jyrkialanen Posted February 4, 2010 Share #1 Posted February 4, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi everyone. I'm once again asking for your assistance. Yesterday I bought 50 sheets of Ilford A4 Gold fibre silk paper. When I printed to it using the rear manual feeder I got bad results. At all the for corners there was an area of 1cm x 1cm with vertical print head scratches. I tried several sheets, and the scratches were allways there at the same places. In between the Ilford sheets I tried Photo Rag Baryta with no problems. Then I decided to try the front manual feeder. The scratches were gone, but also part of the picture was missing. When the paper was at landscape orientation, the vertical borders were much too wide taking away parts of the photo. The horisontal borders remained at the right width. The parts, where there were scratches before, remained to be seen. I just wonder what I'm doing wrong with the front feeder? I didn't change anything in Lightroom, only the paper feeder in the epson driver. I would also be curious to know, is there a problem with my printer with those scratches or is it just something that can occur with some papers unless using the front feeder. I noticed cuite a bit curling with the Ilford paper compared to Photo ragt baryta. I would be very grateful for any help with this. Thanks! Best regards, Jyrki Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lorenzda Posted February 4, 2010 Share #2 Posted February 4, 2010 Hi Jyrki have you adjusted medium setting? F.I: on my printer (Epson 3800) when using Photo Rag Pearl Hahnemuhle (paper thick) I have to modify standard setting, in according to specific prescription Hahnemuhle (platen gap etc.) and I have no problem. I hope my answer useful. Otherwise I'm sorry! Ciao Lorenzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted February 4, 2010 Share #3 Posted February 4, 2010 I use Ilford GFS A4 on my 3800 (not latest 3880). I use Epson Premium Semigloss as the paper choice and feed from the standard position (not front or rear). No problems at all. Paper thickness 3 mm, platen gap to auto. High speed, edge smoothing and finest detail all not ticked. But I dont know how the 3880 driver differs from the 3800 driver. Someone mentioned to me that there where various problems with the 3880 but he was not specific. Colour management in Photoshop not the Epson driver. Hope this is helpful. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyrkialanen Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted February 4, 2010 Thank you for the quick replies! I haven't had any problems with other papers before even using the auto feeder, so this whole thing seems quite odd. The thing that puzzles me the most, is that when using the front feeder the print was incomplete. So if there's someone using the front feeder who could help me, I would be very happy! BR, Jyrki Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 5, 2010 Share #5 Posted February 5, 2010 Interesting. I use Ilford GFS for color and Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl and Baryta for b&w in my 3800. The Hahnemuhle, due to its thickness and tendency to curl, has had feed issues, while the Ilford has been error free. I put the Ilford in the top feeder...not the back or the front. Have you tried the top auto feed? I haven't had to adjust the platen gap for the Ilford, only for the Hahnemuhle, which I mainly now print through the front feeder. One thing to keep in mind is to keep the print borders wide enough so that the head is not striking too close to the sides of the paper. That was causing some skewing problems with my Hahnemuhle prior to making adjustments. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyrkialanen Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted February 5, 2010 Thank you again Jeff! I tried the wider setting for platen gap with Ilford yesterday, and that worked without any problems. Jeff, Because you are using the front feeder, maybe you could help me with it. As I described, the prints were scratch free, but the vertical borders came out to be too wide, taking away parts (at least 1cm at each side) of the photo. Is there something wrong with my print settings or in the way I feed the paper. I didn't change any settings in Lightroom, just the paper setting in Epson driver to the setting "A4 front feeder". Thank you in advance! Best regards, Jyrki Edit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 5, 2010 Share #7 Posted February 5, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Under page set-up (lower left box in the Lightroom print section), do you have that set on "US letter size manual front feed"? If not, that could be an issue. If you already do this, then it seems problem is with your page layout/margin settings. (I'm assuming you're putting paper in correctly...just put in far right side, line up front of page with the white line and push down arrow until ready to print.) Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted February 6, 2010 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2010 I use GFS in my 3880 without any problems. I do feed from the standard slot on top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyrkialanen Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted February 7, 2010 Under page set-up (lower left box in the Lightroom print section), do you have that set on "US letter size manual front feed"? If not, that could be an issue. If you already do this, then it seems problem is with your page layout/margin settings. (I'm assuming you're putting paper in correctly...just put in far right side, line up front of page with the white line and push down arrow until ready to print.) Jeff Hello Jeff! Thank you again very much. You were right. I hadn't changed the paper size under Lightroom page set-up and that's why part of the print was missing when using the front feed. Actually the standard auto feed works also, if I change platen gap to "wider" setting, so now I have two options with GFS. Once again, Thanks! Best regards, Jyrki Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 7, 2010 Share #10 Posted February 7, 2010 Happy it worked! I put Gold Fibre Silk in the top auto feed without adjusting the platen gap. Never a problem. Are you sure you need to fuss with it? (Just remember to change the page set-up again.) Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyrkialanen Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share #11 Posted February 8, 2010 Hi Jeff! Well, the head strike doesn't happen every time with auto feeder even if the platen gap is set to "auto", but it does occur once in a while. I tried the "wide" setting which made the problem worse, but with "wider" setting everything works like a charm. It's funny that with Photo Rag Baryta there are no problems what so ever with auto feeder and platen gap "auto" setting. Idon't know if I should be concerned and contact Epson or just enjoy printing with the "wider" setting with GFS. Anyways, I haven't noticed changing the setting to "wider" affecting the print quality. Best regards, Jyrki Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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