Digital BW, The Print

Got MIS Eboni ink carts for my R800, figured out how to make a profile
with my EyeOne and was printing up a storm with scans from my 6x7 and
35mm days.  tonight my prints are showing bands at the beginning and
end of each print,  Since this never happened before, using gloss
paper almost entirely, my guess is that matte paper leaves some dust
or particles on the platen(s) and that this is released when the paper
is initialy grabbed to feed and at the end when it is to be ejected
from the printer. Any advice as to how I can back to the pleasures of
all black printing?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
John

I noted in my write-up of the R1800 3-MK approach that I'd had some problems
with the edges of particularly thick papers.  See
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800-Image-Structure.pdf  So, for example,
I usually print 9 x 7 images on letter size paper.  I think it's a paper
transport issue.  

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

 

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Subject: [Digital BW] Banding at start and finish of QTR printing with MIS
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Got MIS Eboni ink carts for my R800, figured out how to make a profile
with my EyeOne and was printing up a storm with scans from my 6x7 and
35mm days. tonight my prints are showing bands at the beginning and
end of each print, Since this never happened before, using gloss
paper almost entirely, my guess is that matte paper leaves some dust
or particles on the platen(s) and that this is released when the paper
is initialy grabbed to feed and at the end when it is to be ejected
from the printer. Any advice as to how I can back to the pleasures of
all black printing?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
John

 



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Thanks to Paul Roark.  By printing a smaller image, I no longer get
banding, so I guess it is a transport mechanism problem on these
printers.   Curiously, it doesn't occur in color printing on them.   The
header should read R800, but I guess readers know what I intended.
John
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> I noted in my write-up of the R1800 3-MK approach that I'd had some
problems
> with the edges of particularly thick papers.  See
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800-Image-Structure.pdf  So, for
example,
> I usually print 9 x 7 images on letter size paper.  I think it's a
paper
> transport issue.
>
>
>
> Paul
>
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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I have noticed the same banding near the edges on prints made using my 
R300 and to a lesser extent (but still present) with my R2200. This is 
not a factor with my R2400, even under the loupe, so Epson seems to 
have addressed the issue on newer models. I have heard it is a problem 
on the R800 and also the R1800, although I cannot verify this. Over 
time, I have observed that it is, in fact, a paper transport issue. If 
the printer is still printing while the paper is being advanced with 
only one set of rollers as opposed to two (as the paper has run out), 
then banding results. As a result, I have to print on larger papers and 
I "no longer squeeze 4 6"x9" prints on a sheet of 13"x19" or 2 8"x12" 
prints. One solution is to tape a header and footer strip of the same 
thickness paper to the sheet, but that is both time-consuming and a 
hassle.

Paul G.  

> > I usually print 9 x 7 images on letter size paper.  I think it's a
> paper
> > transport issue.
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>