Digital BW, The Print

Hello,

my 1160 went out of warrenty about 5 weeks ago and will no longer 
feed EAM... do these things really only last one year and print less 
than 300 prints or is there something I can do to get it to work 
again?  It will pull thinner papers through, but not EAM.  Manual 
says something about using paper that is "too old," but this stuff is 
only a few months old (at least when I bought it from B&H).  Even 
tried a "support sheet" even though I haven't ever needed one in the 
past with this paper (other papers yes).

thanks,

mark

>Hello,
>
>my 1160 went out of warrenty about 5 weeks ago

First, Mark, I would whine to Epson anyway, because there have been 
reports occasionally of their giving a break to users only a little 
off warranty.


> and will no longer
>feed EAM... do these things really only last one year and print less
>than 300 prints

No, not normally, or if they do the victims have been keeping quiet about it.


> or is there something I can do to get it to work
>again?  It will pull thinner papers through, but not EAM.  Manual
>says something about using paper that is "too old," but this stuff is
>only a few months old (at least when I bought it from B&H).

I use paper, much of it EAM/EEM more than a few months old, in both 
my 1160s w/o any problems.


>Even tried a "support sheet" even though I haven't ever needed one in the
>past with this paper (other papers yes).

I haven't always needed it either, but I try to use one routinely 
rather than risk ruining a relatively expensive sheet. If I don't 
forget, it almost never balks.

Incidentally, although I'm not sure either matters: I never put more 
than 15 sheets of EAM/EEM (fewer than 10 of 300 gsm paper) in at 
once, and I leave the paper thickness lever on "0" (for both).


>thanks,
>
>mark

Hope this helps.

Sam

Sam McCandless         samcc@...

I had put a couple thousand prints through my second 1160, and it lasted
about 3 1/2 years before dying. Can't see what difference it makes on
how "old" the paper is! 
Try cleaning your rollers, they probably have become too smooth to grasp
the paper.

Jerry






"Mark Hahn " wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> my 1160 went out of warrenty about 5 weeks ago and will no longer
> feed EAM... do these things really only last one year and print less
> than 300 prints or is there something I can do to get it to work
> again?  It will pull thinner papers through, but not EAM.  Manual
> says something about using paper that is "too old," but this stuff is
> only a few months old (at least when I bought it from B&H).  Even
> tried a "support sheet" even though I haven't ever needed one in the
> past with this paper (other papers yes).
> 
> thanks,
> 
> mark
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thanks jerry!

it was that single rubber cam thing-y... covered with white 
residue... coating I guess... sure don't make getting to it very easy 
do they?  patience, water and Q-tips did the trick!

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> I had put a couple thousand prints through my second 1160, and it 
lasted
> about 3 1/2 years before dying. Can't see what difference it makes 
on
> how "old" the paper is! 
> Try cleaning your rollers, they probably have become too smooth to 
grasp
> the paper.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Mark Hahn " wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > my 1160 went out of warrenty about 5 weeks ago and will no longer
> > feed EAM... do these things really only last one year and print 
less
> > than 300 prints or is there something I can do to get it to work
> > again?  It will pull thinner papers through, but not EAM.  Manual
> > says something about using paper that is "too old," but this 
stuff is
> > only a few months old (at least when I bought it from B&H).  Even
> > tried a "support sheet" even though I haven't ever needed one in 
the
> > past with this paper (other papers yes).
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > mark
> > 
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page 
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