Re: DTP on Epson P900
Hi Joe,
I am joining this thread because I am having the same issue. I have my platen gap set to 4.5 and my dry time set to .5 through the epson media installer as others suggest, but still with no
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Chloe Simma-Martin
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Re: P800 Issue
Berel, thanks but I am not using the front feed tray. I am printing negatives using Pictorico and the sheet feed.
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Larry Huhn
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Re: DTP on Epson P900
Hi Stig, thanks for your feedback.
There is another line further down which seems to have light pizza marks. I have circled the lines in red.? I am using a box of plates that was
given to me by a
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Joe Smith
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#19043
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Re: DTP on Epson P900
Hi Joe - which kind of polymerplates are you using (Brand?)?
If you only have one (Thats what I can see from your photo) broad soft white stripe, it is probably not pizza wheeling.
all the
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stygxy
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#19042
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DTP on Epson P900
Hi all. Maybe you can shed some light on this. I have just installed an Epson P900 to print on photo paper and also to produce my own DTP photogravures. Up till now I had my plates made for me in
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Joe Smith
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Re: P800 Issue
I had the same problem last week printing multiple DTP plates using a carrier - 3880, QTR,Print Tool,? - I resolved? it? by? closing? the? front? feed tray after each print, and re-opening it
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Berel Lutsky
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#19039
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Re: P800 Issue
This morning I deleted and reinstalled QTR and Print Tool and tried printing again with Print Tool with the same result, the film (and paper) feed and then get ejected. ?Then I tried printing through
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Larry Huhn
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#19038
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Print Tool doesn't save last settings on P800
Print Tool doesn't save the last setting or load a custom setting on the Quad P800UC. It does work on all my Piezo printers.
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Alan Vlach
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#19037
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Re: P800 Issue
Hi Clay, I have had it happen printing DTP but never printing negatives using Pictorico. I did a nozzle check as always and no issue there. ?It happens with plain paper as well.
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Larry Huhn
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Re: P800 Issue
Allan, thanks. ? I do a nozzle check before every print session. No problem there.
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Larry Huhn
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#19035
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Re: P800 Issue
When my P900 needs a nozzle check or head clean, the only way it tells me is by running the sheet through the printer without printing anything.
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Allan Greenier
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Re: P800 Issue
When that happens to me when printing a DTP plate, it typically is resolved by making a new carrier. I am surprised that the same thing happened when you print on a different paper. The next thing I
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Clay Harmon
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#19033
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P800 Issue
Thanks to some help on another forum I resolved my printer connection issue yesterday. ?I was able to print fine for the rest of the day but then today a new issue cropped up. I tried to print using
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Larry Huhn
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Re: Direct to plate
Hi all
As already indicated my main interest is DTP photopolymer printing on my Epson P900. I have purchased and installed the K3 QuadTone Profiler and the Print Tool, following Richard Boutwell's
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Joe Smith
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Re: Dtp on epson3880
Joe,
Well not much more I can say at this point, If you have loaded the media
file into the printer with the epson software ( you should be able to see
it in the printer menu set up), and can't see
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Dave Najewicz
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Re: Dtp on epson3880
Thank you Dave. So kind. My passion. And printmaking was always something I
aspired to since art school and college. I was sourcing my ready made
plates from Spain but now dying to produce my own.
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Joe Smith
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Re: Dtp on epson3880
Thanks again Greg. Will check it out tomorrow morning.
Best
Joe
Joseph P Smith
MFA Digital Arts (Melit)
MSWPP; FMPA; FBIPP; Hon. FMPS; ARPS; AFIAP
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Joe Smith
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#19027
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Re: Dtp on epson3880
Check out this video. He does a good job explaining it: https://youtu.be/0DH1YtqjD-U
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greg brophy
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Re: Dtp on epson3880
Joe,
I assume the media file you created, includes the paper thickness, platten
gap and a matte icc profile were included. Attached is a copy of the media
file the file I am using When I loaded
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Dave Najewicz
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#19025
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Re: Dtp on epson3880
Thanks Dave. I did create a plate profile using the media installer and
adjusted the platen gap accordingly but I can only see this profile in the
Epson printer dialog and not in the QTR dialog. I
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Joe Smith
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