I bought a C120 for it's ability to print up to 44" banner output. I want to use it for genealogical charts and the price point was excellent.
I had a R800 a few years back. My process for printing continuous, long, multiple page charts (see below) worked with the R800. But the ink ultimately clogged out (as Epsons' are wont to do....) and I could not recover the printer. However, I saved the roll paper attachments and made a little mount for them.
I assumed I could set the mount on top of the printer and feed the roll into the C120. It unspools the paper very easily. Previously, on the R800, when the paper roll was used with a 44" length setting in the printer set-up, it was possible to print multiple 44" pages and get a continuous long output. There was a very small space generated by the page feed (page margins set to zero) but not particularly distracting with the finished output.
With the C120 when I attempt the same trick the first 44" page prints out fine but then the printer starts feeding page after page (44" long - I guess - it's hard to tell - it's pretty fast) without printing. I shut if off because I was not interested in seeing if if would eat my entire 100 foot paper roll. It just does not seem to like continuous roll paper.
The possibilities appear to be - revised Epson print driver or there is a paper sensor sequence that looks for the end of a page to clear the printer feed path before "accepting" a new page. This would be independent of selected paper length - be it 11" or on out to 44". If it seeks the beginning of a new page - the continuous sheet should pass the test.
Seeking illumination as to what is going on...... my work-around would be to elect to cut off the roll 44" lengths, print single 44" sheets, and tape them together, but the old process on the R800 resulted in a much more elegant output - a nice long scroll!
Comments?
TIA
Rip
I had a R800 a few years back. My process for printing continuous, long, multiple page charts (see below) worked with the R800. But the ink ultimately clogged out (as Epsons' are wont to do....) and I could not recover the printer. However, I saved the roll paper attachments and made a little mount for them.
I assumed I could set the mount on top of the printer and feed the roll into the C120. It unspools the paper very easily. Previously, on the R800, when the paper roll was used with a 44" length setting in the printer set-up, it was possible to print multiple 44" pages and get a continuous long output. There was a very small space generated by the page feed (page margins set to zero) but not particularly distracting with the finished output.
With the C120 when I attempt the same trick the first 44" page prints out fine but then the printer starts feeding page after page (44" long - I guess - it's hard to tell - it's pretty fast) without printing. I shut if off because I was not interested in seeing if if would eat my entire 100 foot paper roll. It just does not seem to like continuous roll paper.
The possibilities appear to be - revised Epson print driver or there is a paper sensor sequence that looks for the end of a page to clear the printer feed path before "accepting" a new page. This would be independent of selected paper length - be it 11" or on out to 44". If it seeks the beginning of a new page - the continuous sheet should pass the test.
Seeking illumination as to what is going on...... my work-around would be to elect to cut off the roll 44" lengths, print single 44" sheets, and tape them together, but the old process on the R800 resulted in a much more elegant output - a nice long scroll!
Comments?
TIA
Rip
