QTR-Quadtone RIP

I haven't heard of head scraping on the R800 and people use a lot 
thicker
paper than Epson HW Matte.
It's hard to visualize what you mean by 3/8 inch scrapes but I suspect 
that
you are getting some banding or roller wheel scrapes.
In the email you sent me you used 1440 resolution.  The R800 is best at
2880 dpi and that is what all the K7 profiles are designed for.   The 
other issue
is that the print top and bottom areas are always more prone to banding.
Leaving more white margin is a good idea.

Roy

On Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 03:46  PM, David Polcyn wrote:

> Hi All, I hope someone can help. I just loaded my K-7 inks and
> installed the rip and Epson R800 profiles and started with Epson
> Matte/Hwt paper to get set up. The print looks great but there are
> two lines  of 3/8 inch scrapes just about the whole length of the
> print. It looks like the print head or something else is making
> contact. I put it back on the Epson print settings and it went
> through fine. Is like the matte setting is not raising the print head
> enough. Has anyone had a similar problem and is there a fix.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Polcyn
>
>
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Roy Harrington
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