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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is
230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
"Kevin" wrote:
I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? The specs for this printer say 255g/m2 maximum using genuine Epson paper only. This is not to mean that it won't do better but I imagine Epson have a reason for this limitation and all paper is not created equal. Also you are close to the maximum paper weight and maybe the feed rollers are a bit smooth. You could try to clean them (it) with a damp cloth and see if that helps. Tony |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
Thanks for the help. The design of the printer makes it next to impossible
to get to the feed rollers to clean them. The roller I can see looks fine and the printer will feed glossy photo paper, which is just as heavy as the card stock I'm working with, with no problems at all. I called Epson and they won't help me because I'm using Staples brand paper. Needless to say, this ****es me off, but there's nothing I can do about it. Except consider buying an HP product. The Staples paper is guaranteed to work with any printer on the market today. I have no idea why my Epson is refusing to load this paper. It is definitely not grabbing the sheet and feeding it. I can get it to work about 10% of the time by assisting the sheet into the feed. So I guess there is some issue with the feed rollers. But why it will happily feed glossy photo paper and not this card stock is a mystery. The finish on the back of the glossy photo paper is much slicker than the matte finish on the card stock I'm trying to print. Thanks again for your help. "Tony" wrote in message news "Kevin" wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? The specs for this printer say 255g/m2 maximum using genuine Epson paper only. This is not to mean that it won't do better but I imagine Epson have a reason for this limitation and all paper is not created equal. Also you are close to the maximum paper weight and maybe the feed rollers are a bit smooth. You could try to clean them (it) with a damp cloth and see if that helps. Tony |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
Why are you bitching at Epson because it is having problems with Staples
paper. Call Staples and bitch at them for their cheap paper. The only reason you are using it is because it is cheap. "Kevin" wrote in message ... Thanks for the help. The design of the printer makes it next to impossible to get to the feed rollers to clean them. The roller I can see looks fine and the printer will feed glossy photo paper, which is just as heavy as the card stock I'm working with, with no problems at all. I called Epson and they won't help me because I'm using Staples brand paper. Needless to say, this ****es me off, but there's nothing I can do about it. Except consider buying an HP product. The Staples paper is guaranteed to work with any printer on the market today. I have no idea why my Epson is refusing to load this paper. It is definitely not grabbing the sheet and feeding it. I can get it to work about 10% of the time by assisting the sheet into the feed. So I guess there is some issue with the feed rollers. But why it will happily feed glossy photo paper and not this card stock is a mystery. The finish on the back of the glossy photo paper is much slicker than the matte finish on the card stock I'm trying to print. Thanks again for your help. "Tony" wrote in message news "Kevin" wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? The specs for this printer say 255g/m2 maximum using genuine Epson paper only. This is not to mean that it won't do better but I imagine Epson have a reason for this limitation and all paper is not created equal. Also you are close to the maximum paper weight and maybe the feed rollers are a bit smooth. You could try to clean them (it) with a damp cloth and see if that helps. Tony |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:19:46 -0800, "Kevin"
wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? Try getting an inkjet printer cleaning kit from an office supply store. I suspect the 'matte coating' rubbed off on the feed rollers and needs to be cleaned off. You might want to try Avery or Office Depot brand papers instead, if it happens again. Or it could just be that the printer was already on the verge of needing to be cleaned. I think that he reason that it will still feed the Epson paper is because when you choose Premium or Ultra Premium paper, it knows that it's going to be printing on thick paper and adjusts the feed. Older printers used to have a lever, I think this is software based now. One thing I like about the HPs more than the Epsons is that HP printers have settings for 'Other brand photo paper' 'Other greeting cards' 'Other transparencies', that will at least /try/ with different brand paper, but Epson only has settings for its own papers, which is annoying because so far I've never seen Epson labels, Epson Vellum, Epson Greeting Cards, Epson Transparencies, etc, so I'm never quite sure /what/ setting to chose to print with Avery or in-store brands. --- http://www.FenrirOnline.com Computer services, custom metal etching, arts, crafts, and much more. |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
You may have missed the point here. I am not bitching at Epson. Yes, it
****es me off that they won't help me with their printer which is using paper branded by Staples, that is guaranteed to work in any modern printer. The fact that the Staples paper is cheaper than the Epson paper has nothing to do with my decision to purchase it. There was no Epson paper, in the matte finish, double-sided, half-fold type in the store. Had there been, I would have bought it. I am only seeking input as to why my Stylus Photo R200 won't feed the Staples paper yet takes all the other paper I have on hand with no problems. "Woody" wrote in message . com... Why are you bitching at Epson because it is having problems with Staples paper. Call Staples and bitch at them for their cheap paper. The only reason you are using it is because it is cheap. "Kevin" wrote in message ... Thanks for the help. The design of the printer makes it next to impossible to get to the feed rollers to clean them. The roller I can see looks fine and the printer will feed glossy photo paper, which is just as heavy as the card stock I'm working with, with no problems at all. I called Epson and they won't help me because I'm using Staples brand paper. Needless to say, this ****es me off, but there's nothing I can do about it. Except consider buying an HP product. The Staples paper is guaranteed to work with any printer on the market today. I have no idea why my Epson is refusing to load this paper. It is definitely not grabbing the sheet and feeding it. I can get it to work about 10% of the time by assisting the sheet into the feed. So I guess there is some issue with the feed rollers. But why it will happily feed glossy photo paper and not this card stock is a mystery. The finish on the back of the glossy photo paper is much slicker than the matte finish on the card stock I'm trying to print. Thanks again for your help. "Tony" wrote in message news "Kevin" wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? The specs for this printer say 255g/m2 maximum using genuine Epson paper only. This is not to mean that it won't do better but I imagine Epson have a reason for this limitation and all paper is not created equal. Also you are close to the maximum paper weight and maybe the feed rollers are a bit smooth. You could try to clean them (it) with a damp cloth and see if that helps. Tony |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
Thanks for your reply. The R200 does not have a "paper thickness" setting
