Digital BW, The Print

not a specific black and white question, but i figured the group would be able 
to help me out. 

i am printing on photo rag (196gsm super B) with an epson 2200, regular 
epson ink cartridges and ink.  the printer was purchased in august and has 
been through a modest printing load, but certainly not a huge amount of prints 
or anything taxing. 

yesterday the printer started to fail to load sheets of paper through, and today 
has been more finicky.  it is leaving two marks on the edge of the paper that 
loads through, even when it doesn't load the paper. i assume that the loading 
rollers are not grabbing the paper, either because they or the paper is getting 
too "polished." does ths seam reasonable? 

i have already made a call to epson service, which was nearly worthless, and 
they are sending out a replacement. that is good i suppose. 

any hints for keeping this from happening again? 

thanks, 
mike meyer
michaelmeyerphoto.com

Did yours come with a little sponge on a stick? (kinda like Roman toilet
paper....!)

The paper feed wheels get coated with the loose bits of surface coating from
the photo rag after a while and become smooth and don't grip anymore.

I put a bit of cleaner on the sponge and run some paper feed cycles while
the sponge sits against the feed wheels. (I think that's what the sponge is
for anyway - if not, it gets used for that now...!)

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikenmeyer [mailto:mikenmeyer@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 10:11 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] feeding problems 2200
>
>
> not a specific black and white question, but i figured the group
> would be able
> to help me out.
>
> i am printing on photo rag (196gsm super B) with an epson 2200, regular
> epson ink cartridges and ink.  the printer was purchased in
> august and has
> been through a modest printing load, but certainly not a huge
> amount of prints
> or anything taxing.
>
> yesterday the printer started to fail to load sheets of paper
> through, and today
> has been more finicky.  it is leaving two marks on the edge of
> the paper that
> loads through, even when it doesn't load the paper. i assume that
> the loading
> rollers are not grabbing the paper, either because they or the
> paper is getting
> too "polished." does ths seam reasonable?
>
> i have already made a call to epson service, which was nearly
> worthless, and
> they are sending out a replacement. that is good i suppose.
>
> any hints for keeping this from happening again?
>
> thanks,
> mike meyer
> michaelmeyerphoto.com
>
>
>
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PS - just don't let it suck the sponge in...

I have always had this problem on my 2200 after using Hahnemuhle or 
Somerset papers for awhile...so I use manual feed. I've found if I use 
Epson papers for a bit the problem temporarily goes away.

John Merrill

On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 12:10  PM, mikenmeyer wrote:

> not a specific black and white question, but i figured the group would 
> be able
> to help me out.
>
> i am printing on photo rag (196gsm super B) with an epson 2200, regular
> epson ink cartridges and ink.  the printer was purchased in august and 
> has
> been through a modest printing load, but certainly not a huge amount 
> of prints
> or anything taxing.
>
> yesterday the printer started to fail to load sheets of paper through, 
> and today
> has been more finicky.  it is leaving two marks on the edge of the 
> paper that
> loads through, even when it doesn't load the paper. i assume that the 
> loading
> rollers are not grabbing the paper, either because they or the paper 
> is getting
> too "polished." does ths seam reasonable?
>
> i have already made a call to epson service, which was nearly 
> worthless, and
> they are sending out a replacement. that is good i suppose.
>
> any hints for keeping this from happening again?
>
> thanks,
> mike meyer
> michaelmeyerphoto.com
>
>
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Mike - you might want to try cutting a piece of 1/4" fomecor or similar
board to the exact size of the paper you're trying to print on.  Put this
board in the paper feed tray, and put only one sheet at a time of the
PhotoRag paper on top of that.  It works for me...

Stephen Petegorsky

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, John Merrill > 
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 12:10  PM, mikenmeyer wrote:
> 
> > not a specific black and white question, but i figured the group 
would 
> > be able
> > to help me out.
> >
> > i am printing on photo rag (196gsm super B) with an epson 2200, 
regular
> > epson ink cartridges and ink.  the printer was purchased in 
august and 
> > has
> > been through a modest printing load, but certainly not a huge 
amount 
> > of prints
> > or anything taxing.
> >
> > yesterday the printer started to fail to load sheets of paper 
through, 
> > and today
> > has been more finicky.  it is leaving two marks on the edge of 
the 
> > paper that
> > loads through, even when it doesn't load the paper. i assume 
that the 
> > loading
> > rollers are not grabbing the paper, either because they or the 
paper 
> > is getting
> > too "polished." does ths seam reasonable?
> >
> > i have already made a call to epson service, which was nearly 
> > worthless, and
> > they are sending out a replacement. that is good i suppose.
> >
> > any hints for keeping this from happening again?
> >
> > thanks,
> > mike meyer
> > michaelmeyerphoto.com


Since I've been on this forum (mostly lurking)the timing has been 
amazing. Yesterday I started printing on PhotoRag 308 for the first 
time. After about 12 prints the paper wouldn't load, a lot of 
slippage and 2200 whining noises. On my next digest delivery you all 
solved my problem. I didn't get (or, more likely, lost) the sponge 
on a stick so I haven't tried that, but 2 sheets of EEM set the 
rollers right. I guess this must be a case of the PR flaking problem 
that Paul wrote about a few months ago, even though I have yet to 
see any loss of printed area.

Once again thank you all for sharing these solutions. Jim Weekes