Re: Archival Matte Problem

["Robert Snow" <rssnow@1starnet.com>]

<x-charset Windows-1252>Jim:

I haven't been following this thread, but can help
on the pizza wheels marks.

Normally, one doesn't see them at all on matte
type papers, but with the glossy surfaces.

Open the lid of your printer.  The row of small
black 'wheels' that are across the machine are in
pairs and if you look closely, you can see the
metal 'pizza wheels' inbetween.  These will
puncture through the gloss of some papers,
especially in the dark areas if I remember
correctly.  Sooo, what you see with them is a row
of perforations, or dots, from front to back on
the print.

Thus, you are right in assuming that they would
not be 'across' the print.  Neither would they
appear as any sort of banding.  For printers that
have this problem (badly), it can be resolved by
simply putting a thin washer (usually 1/32 inch)
under each end of the metal plate that holds them.

Hope you find a 'fix' for your problem.

bob snow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Warthman"
<jim.warthman@affinity-systems-inc.com>

My question is about the pizza-wheel issue. I have
never paid much attention
to it, so I don't really know what it looks like.
I have the impression that
pizza wheel tracks don't run across the page, they
run "down" the page. If
this is true, I'm dealing with something else...
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LINKS:

Epson FAQ Site: http://home.att.net/~arwomack01/
Epson List Archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epson-inkjet/


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