at work this afternoon and see if that 
solves the problem. In the mean time, can anyone give me a 
brief description of the mechanics of the paper feeding process 
that would help me understand why lighter weight paper feeds 
without issue while the stiffer and heavier paper causes such 
problems? It's always good to know how in addition to why. 
Thanks

Bruce 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"cschaible94111 <cschaible@c...>" <cschaible@c...> wrote:
> Bruce:
> 
> It may be that your rollers need cleaning, but what you really 
need 
> is a backing board of some kind.  The best are made of 
foamcore board 
> cut to the short dimension of the paper you are printing on.  
(For 
> example, I have a 13x11 board that I use for both 11x17 and 
13x19 
> paper.) Just put the backing board in behind the paper, and I 
think 
> you'll find that your feed problems are history.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"kubeatsou 
> <bmckinney@t...>" <bmckinney@t...> wrote:
> > Has anyone experienced paper misfeed issues on an Epson 
> > 1280 when using papers such as Ilford Fine Art or Museo? 
My 
> > 1280 either will not pull the sheet into the printer at all or will 
> > send the sheet completely through without printing and 
report a 

> > paper misfeed in both instances. Standard or heavy paper 
> > setting seems not to make a difference.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Bruce McKinney