Please check your printer drivers as the built in media profiles are not displayed below. If you find that printed images are smeared, select wide. How to configure a printer for third party paper printing. I then in my epson print driver have saved a preset for the harmon paper with the platen gap set at its widest level and that has been the end of head strikes the official name for this problem. Epson 3800 and velvet fine art i believe that the rear feed is correct. Printing on the mac is very similar, but the page setup and epson printer driver dialog boxes look different. On epson printers, the term platen gap is used and adjustments to this gap can be made either in the printer driver dialog box or on the printer itself via the lcd control panel. What are the meanings of the acronyms in the epson icc profile names for my product. However, i would recommend that practice just to be on the safe side. Widening the printer platen gap can help eliminate printer head strikes causing black marks appearing along the edge of the paper when. As a guide heres the paper weights gsm each setting corresponds to. I reverse roll the offending edge over a card board mailing tool carefully which seems the relax the curled portion.
Narrow 150 gsm, standard 190 gsm, wide 260 gsm, wider 320 gsm and widest 500 gsm. Widen the printer platen gap to prevent printer head strikes. But i have to say that it is not as easy a printer to use. Sfoglia il manuale elettronico per epson stylus 3800. To contact epson canada, you may write to 185 renfrew drive, markham, ontario l3r 6g3 or call 18004637766. Epson stylus pro 3800 17 a2 icc profile downloads notes. How do i uninstall and reinstall my printer driver in os x 10. As mentioned earlier, for epson printers your printing software whether the standard driver or an advanced driver like the imageprint rip will set the platen gap programmatically when the printers front panel is set to standard or if the printer has no front panel and the media type setting in the software is set to one of the epson. Epson stylus pro 9600 printing on polycotton page 2.
The platen gap is simply the distance between the bottom of the printhead where ink is ejected and the surface of the paper. Paper thickness in the 3800 driver is specified in tenths of a millimeter. Platen gap you can adjust the distance between the print head and paper. I can choose widest only from the printer console, wider is the maximum setting via the printer driver. How do i know which platen gap setting is selected on my product. For most epson professional series printers, if your printer has a front control panel you can set the platen gap to standard, narrow, wide, wider, and widest. You may withdraw your consent or view our privacy policy at any time. You are providing your consent to epson america, inc.
The printer mechanism has an automatic platen gap adjustment function that ensures an optimum gap between the platen and printhead by measuring the thickness of the paper. Platen gap adjustment mechanism epson dfx 8000 printer. The windows driver had nonnumerical choices like wide and the media i am using calls out windows driver setting. Indeed it needs to be stated that epson has done read more. Check your printers manual on how to do this sometimes it is just labelled as use thick media but often you have to go into paper configuration and set the platen gap control to wider or widest. Epson stylus pro 3800 professional edition epson stylus. Most paper specifications will list the thickness of.
All epson 3800 users seeing color smearing on the bottom corners andor edge of the paper should increase the platen gap. Epson stylus pro 3800 ultrachrome edition epson stylus. Thickness pattern you can print the paper thickness detection pattern. Epson deservedly is the big dog of the photographicquality inkjet printer world. Platen gap and paper thickness settings epson 3880p800. I made no settings because im not getting any banding. This is a mac only thing as paper sizes are found in the epson driver on the pc under paper settings size list but its. While they are no longer available new, you can sometimes buy this printers refurbished. Driver print menu epson stylus pro 3800 should be showing drop down menu. How does the platen gap setting relate to the actual physical.
The profiles provided below are in addition to the profiles that are built into your printer drivers. From standard to wider, there is no visible print quality loss. Where can i get the latest version of the epson communication driver for my printer. While the r1800 came with profiles that were right on target out of the box, i have had to make sure that my monitor is calibrated correctly for the prints to match and i even. Go back again to the main driver tab and under paper configuration change the platen gap to wider. Handling paper and other media adjusting the platen gap for thick or thin paper when you print on unusually thick or th in paper, you may need to adjust the platen gap setting. I have the epson 3880 and recently updated the driver to 9. On epson printers, the term platen gap is used and adjustments to this gap can be made either in the printer driver dialog box. For non epson media, check the paper type selected in the custom paper of menu mode. Figure 24 shows the platen gap adjustment mechanism the carriage guide shaft supporting the front of the carriage has an elliptical section.
Below you can see an example from an epson 3800 this control is. Before people ask, it should be noted that i am aware of eric chans epson 3800. Head strikes and blotch issues on inkjet prints image science. Make sure that the platen gap setting matches your paper. The platen gap is simply the distance between the print head and the. To contact epson america, you may write to 3840 kilroy airport way, long beach, ca 90806 or call 18004637766.
