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2016-11-07 by stephan.bruehl@...
I miss the possibility to control the explicit paper settings for the SC-P800, since there is no way to do this directly on the printer control panel (like before with the 3800). I have had issues with head strikes on roll paper (Ilford IGFS) and need to set the platen gap to "wide" and also explicitly define the paper thickness. All this can be done with the Epson print driver, but how can I do it with QTR ???
Best, Stephan
2016-11-07 by Roy Harrington
I miss the possibility to control the explicit paper settings for the SC-P800, since there is no way to do this directly on the printer control panel (like before with the 3800). I have had issues with head strikes on roll paper (Ilford IGFS) and need to set the platen gap to "wide" and also explicitly define the paper thickness. All this can be done with the Epson print driver, but how can I do it with QTR ???
Best, Stephan
2016-11-07 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
You can set the Platen on the P800 directly. I suggest that. best, Walker
> On Nov 7, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Roy Harrington roy@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > I'm not exactly sure since I haven't used P800 much. Manual feeds I think give wider platen gap. > > Roy > > On Monday, November 7, 2016, stephan.bruehl@... <mailto:stephan.bruehl@...> [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com <mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: > > > I miss the possibility to control the explicit paper settings for the SC-P800, since there is no way to do this directly on the printer control panel (like before with the 3800). I have had issues with head strikes on roll paper (Ilford IGFS) and need to set the platen gap to "wide" and also explicitly define the paper thickness. All this can be done with the Epson print driver, but how can I do it with QTR ??? > > > > Best, Stephan > > > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > >
2016-11-07 by Jim Thyer
For the SC-P600 printer, the smaller unit, to set the platen gap wide. On the Printer control panel use Tools/Maintenance/Thick paper, Set Thick paper to ”On”. Note that the original setting is resumed when the printer is switched off. Details in the manual under “Using the Control Panel”. I would expect the SC-P800 to have a similar option. Cheers, Jim Thyer
From: stephan.bruehl@... [QuadtoneRIP] Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 2:21 AM To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] paper settings with QTR for SC-P800 I miss the possibility to control the explicit paper settings for the SC-P800, since there is no way to do this directly on the printer control panel (like before with the 3800). I have had issues with head strikes on roll paper (Ilford IGFS) and need to set the platen gap to "wide" and also explicitly define the paper thickness. All this can be done with the Epson print driver, but how can I do it with QTR ??? Best, Stephan
2016-11-10 by stephan.bruehl@...
2016-11-14 by brian_downunda@...
2016-11-14 by Roy Harrington
I've got a related question regarding my 3880, but my issue is the opposite one. I print on Platine using the sheet feeder and QTR. There's no option to set the platen gap, so one has to assume it9;s using the "standard" setting. No head strikes. But if I use the sheet feeder and the Epson colour driver then I do get head strikes. I'm using the Canson recommended media setting of Premium Semi-Gloss and this sets the platen gap to "auto", whatever that means in this context, and the paper thickness to 3. I'd like to know what setting QTR is using by default, so that I can use that for colour printing. Any tips?
[I know that the rear feeder is supposed to trigger a wider gap for QTR, but it's not clear whether that has any effect when printing via the Epson driver and with a media type that contains paper config settings.]
2016-11-14 by Keith Schreiber
Brian, I'm pretty sure you can set the platen gap from the printer control panel and that setting will be applied unless it is overridden by a software setting. Since QTR does not have a platen gap setting, as Roy has confirmed, this should be the case here. It has worked that way for me over the last 8 years with 3880s and 3800s. Stated another way, I'm fairly certain that the setting QTR uses is whatever you have set at the control panel. There is no AUTO setting on the control panel platen gap. As for color printing with the Epson driver, my understanding is that each media setting has a pre-defined platen gap setting as part of it's configuration. That doesn't mean you'll be able to figure out what it is. ;) But if you are consistently getting head strikes using Canson's recommended settings then why not create a special paper configuration with a wider platen gap? See pages 43-45 of the manual. Cheers, Keith Keith Schreiber jkschreiber.com
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 6:09 PM, brian_downunda@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > I've got a related question regarding my 3880, but my issue is the opposite one. I print on Platine using the sheet feeder and QTR. There's no option to set the platen gap, so one has to assume it's using the "standard" setting. No head strikes. But if I use the sheet feeder and the Epson colour driver then I do get head strikes. I'm using the Canson recommended media setting of Premium Semi-Gloss and this sets the platen gap to "auto", whatever that means in this context, and the paper thickness to 3. I'd like to know what setting QTR is using by default, so that I can use that for colour printing. Any tips? > > [I know that the rear feeder is supposed to trigger a wider gap for QTR, but it's not clear whether that has any effect when printing via the Epson driver and with a media type that contains paper config settings.] > >
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