QTR-Quadtone RIP

I learned how to make palladium prints using digital negatives, printed using a QTR driver
at a workshop done with Kerik Kouklis at PF in Montana .


The first step of making calibration step wedges and creating printing profiles, here at home, seems to have gone ok.


However now that I am trying to make prints i am having a problem.


The Epson r2400 doesn't seem to recognize the thin Pictorico sheet using the top paper feed, so I am
taping the Pictorico to cardboard and using the front feed. The feeding part seems to work, but the print has a problem.


Once the digital negative print gets near the end (about .75 inches from the end) I get a black band, which of course is lighter
on the palladium print. I thought this was an aberration so I printed another digital negative, same problem but the band
is slightly narrower. I have uploaded a scan of the palladium print to an album, so you might see the problem.


Can anyone tell me why this is happening and How I can correct the problem.


thanks
Frank Eberdt

This is a known problem with some Epson printers such as the 2400, 2800, 2880 and R3000. The solution to this is to tape your sheet to a larger sheet of carrier paper. In my case, I tape an 8.5x11 inch piece of Pictorico to the center of a legal-size sheet (8.5x14 inch) and center the image in this larger area. Anything in the first or last inch or so of the negative will have this problem and this is the only fix I am aware of.

Clay