Sam, I found that I could not use your method as the problem is not consistent enough; at times the shorter side is on the reverse. I have also removed all the pizza wheels which did not make any difference. Switching back to the manual feed has solved the problem except that it is a little harder with very heavy paper which I have given up on. Somerset Velvet is the one I return to again and again; the Arches 140 lb. is just causing to many problems for me. I have also put some of the pizza wheels back as they help me with lining up the starting point for the paper. It looks like the experimenting with stronger springs (after removing the guts of the printer) did not yield satisfactory results either. I wonder if Jon Cone ever found a solution, I did not keep up on that list and therefore don't know. I am happy that using the manual slot has solved this for me. Thanks for the concern. Ursula Freer http://UrsulaFreer.com Sam Taylor wrote: > Ursula, I think some months ago, possibly on the PiezographyBW(3000) list > this problem was mentioned once before and I found a work around that seems > to be fine for my art prints. Whe printing in the larger sizes, using the > straight through path, such as 15 X 19 or similiar, I got prints that were > consistantly 3/16 longer on the top side.(Horizontal landscape print) > > What I did since it was a consistant problem was ollow this workflow. > > 1. Take the final image, select all. > > 2. Go to he edit menu,> choose transform,>choose distort. > > 3. Depending on the image size, you have two choices; I would make the long > side 3/16 shorter or the short side 3/16 longer. This will work in every > case for me and I would end up with perfectly square prints and no visible > distortion in the final product. > > In my case smaller prints such as 11 X 14 on the 3000 will be off by 1/8 > longer on the top side, so I use the same distoration only use the > measurement of the distoration (1/8) > > I only use the straight through path on my two 3000s. Interestingly enough, > on the 3000 I use for Piezography, with the Piezo driver there is no > distoration. If I use the Epson driver on the same printer, there is > distoration. > > Anyway, give it a try, I am sure this will work in your case if the > distoration is a consistant issue. I also have removed all pizza wheels from > both printers. > > -- > Regards, Sam > - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.