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Last evening I was doing some test prints with QTR and I thought I detected a dotted line 
across one of the prints. Well I detected same with a magnifying glass. The first thought that 
came to me was "pizza wheel" marks. Has any one else experienced this problem. I know 
some of the older Epson printers did this and MIS had a tutorial to correct it. Just checked MIS 
but found nothing. Any suggestions. I've already got a CIS installed so I'm not concerned with 
mods if necessary.

Regards, Marvin

I don't know if MIS has any accessories that deal with pizza wheel marks on
a 1400.  The exit rollers are so important to the 1400 that I'm not sure
disabling them would be a good idea.  Finding a paper that doesn't show the
marks might be easier.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

 

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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:06 PM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Epson 1400 pizza wheel marks

 

Last evening I was doing some test prints with QTR and I thought I detected
a dotted line 
across one of the prints. Well I detected same with a magnifying glass. The
first thought that 
came to me was "pizza wheel" marks. Has any one else experienced this
problem. I know 
some of the older Epson printers did this and MIS had a tutorial to correct
it. Just checked MIS 
but found nothing. Any suggestions. I've already got a CIS installed so I'm
not concerned with 
mods if necessary.

Regards, Marvin

 



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I'm not familiar with the mechanics of the 1400, but to the extent
that the exit rollers are like 2200's, this may help:

Add 1" (or whatever approximates the height of the paper when it
leaves the exit rollers) to the exit platform. I do this simply by
laying a photo paper box on the reception tray. 

The problem has to do with the way the paper bends on exiting...reduce
or eliminate the last bend and you may eliminate the flaws.

I struggled with pizza and other marks on some of the pseudo-silver
semi-gloss and gloss papers, was told by the marketing director of one
of the best manufacturers that this was inevitable with 2200 and even
2400...but I instantly eliminated the problem with that simple fix.
Unfortunately, that fix won't eliminate 2200's B&W bronzing :-(


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "pixelphoto2005" <pixelphoto@...>
wrote:
>
> Last evening I was doing some test prints with QTR and I thought I
detected a dotted line 
> across one of the prints. Well I detected same with a magnifying
glass. The first thought that 
> came to me was "pizza wheel" marks. Has any one else experienced
this problem. I know 
> some of the older Epson printers did this and MIS had a tutorial to
correct it. Just checked MIS 
> but found nothing. Any suggestions. I've already got a CIS installed
so I'm not concerned with 

> mods if necessary.
> 
> Regards, Marvin
>

I've been able to eliminate the pizza wheel tracks by sticking a  
sheet of fairly heavy paper in the 2200 through the rear feed slot  
with the paper clamp (or whatever it is called) set loose and pulling  
the paper quickly back and forth while blasting the offending wheel  
with compressed air from a can.  Maybe the air blows out the dirt or  
there may be some lubricant mixed in with it. So far it has worked.   
When it doesn't I'll probably get a new machine.

Bob Gaunt

Hahnemeule Photo Rag is famous (may be urban legend about one of my
favorite papers, but I tend to believe it) for leaving something on
rollers... the treated sheets from common Office Depot/Staples printer
cleaning kits seem to deal with this, as they also do with ink
buildups on print heads...

Wouldn't it be great if cheap, common, office supply store printer
cleaning supplies did what the claim ? I suspect they can.

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gaunt <rh.gaunt@...> wrote:

>
> I've been able to eliminate the pizza wheel tracks by sticking a  
> sheet of fairly heavy paper in the 2200 through the rear feed slot  
> with the paper clamp (or whatever it is called) set loose and pulling  
> the paper quickly back and forth while blasting the offending wheel  
> with compressed air from a can.  Maybe the air blows out the dirt or  
> there may be some lubricant mixed in with it. So far it has worked.   
> When it doesn't I'll probably get a new machine.
> 
> Bob Gaunt
>