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.
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