Considering purchasing the Epson Manual Media Cutting System for my 9800. Anyone out there had any experience with this system to advise pro or con?
Is it difficult to install; a PITA to use?
-- Paul
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I bought the manual cutter for my 7600; I presume it's pretty much the same gadget. It was very easy to install, just a couple of screws to attach it. It's also very simple to use. It's a spring-loaded rail that floats a few inches above the end of the angled chute your prints are sliding down as they exit the printer. When the print is done you lift the paper lever, advance the paper a few inches and snap the spring-loaded rail down against it with the actual cutting head all the way over to the left. The rail pins the print against the metal exit chute. You then manually insert the edge of the paper into the cutting head's open guide, and push the head along the rail to the right across the width of the print, which falls into the fabric 'catcher'. The whole thing takes about five seconds.
The price is a little obscene considering how simple it is. Works great, though.