Press the paper feed button or paper feed button to select narrow, standard, wide, or wider, and then press the enter button to save the selected platen gap setting. R2880 and mac how do you adjust platen gap on this. To contact epson america, you may write to 3840 kilroy airport way, long beach, ca 90806 or. Go back to main driver tab and under printer color management click off for no color adjustment. Always make sure that the platen gap is set correctly before feeding the photoballoon into the printer. Hold by edges, and wear gloves if you are noticing. The justreleased stylus pro 3800 is the latest offering from epson, the company that virtually invented the genre or at least made it viable. I maintain them as well as i can so they at least exceed their estimated lifetimes. Whenever loading non epson media, test if the paper can be loaded correctly before.
Begin changing platen gap for papers that are over 11mil thick. Remote panel paper appears only when the custom paper is registered from epson lfp remote panel. How to load allure aqueous metal sheets epson 9900, 7900, 9890, 7890, 9800, 7800, p9000, etc. I use lightroom and under the print popup, i am used to seeing dropdown choice of printer settings that gives me a variety of choices fo. Scarica il documento o fai una domanda su epson stylus 3800 ad altri utenti. Epson 3880 platen gap for canvas luminous landscape forum. Attemptd to add a printer went through my printer is not listed selected epson 3800, and installed. Whenever loading nonepson media, test if the paper can be loaded correctly before. After searching this site, i followed advice to someone else and tried installing the driver in compatibility mode with windows 8, then windows 7, both times unsuccessfully.
Although i have a years onsite warranty with this product, epson say that they will only respond if the problem occurred using their media. The epson stylus pro 3800 printer standard model photo printer sets a new bar for professional printing with its sophisticated ultrachrome k3 ink technology, an eightcolor pigmentbased ink and trilevel black ink system that creates advanced photo pigment combinations and maximum photo resolutions of. Epson desktop printers have a thick paper or envelope setting. Click on the printer and optional information button. Platen gap epson stylus pro 3800 user manual page 106. The driver lets me choose a number between none and 255. Page 153 for mac os x make sure that the printer driver stylus pro 3800. I went into utilities then printer set up, into driver settings. If the print quality is not satisfactory when printing on very thin or very thick media, you may need to adjust the platen gap setting.
On epson printers, the term platen gap is used and adjustments to this gap can be made either in the printer driver dialog box or on the printer. Added a note that colorbytes imageprint driver for the 3800 can print up to 327. If you are printing on the mac, the following screenshots should help you configure the page setup and epson driver dialog boxes properly. The rotation of the platen gap motor is transmitted to the carriage. Printer adjustments for thick papers platen gap red river paper.
I got a question about epson 3880 platen gap setting in a linux driver. Review the screenshots below and refer to your printers manual for more help on the topic. The 3800 produces great prints and the quality of the greyscale is a noticable improvement over the r1800. Head strikes and blotch issues on inkjet prints image. I have just looked it up and can see what you mean. Printing on the fine art metal with the epson pro 3800 printer. You are providing your consent to epson canada limited epson canada doing business as epson, so that we may send you promotional emails. If you select standard, the printer prints data according to the driver settings. You can change the platen gap setting in the printer setup of menu mode. Widening the printer platen gap can help eliminate printer head strikes causing black marks appearing along the edge of the paper when printing. Home support printers single function inkjet printers epson stylus series epson stylus pro 3800 professional edition.
Please do the following and set the platen gap to widest. The epson 3800 driver processes only 8bit image data and hence does not make use of the full 16bit image data. Epson pro 3800, epson 1400 hi piers, i think that the vomits are related to the platten gap. For nonepson media, check the paper type selected in the custom paper of menu mode. Their printers have over the past 10 years revolutionized photographic output. Select narrow for printing on thin paper, or wider for printing on thick paper. Epson stylus pro 3800 portrait edition epson stylus pro. Locate the maintenance tab in the printer preferences. Epson 3800 platen setting in reply to reed markley sep 29, 2007 reed, you are correct that there are differences in the feedback presented on the printers lcd panel, depending on whether you make setting changes directly from the printer panel or via the software driver. Gone to epson site and downloaded windows 10 driver for the epson 3800 file epson12494. The platen gap controls the distance from the print head to your paper.
On the epson sp 4900 it is essential to also manually set the platen gap using the printers menu prior to printing a photoballoon. Based on my test print and inspection, it looks like there isnt any disadvantage in raising the printer platen gap. Stepbystep printing workflow and i disagree with enough of it that i cant recommend it. Stylus pro 3800 17 a2, epson stylus pro 3800 17 a2, c11c635021, introducing the epson stylus pro 3800 an advanced high quality printer for professional and advanced amateur photographers, designers and proof makers.
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