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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: RonNYC on September 27, 2009, 10:16:32 pm

Title: Epson 3800 Leaves smudges
Post by: RonNYC on September 27, 2009, 10:16:32 pm

On occasion, when I print with my 3800 on Hahnemuele's Glossy Fine Art Baryta I get a little smudge near the border. It's just one smudge; sometimes, black, sometimes, magenta or cyan. I have been printing with ABW. The main print surface is OK and free of defects. Any idea what this could be due to?

Thanks.

RON

Title: Epson 3800 Leaves smudges
Post by: duraace on September 27, 2009, 10:26:00 pm

Quote from: RonNYC

On occasion, when I print with my 3800 on Hahnemuele's Glossy Fine Art Baryta I get a little smudge near the border. It's just one smudge; sometimes, black, sometimes, magenta or cyan. I have been printing with ABW. The main print surface is OK and free of defects. Any idea what this could be due to?

Thanks.

RON

That's a head strike. You need to set the platen gap to Wide or Wider and the thickness to 5, in the driver.

Title: Epson 3800 Leaves smudges
Post by: RonNYC on September 27, 2009, 11:49:21 pm

Quote from: duraace

That's a head strike. You need to set the platen gap to Wide or Wider and the thickness to 5, in the driver.

Thanks!!! Thanks a lot!!