Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I think the purpose of the spiked wheels is to keep the paper flat so that 
the print head maintains the correct distance from the paper. It would 
bother the printer if the paper curled up and hit the printhead.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>





The wheels are not mechanically powered in any way.  They simply roll over 
the top of the
paper.  As a result I am somewhat confidant their removal won't bother the 
printer in any
way.

A while ago I whined about not being able to print perfectly centred prints
with Epson's driver on a 2100/2200 printer.

I thought choosing this option in Photoshop's "Print with preview" would be
enough, but the Epson driver (v. 5.50 on XP) seems to manage all the
printing parameters besides colour management...

In paper properties (in the Epson driver) there's an option under "Printable
area" where it's possible to choose "Centred" (although it's written
"Centered" - the driver indicates Epson 2100, so I guess it's supposed to be
the English version) ;-)

Anyway, it works. Hope this helps anyone...

José

I thought of that but having read about what various ink suppliers had said
about them I do believe they are rather useless and they are a nightmare for
glossy prints.

http://inksupply.info/index.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=2

http://www.inkjetart.com/pizza/index.html

I will keep people posted of any problems.

> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:35:30 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Removing pizza wheels from the 21/2200
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I think the purpose of the spiked wheels is to keep the paper flat so that
> the print head maintains the correct distance from the paper. It would
> bother the printer if the paper curled up and hit the printhead.
> 
> Bob Frost.
>

Steve,

Well, I've had an EX, 1270, 1290, 2100, and R800, and never felt the need to 
remove them. Yes, you can see marks on dark areas with a lens, but no-one 
has ever commented on them with normal viewing. And that is using Premium 
Glossy a lot of the time. But then, I use Epson inks which dry quickly and 
mostly avoid the problem. If you use other inks that don't dry so quickly, 
then you may have a problem.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>



I thought of that but having read about what various ink suppliers had said
about them I do believe they are rather useless and they are a nightmare for
glossy prints.