Digital BW, The Print

Greetings,

I'm using an R800 for printing images with large areas of black and 
noticing that the printer marks the surface of HPR.

The marks are made by the D shaped pick up roller on the left hand side 
(opposite the adjustable paper guide) and are only visible if that area 
is black.  Unfortunately most of what I'm currently doing are just 
that.

My first R800 died prematurely (due to paper feeding problems as it 
happens) and it exhibited the same behaviour.  I suspect they would all 
do it to HPR, though neither of them mark EAM but it's really not 
noticeable unless the area is black.

Someone suggested I try feeding sheets into the roll feed slot in the 
back but I haven't been able to make that work - can't get the paper in 
the right place.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use sheets in the roll feed 
slot or anything else to try?

Thanks & cheers,

Richard Morton

Richard,

I have had serious paper feed problems with my R800, to the point 
where I am sorry I bought it.  I have found that the problems tend to 
be minimized when there is a substantial stack of paper in the feed 
slot.  I am not sure if that will help with your problem, but it does 
seem to minimize, if not eliminate feed issues.

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Morton 
<soulman@n...> wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm using an R800 for printing images with large areas of black and 
> noticing that the printer marks the surface of HPR.
> 
> The marks are made by the D shaped pick up roller on the left hand 
side 
> (opposite the adjustable paper guide) and are only visible if that 
area 
> is black.  Unfortunately most of what I'm currently doing are just 
> that.
> 
> My first R800 died prematurely (due to paper feeding problems as it 
> happens) and it exhibited the same behaviour.  I suspect they would 
all 
> do it to HPR, though neither of them mark EAM but it's really not 
> noticeable unless the area is black.
> 
> Someone suggested I try feeding sheets into the roll feed slot in 
the 
> back but I haven't been able to make that work - can't get the 
paper in 
> the right place.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use sheets in the roll 
feed 

> slot or anything else to try?
> 
> Thanks & cheers,
> 
> Richard Morton

Hi Steve,

On 15 Mar 2005, at 11:52 PM, Stephen Kobrin wrote:
> I have had serious paper feed problems with my R800, to the point
> where I am sorry I bought it.  I have found that the problems tend to
> be minimized when there is a substantial stack of paper in the feed
> slot.  I am not sure if that will help with your problem, but it does
> seem to minimize, if not eliminate feed issues.

When my original R800 stopped accepting paper, I found that I could 
eventually get it to work again but only with plain paper and only if I 
had a stack of it in the feed tray.  Yours could be afflicted with a 
similar problem.  The new one seems fine in this regard but it hasn't 
done a lot of work yet.

FWIW, Epson Tech Support were extremely helpful.  They guy I spoke to 
asked me a few questions, including how old the machine was, then gave 
me a DOA authorisation number without any prompting from me and in 
spite of the fact that it was just outside their 14 day window for such 
things.


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Morton
> <soulman@n...> wrote:
>> I'm using an R800 for printing images with large areas of black and
>> noticing that the printer marks the surface of HPR...
>>
>> ...Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use sheets in the roll 
>> feed
>> slot or anything else to try?

Doesn't sound like anyone else has tried feeding sheets into the roll 
slot on an R800 then...

Thanks anyway,

Richard