epson 2200 help
 

Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium
gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help
appreciated
Gary

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epson 2200 help
 

From: "GLL"

Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium
gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help
appreciated

I have the 2200 but haven't seen this problem. However I did hear of someone
who put a sheet of glossy photo paper in upside down and the ink wouldn't dry
fast enough on the backing, so ink got on the rollers and smeared subsequent
prints. Epson provides a spatula-like tool with a pad on the end with the
printer which you can use to clean the ink off the rollers.

Dunno if that's what happened to yours but worth checking out. The "Printer
Basics" manual describes how to do this on pg 65.

Hope this helps.

Bill

epson 2200 help
 

I don't have any problems like this; however, I always uncheck the high
speed box on about anything except straight text. It is possible, with some
papers, that the amount of ink being put down doesn't dry fast enough
especially with high speed running.

Shoot'em up, print with anything, Agfa, Fuji, Kodak and all the rest will
love you for it!!

Jim

"GLL" wrote in message
...
Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium
gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help
appreciated
Gary

epson 2200 help
 

Found the setting you are talking about plus I slowed the ink time and it
fixed the problem, which brings me to the next two items, type of paper and
profiles. any suggestions on them.
thanks
Gary


"JIM" wrote in message
om...
I don't have any problems like this; however, I always uncheck the high
speed box on about anything except straight text. It is possible, with
some
papers, that the amount of ink being put down doesn't dry fast enough
especially with high speed running.

Shoot'em up, print with anything, Agfa, Fuji, Kodak and all the rest will
love you for it!!

Jim

"GLL" wrote in message
...
Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are
sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP
premium
gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help
appreciated
Gary

epson 2200 help
 

From: "GLL"

type of paper and
profiles. any suggestions on them.

Epson makes six papers for the 2200 and all are very good. I especially like
Premium Luster, Premium Semi-Gloss and Watercolor - Radiant White but you might
like one of the other three better. You said in an email you use HP paper,
that's your problem, the printer drivers don't put down the right amount of ink
for it because the driver has no profile for it, so the ink doesn't dry before
it hits the rollers and you get the smear.

Just print out a test image on each of the six papers (you need to change the
photo black to matte black for the art and matte papers, and vice versa for the
glossy papers) and see what looks best to you. You probably got 2 or 3 of them
for free with the printer.

For profiles, use the ones provided by Epson with the printer, these are fairly
accurate ICM profiles for each paper. Easiest way to access them is to open
the printer driver interface, set 'quality' to 'photo' or 'best photo' and
select the paper type, then click 'advanced' and in the Color Management box
click ICM and leave it at 'Applied by Printer Software' (this last step appears
on XP but not on 2000 and possibly other OS's). That's it. (There's a more
flexible way to do it in Photoshop but this should get you started).

You asked about using AdobeRGB as the profile ... AdobeRGB is an abstract
working space, not a device-specific profile. It's a good choice for files
destined for the inkjet printers, but don't use it as a profile.

Bill

epson 2200 help
 

"GLL" wrote in message
...
Found the setting you are talking about plus I slowed the ink time and it
fixed the problem, which brings me to the next two items, type of paper
and
profiles. any suggestions on them.
thanks
Gary

I like Epson's Archival Matte papers. I don't like the way the 2200's inks
look on any of the photo glossy papers. They look fine, as long as you don't
study'em too close and only look at them head on (it's a pigment ink v/s dye
based ink problem); however, I much prefer their premium luster photo or
semi-gloss papers - just can't get used to the effect w/glossy stuff. I have
seen where some have had success with photo glossy paper from another
manufacturer, but don't have that name off-hand. Another paper that is
really nice is the Epson Velvet Fine Art paper. It is large, 13"x19", and
expensive, right at $5 a sheet and you have to feed it through the straight
through manual feed port.

Profiles? Ugh. You may be one of the fortunate ones and are able to live
with the supplied printer profiles. I couldn't, but as Bill recommends, try
these and see what you get. If you have trouble getting prints that look
like what you see on your monitor, you are probably going to need some sort
of profiling software like the Monaco system. Did you not wonder why Epson
had one of Monaco's flyers packaged with the printer? Until I had calibrated
everything with Monaco, I was not a happy camper - $700 printer and having
to pump out more major $$ to get the thing set up correctly.

