QTR-Quadtone RIP

Myron,

> Hmmm. I looked at paper that the 1800 was feeding through (but not
> printing), and there are rubber-roller marks on it. Either the
> paper is catching on something (although it does not feel like it)
> or the rollers have become too slippery.

There is a big rotating rubber feeder roller that loads the paper from the
multi-sheet feeder.
This gets clogged with paper coating and then can't grip the paper properly
so it damages the paper surface as it loads.
I've seen this with papers like Epson Ultrasmooth (which should be feed
through manual feed, but that doesn't work with QTR).

I have used some cleaning sheets to remove this junk off my 1900 roller.
I use Epson A4 cleaning sheets. I think you can buy similar things, probably
cheaper, from Staples in the US.

You just have to be careful feeding the sticky paper as its very thin and
there is a danger it misfeeds as it comes out of the printer and folds up
inside the printer. Easy to remove, but head can get jammed against it.
But it does the job and you can see all the junk on the sticky paper after
use.

Happy printing.

Mike
2008/12/24 Myron Gochnauer <goch@...>

>
> > Hmmm. I looked at paper that the 1800 was feeding through (but not
> > printing), and there are rubber-roller marks on it. Either the
> > paper is catching on something (although it does not feel like it)
> > or the rollers have become too slippery.
> >
>
> > Any idea how to recondition the paper rollers? The printer is not
> > old, so they should not need replacing.
> >
>
> >
> > >> The problem: the Ilford paper is so stiff, and the surface so
> > >> delicate, that it will not reliably feed through the "tray" feeder,
> > >> and I have *never* been able to get the single-sheet feeder at the
> > >> back of the printer to work properly.
> >
> >
> > >I just tried some Gold Fibre Silk with an 1800 and it fed perfectly
> > through the tray >feeder. I sent the first one through with a slight
> > push and then tried it even without the >push and it was fine. I'm
> > seeing a lot of post about 1800 feed issues and wonder if >there is
> > something that can go out of adjustment or there is a very wide
> > latitude in >printers out of the factory.
> >
> >
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