Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone encountered this behavior and found a fix.

Situation:
Printer - Epson 2200 (using UC inks, not that I think that matters)
Image size - 8x10
Paper size - letter with image centered
Paper - Ilford smooth pearl, although it happens with others (e.g. EEM)
Software - QTR

The last few passes of the print head seem to swipe the paper as its
trailing edge passes by leaving a smear of black ink on the image and
border. If I lift the leading edge of the paper up at this stage of printing
the effect is reduced and is confined to the side of the paper nearest the
head parking position.

This doesn't happen with color images printed with the Epson driver. I
suspect that's because the Epson driver does not print as close to the
papers trailing edge without a warning (which I typically heed), as QTR
does.

I've noticed that inside the printer just downstream from the print head
path is a platen with a lot of little wheels with a squiggly metal rim
(pizza wheels?). This platen is raised and does not seem to contact the
paper is it passes. I vaguely recall lifting that bar sometime in the past,
but not doing anything specific to hold it up permanently. I'm wondering if
that might be my problem. 

Any suggestions or ideas how to fix or investigate this problem further
before I take the beast to Epson for repair?

Tom Moore

I had that same problem,

It might be slightly different than yours though, it had to do with 
the paper having a slight bend along with not having the paper side 
fences not tight enough.

Jules



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore" 
<r.t.moore@r...> wrote:
> Has anyone encountered this behavior and found a fix.
> 
> Situation:
> Printer - Epson 2200 (using UC inks, not that I think that matters)
> Image size - 8x10
> Paper size - letter with image centered
> Paper - Ilford smooth pearl, although it happens with others (e.g. 
EEM)
> Software - QTR
> 
> The last few passes of the print head seem to swipe the paper as its
> trailing edge passes by leaving a smear of black ink on the image 
and
> border. If I lift the leading edge of the paper up at this stage of 
printing
> the effect is reduced and is confined to the side of the paper 
nearest the
> head parking position.
> 
> This doesn't happen with color images printed with the Epson 
driver. I
> suspect that's because the Epson driver does not print as close to 
the
> papers trailing edge without a warning (which I typically heed), as 
QTR
> does.
> 
> I've noticed that inside the printer just downstream from the print 
head
> path is a platen with a lot of little wheels with a squiggly metal 
rim
> (pizza wheels?). This platen is raised and does not seem to contact 
the
> paper is it passes. I vaguely recall lifting that bar sometime in 
the past,
> but not doing anything specific to hold it up permanently. I'm 
wondering if
> that might be my problem. 
> 
> Any suggestions or ideas how to fix or investigate this problem 
further

> before I take the beast to Epson for repair?
> 
> Tom Moore

Tom

This is what the pizza wheels are for - to hold the paper down.  Lift the
bar and wheels and they no longer perform their function.  (I actually
ripped my pizza wheels out rather than lifting the bar.  I added three back:
one on the far right, one on the far left to guide A3+ paper out and one in
the middle to guide the left side of A4 out.)

Steve

> From: lulalake_1999 <lulalake_1999@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:48:20 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 print head contacting paper (slightly OT)
> 
> 
> 
> I had that same problem,
> 
> It might be slightly different than yours though, it had to do with
> the paper having a slight bend along with not having the paper side
> fences not tight enough.
> 
> Jules
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore"
> <r.t.moore@r...> wrote:
>> Has anyone encountered this behavior and found a fix.
>> 
>> Situation:
>> Printer - Epson 2200 (using UC inks, not that I think that matters)
>> Image size - 8x10
>> Paper size - letter with image centered
>> Paper - Ilford smooth pearl, although it happens with others (e.g.
> EEM)
>> Software - QTR
>> 
>> The last few passes of the print head seem to swipe the paper as its
>> trailing edge passes by leaving a smear of black ink on the image
> and
>> border. If I lift the leading edge of the paper up at this stage of
> printing
>> the effect is reduced and is confined to the side of the paper
> nearest the
>> head parking position.
>> 
>> This doesn't happen with color images printed with the Epson
> driver. I
>> suspect that's because the Epson driver does not print as close to
> the
>> papers trailing edge without a warning (which I typically heed), as
> QTR
>> does.
>> 
>> I've noticed that inside the printer just downstream from the print
> head
>> path is a platen with a lot of little wheels with a squiggly metal
> rim
>> (pizza wheels?). This platen is raised and does not seem to contact
> the
>> paper is it passes. I vaguely recall lifting that bar sometime in
> the past,
>> but not doing anything specific to hold it up permanently. I'm
> wondering if
>> that might be my problem.
>> 
>> Any suggestions or ideas how to fix or investigate this problem
> further
>> before I take the beast to Epson for repair?
>> 
>> Tom Moore