Digital BW, The Print

I have an Epson R220 that I will be converting to B&W using MIS inks.  
Can anyone tell me if this printer can use the thicker fine art 
papers, or am I limited to the more traditional ink jet papers?

Thanks,
Paul S. Baxter

Paul,

I've not had much luck with thick papers (300gsm or more) with the
R220 even though I've clicked on the Maintenance Tab, then "Printer
and Option Information" and check "Thick Paper and envelopes".

I've tried guiding the paper by hand, using only one sheet or several
as backing, even foam core. Thick paper engages on first try only once
in a while.

Cheers,
Andre

I have three R200 printers, and they all don't do well with fine art
papers, so I think this is characteristic of the beast. I suspect the
R220 isn't going to be any better.
The problem is with feeding the paper -- if you can manually coax the
paper into the printer, it will print 190 - 300 gsm papers without
smearing. The print driver actually has a setting for thicker
papers/envelopes that changes the distance between the print head and
the paper, but this won't help with the funky paper feed. My R200s
often misfeed even supported papers like Epson Enhanced Matte and 
plain bond. I am satisfied with the print quality -- I have an R200
dedicated to B&W and have used MIS UT-FSN and UT-R2.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulsbaxter"
<paulsbaxter@...> wrote:

>
> I have an Epson R220 that I will be converting to B&W using MIS inks.  
> Can anyone tell me if this printer can use the thicker fine art 
> papers, or am I limited to the more traditional ink jet papers?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul S. Baxter
>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulsbaxter" <paulsbaxter@...> 
wrote:
>
> I have an Epson R220 that I will be converting to B&W using MIS inks.  
> Can anyone tell me if this printer can use the thicker fine art 
> papers, or am I limited to the more traditional ink jet papers?

I have two R220s, one for b&w and the other color.  I start to have problems at 300 gsm.  
Crane Silver rag (300 gsm) mis-feeds about one time out of five and a 315 gsm matte 
paper I use has to be manually aided at start everytime but it is something I got used to 
easily.  You just have to re-feed the paper and always feed them individually.  I haven't 
tried anything above the 315 gsm which is textured and quite stiff.  

Once started, all the papers feed without problem with the exception of Crane Silver Rag 
and occasionally Epson Premium Glossy.  The problem there can be on prints where the 
image runs close to the trailing edge. There is a little curl to the paper coming out of the 
box, especially in the Crane SR.  The curl has to be shaped out manually to keep the print 
head from catching the edge after the trailing edge of the paper has left the back feed 
mechanism and there are two or three passes of the print head left to go.  The curl is 
between the long edges, 90 degrees to a typical roll curl so that may happen on any 
printer.  The denser the print the more it happens, but at nearly two bucks a sheet there is 
a quick incentive to sort that problem out and it is not insurmountable.  It's a great b&w 
printer by the way with lots of inkset options.