Julia
Printing Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2019
- Messages
- 18
- Reaction score
- 8
- Points
- 16
- Printer Model
- Epson Surecolor P400
Because Fine-art paper is expensive, I do several proofs small on the same sheet of paper checking colours etc. Every now and again when there are already one or two prints on the page, the printer may a) just print a narrow strip, b) or pretends to print (noise of printing) and nothing comes out. c) or, despite loading having been fine, goes to cancel and makes it impossible to get the paper out (appropriate buttons wont work) until you are obliged to press print in desperation...at which it prints my proof some inches down from where I have designated it!
I presume there must be some sort of sensor. In desperation I turn the paper upside down and then it prints in the right place (meaning meaning where I have positioned it on 'print with preview'. This has happened several times. I wouldn't mind knowing why, and how to avoid it as it is time-consuming and a pain! Particularly trying to get the paper to eject when it had loaded perfectly OK.
Just a small tip for owners of this machine... having had trouble with back loading...(as with my previous Epson R1800) very capricious about taking the paper, I find that holding the paper guide closely to the paper so it has almost no room for movement seems to solve the problem.
Other than the above problems the printer prints very well and crisply. I think the orange ink instead of an additional blue was a bad choice as there is a constant bias towards cyan (the only blue it has)...however that probably doesn't affect most people.
I would be interested to hear if others have had these behavioral problems...and if anyone knows why.
Thanks, Julia
I presume there must be some sort of sensor. In desperation I turn the paper upside down and then it prints in the right place (meaning meaning where I have positioned it on 'print with preview'. This has happened several times. I wouldn't mind knowing why, and how to avoid it as it is time-consuming and a pain! Particularly trying to get the paper to eject when it had loaded perfectly OK.
Just a small tip for owners of this machine... having had trouble with back loading...(as with my previous Epson R1800) very capricious about taking the paper, I find that holding the paper guide closely to the paper so it has almost no room for movement seems to solve the problem.
Other than the above problems the printer prints very well and crisply. I think the orange ink instead of an additional blue was a bad choice as there is a constant bias towards cyan (the only blue it has)...however that probably doesn't affect most people.
I would be interested to hear if others have had these behavioral problems...and if anyone knows why.
Thanks, Julia