Happy printing;)

Jim

epson 2200 help
 

Thanks for the help, I will stay with Epson paper for a while, Checked out
the Monaco system profiling software, don't know how to explain that one to
the financial coordinator, seems she wants a cruise ! just gotta play with
this some more see where it goes from here.
Thanks
Gary


"JIM" wrote in message
om...
"GLL" wrote in message
...
Found the setting you are talking about plus I slowed the ink time and
it
fixed the problem, which brings me to the next two items, type of paper
and
profiles. any suggestions on them.
thanks
Gary

I like Epson's Archival Matte papers. I don't like the way the 2200's inks
look on any of the photo glossy papers. They look fine, as long as you
don't
study'em too close and only look at them head on (it's a pigment ink v/s
dye
based ink problem); however, I much prefer their premium luster photo or
semi-gloss papers - just can't get used to the effect w/glossy stuff. I
have
seen where some have had success with photo glossy paper from another
manufacturer, but don't have that name off-hand. Another paper that is
really nice is the Epson Velvet Fine Art paper. It is large, 13"x19", and
expensive, right at $5 a sheet and you have to feed it through the
straight
through manual feed port.

Profiles? Ugh. You may be one of the fortunate ones and are able to live
with the supplied printer profiles. I couldn't, but as Bill recommends,
try
these and see what you get. If you have trouble getting prints that look
like what you see on your monitor, you are probably going to need some
sort
of profiling software like the Monaco system. Did you not wonder why Epson
had one of Monaco's flyers packaged with the printer? Until I had
calibrated
everything with Monaco, I was not a happy camper - $700 printer and having
to pump out more major $$ to get the thing set up correctly.

Happy printing;)

Jim

epson 2200 help
 

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:35:43 -0600, "GLL" wrote:

Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP premium
gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help
appreciated
Gary

The problem is that you're using the 2200 with HP paper, just about
the worst choice for Epsons because of the low absorbency. To begin
with at least, get a small supply of Epson papers like Enhanced Matte
and Premium Lustre to try your printer out. These papers have a
microcoating that dries the ink immediately, and you won't have any
problems with rollers getting inked up.

epson 2200 help
 

"KBob" wrote in message
The problem is that you're using the 2200 with HP paper, just about
the worst choice for Epsons because of the low absorbency. To begin
with at least, get a small supply of Epson papers like Enhanced Matte
and Premium Lustre to try your printer out. These papers have a
microcoating that dries the ink immediately, and you won't have any
problems with rollers getting inked up.

Pably so.........You just spent upwards of $700+ for this printer. Some
papers, good, other than Epson will work fine with it; however, would advise
against the popular inclination to nickle and dime your investment; i.e.,
refill inks of questionable compatibility and trying to use the least
expensive papers................not sure what drives that desire, but my
'inclination' is to use Epson products with their gear - anyting goes
haywire, I'm not wondering where the fault lies;)

Shoot'em up, print with anything, Agfa, Fuji, Kodak and all the rest will
love you for it!!

Jim

epson 2200 help
 

Besides the Epson papers mentioned by others, the Canon Photo Pro (Glossy)
works well with the 2200 (and the 1270 as well), and it is a beautiful
glossy paper if you like glossy.


--
Judit Fabian
University of Vermont
(802)656-9722

"KBob" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:35:43 -0600, "GLL" wrote:

Just got one yesterday, its leaving streaks, like the rollers are
sticking
to the ink only rollers are clean ? 145 meg file Photoshop 7.0, HP
premium
gloss paper ? I went thru align head and all seems right . any help
appreciated
Gary

The problem is that you're using the 2200 with HP paper, just about
the worst choice for Epsons because of the low absorbency. To begin
with at least, get a small supply of Epson papers like Enhanced Matte
and Premium Lustre to try your printer out. These papers have a
microcoating that dries the ink immediately, and you won't have any
problems with rollers getting inked up.