lever. I am using the Heavyweight Matte driver setting. I've tried single sheets, a single sheet backed up by a full stack of plain paper, a full stack of the card stock paper and so on. I just can't get the printer to feed the paper. It fed the first six sheets, twice, with no problems at all. "Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!)" wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:19:46 -0800, in comp.periphs.printers "Kevin" wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? My old 1270 has a lever that sets the printer for thick paper. Does the R200 have something similar? Just looked at the Epson site and apparently not. Are you setting the media type to Heavyweight Matte in the driver? -- Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 ) http://EdwardGRuf.com |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
Thanks for the suggestion. I may have to do that. I do have the paper
setting in the driver selected for Heavyweight type paper. I guess the only thing it could be is the feed rollers. Quite annoying! Thanks again! "Fenrir Enterprises" wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:19:46 -0800, "Kevin" wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? Try getting an inkjet printer cleaning kit from an office supply store. I suspect the 'matte coating' rubbed off on the feed rollers and needs to be cleaned off. You might want to try Avery or Office Depot brand papers instead, if it happens again. Or it could just be that the printer was already on the verge of needing to be cleaned. I think that he reason that it will still feed the Epson paper is because when you choose Premium or Ultra Premium paper, it knows that it's going to be printing on thick paper and adjusts the feed. Older printers used to have a lever, I think this is software based now. One thing I like about the HPs more than the Epsons is that HP printers have settings for 'Other brand photo paper' 'Other greeting cards' 'Other transparencies', that will at least /try/ with different brand paper, but Epson only has settings for its own papers, which is annoying because so far I've never seen Epson labels, Epson Vellum, Epson Greeting Cards, Epson Transparencies, etc, so I'm never quite sure /what/ setting to chose to print with Avery or in-store brands. --- http://www.FenrirOnline.com Computer services, custom metal etching, arts, crafts, and much more. |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
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Kevin scribed: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? Kevin, I don't actually *know* if this is going to solve your problem, but it has worked for me on my trusty old 1200 :-) when trying to stuff it with grossly overweight stock! Either, score just once along the feeding/leading edge of the paper with your fingernails in a pinching position. Or, using a ruler on a flat table, run a straight edge along the leading edge of the paper instead. Although I have never had to resort to this yet, more drastic action can be taken by selotaping (or masking taping) a thinner, in-spec piece of paper to the leading edge which will then get pulled in, but don't forget to make allowances for this in your page layout. hth Nigel |
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Epson Photo R200 won't feed matte card stock paper
You have missed the point. Epson said they only guarantee their paper.
Staples guaranteed their paper would work and it didn't. Take it up with Staples. It isn't Epson's problem and why should they pay to solve Staples problem. Staples isn't the only store that sells paper. "Kevin" wrote in message news You may have missed the point here. I am not bitching at Epson. Yes, it ****es me off that they won't help me with their printer which is using paper branded by Staples, that is guaranteed to work in any modern printer. The fact that the Staples paper is cheaper than the Epson paper has nothing to do with my decision to purchase it. There was no Epson paper, in the matte finish, double-sided, half-fold type in the store. Had there been, I would have bought it. I am only seeking input as to why my Stylus Photo R200 won't feed the Staples paper yet takes all the other paper I have on hand with no problems. "Woody" wrote in message . com... Why are you bitching at Epson because it is having problems with Staples paper. Call Staples and bitch at them for their cheap paper. The only reason you are using it is because it is cheap. "Kevin" wrote in message ... Thanks for the help. The design of the printer makes it next to impossible to get to the feed rollers to clean them. The roller I can see looks fine and the printer will feed glossy photo paper, which is just as heavy as the card stock I'm working with, with no problems at all. I called Epson and they won't help me because I'm using Staples brand paper. Needless to say, this ****es me off, but there's nothing I can do about it. Except consider buying an HP product. The Staples paper is guaranteed to work with any printer on the market today. I have no idea why my Epson is refusing to load this paper. It is definitely not grabbing the sheet and feeding it. I can get it to work about 10% of the time by assisting the sheet into the feed. So I guess there is some issue with the feed rollers. But why it will happily feed glossy photo paper and not this card stock is a mystery. The finish on the back of the glossy photo paper is much slicker than the matte finish on the card stock I'm trying to print. Thanks again for your help. "Tony" wrote in message news "Kevin" wrote: I'm using Staples brand, half-fold, matte card stock. The weight is 230g/m2. The printer fed 6 sheets, both sides, with no problem. Now it won't feed at all. I can run any other paper through it with no problems, plain, glossy photo, whatever. It tries to feed the paper, but fails. I've got 60 cards to print and mail out by tomorrow morning. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the printer to feed this paper? The specs for this printer say 255g/m2 maximum using genuine Epson paper only. This is not to mean that it won't do better but I imagine Epson have a reason for this limitation and all paper is not created equal. Also you are close to the maximum paper weight and maybe the feed rollers are a bit smooth. You could try to clean them (it) with a damp cloth and see if that helps. Tony |
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