Digital BW, The Print

I have had many frustrating moments trying to use Photo Rag 308 with both of 
my Epson 1160's.  It prints (as opposed to shooting right through without 
printing) less than 25% of the time.  While I have tried a variety of different 
"tricks," including cardboard backs of various thicknesses and guiding the paper 
in at various angles by hand, no one thing has consistently been successful.  
In general, I have found the paper feed mechanism of the 1160's to be very 
temperamental, though perhaps a little less so with thinner papers.  

I would be curious to hear of others' experiences.

Rita Bernstein


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At 4:20 PM -0500 1/1/04, ritab19106@... wrote:
>I have had many frustrating moments trying to use Photo Rag 308 with both of
>my Epson 1160's.  It prints (as opposed to shooting right through without
>printing) less than 25% of the time.  While I have tried a variety 
>of different
>"tricks," including cardboard backs of various thicknesses and 
>guiding the paper
>in at various angles by hand, no one thing has consistently been successful. 
>In general, I have found the paper feed mechanism of the 1160's to be very
>temperamental, though perhaps a little less so with thinner papers. 
>
>I would be curious to hear of others' experiences.

Neither of my 1160s has ever had a paper-feed problem at any weight, 
not even when I forget the backer board. I've even had one of them 
feed and print _on_ a backer board as heavy as 364 lb (a Crane 
sample) when I under-counted the stock on which I was printing. What 
would account for this I don't know except that I've never used a 
paper coated with anything which would make the rollers slick. 
Probably I should replace my 1160s, but I haven't used them much and 
hate to let them go.
--
Sam

Thanks to all who replied to my question. I'm considering upgrading my 1160
to Cone's new ICC system--the price is right if you're a former Piezo
user--and, based on a Piezo print of John Custodio's that I recently
discovered I had and forgot about which was printed on PR 308, I really like
the "feel" (tactile) of this paper.

Sam - Don't put those 1160's out to pasture, yet...I know there have been
minor issues with this printer--after all it was never intended as a "pro"
product--but, for me, it has been a real workhorse over the years. I've had
mine for nearly 4 years, now, and it still produces beautiful quadtone
prints!

Alan Huntley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam McCandless" <samcc@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] PhotoRag 308


Neither of my 1160s has ever had a paper-feed problem at any weight,
not even when I forget the backer board. I've even had one of them
feed and print _on_ a backer board as heavy as 364 lb (a Crane
sample) when I under-counted the stock on which I was printing. What
would account for this I don't know except that I've never used a
paper coated with anything which would make the rollers slick.
Probably I should replace my 1160s, but I haven't used them much and
hate to let them go.