[alt-photo] Re: ANYONE? was EPSON 3800: LINE PAIRS ON INKPRESS NEGS

[Marek Matusz]

Bob
I have used paper slightly moistened with Windex way back in the days of my Epson2200. Just make sure that you have a thicker paper, so it does not come apart inside the printer. I am wondering if a plastic inkjet photo paper with emulsion side moistened with Windex might be a better idea (never tried it).
Feed it through a printer a few times and see if it picks anything.
Marek
 
> From: bobkiss at caribsurf.com
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> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 06:11:31 -0400
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: ANYONE? was EPSON 3800: LINE PAIRS ON INKPRESS NEGS
> 
> DEAR MARK,
> As mentioned in my original post e-mail below, I suspect so but,
> never having seen them before, I don't know. The fact that they are very
> evenly spaced, regular across the entire neg and running in the same
> direction as the film moves through the printer I am guessing that they are,
> indeed, roller marks. Can you give me directions for cleaning the rollers?
> CHEERS!
> BOB
> 
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> Mark Nelson
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> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: ANYONE? was EPSON 3800: LINE PAIRS ON INKPRESS NEGS
> 
> Bob,
> 
> Is this roller marks????
> 
> Mark Nelson
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> On Oct 7, 2010, at 5:18 PM, "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com> wrote:
> 
> > Anyone have this problem with their Epson 3800?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _____ 
> > 
> > From: BOB KISS [mailto:bobkiss at caribsurf.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 1:57 PM
> > To: 'The alternative photographic processes mailing list'
> > Subject: EPSON 3800: LINE PAIRS ON INKPRESS NEGS
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > DEAR LIST,
> > 
> > I have been enjoying making up to 17X22 negs with my Epson 3800
> > with Inkpress film for about 2 years. Suddenly I have small parallel
> lines
> > on the neg (clear) and pt/pd print (dark). They are pairs of lines
> running
> > in the same direction that the film passes through the printer. The lines
> > are about 1.5 mm apart, the pairs are about 15 mm apart, and they extend
> > over the entire film. 
> > 
> > I print the negs using the exact settings recommended by Dan
> > Burkholder for the 3800 and Inkpress film:
> > 
> > No color management
> > 
> > SuperPhoto 2880 dpi
> > 
> > High Speed
> > 
> > Flip horizontal
> > 
> > Enhanced Matte Paper
> > 
> > Advanced B&W
> > 
> > Color toning: fine adjustment: 40 horizontal, 48 vertical
> > 
> > Tone: darkest
> > 
> > Max Optical Density
> > 
> > Paper Configuration: Color density 25, Paper thickness 2 mm,
> > Platen Gap-narrow 
> > 
> > *****The only change I made was to set the drying time to about 0.2 secs
> as
> > I work in a relatively humid environment: but I 
> > 
> > have always used this setting and didn't have this
> > problem with pairs of lines before.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Any idea what it is? Rollers need cleaning? If so, can anyone
> > send me instructions? Or might it be something else?
> > 
> > CHEERS?
> > 
> > BOB
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Please check my website: <http://www.bobkiss.com/>
> http://www.bobkiss.com/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you are going to
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