The 1400 (and probably the 1430) often microband unless both feed rollers are engaged. That means that you need at least 1 inch borders top and bottom for best results with many setups. I often print only 7x9" images on letter size paper.
The more inks that are firing the more the driver can hide the defects. The Epson driver does a bit better than QTR, but QTR with the dedicated B&W inkset ("2K2LK" setup) hides the defects better also. I've printed a lot of very nice cards with 1/4" borders on the leading edge -- not perfect, but almost always good enough.
Paul
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 7:48 AM, <jasonploegman@...> wrote:
I just bought my first 13" printer (epson 1430) and wanted to try some black and white using Paul Roark's method with the normal inks installed. I thought it looked really good, however the starting edge started a bit faded and the end of the sheet faded down to nothing over an inch of space. Any ideas how I can fix it so it prints clean edge to edge? This was not a borderless print or anything. Just a normal TIFF loaded in the QTR gui and center/fit selected.