Epson R1800

[GRiley007]

Hi i'm trying to print text onto glossy paper, however whenever it
prints, the ink bleeds very badly. The best settings i've tried are
draft/high speed, which prints very quickly and puts less ink onto the
paper. However it still looks very bad. Just wondered if anyone could
help me with any advanced settings to put the least amount of ink
possible onto the glossy paper.

Printer: Epson R1800
Paper: Some crap provided by a design agency but glossy nonetheless




Thanks in Advance


Gavin

 

[Roy G]

Hi i'm trying to print text onto glossy paper, however whenever it
prints, the ink bleeds very badly. The best settings i've tried are
draft/high speed, which prints very quickly and puts less ink onto the
paper. However it still looks very bad. Just wondered if anyone could
help me with any advanced settings to put the least amount of ink
possible onto the glossy paper.

Printer: Epson R1800
Paper: Some crap provided by a design agency but glossy nonetheless

Thanks in Advance

Gavin

Hi.

Try using an Epson Glossy Photo Paper.

What is that old saying Crap In ?????

Roy G

 

[rafe b]

Hi i'm trying to print text onto glossy paper, however whenever it
prints, the ink bleeds very badly. The best settings i've tried are
draft/high speed, which prints very quickly and puts less ink onto the
paper. However it still looks very bad. Just wondered if anyone could
help me with any advanced settings to put the least amount of ink
possible onto the glossy paper.

Printer: Epson R1800
Paper: Some crap provided by a design agency but glossy nonetheless

You need a hard, coated paper with a very
smooth (if not glossy) surface.

"Some crap" paper won't do.


rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com

 

[Jon O'Brien]

Hi i'm trying to print text onto glossy paper, however whenever it
prints, the ink bleeds very badly.

Paper: Some crap provided by a design agency but glossy nonetheless

You're on a hiding to nothing. If the paper's not compatible with the inks the results will always be crap, whatever settings you're using.

Tell the agency that the paper's incompatible and either get it to provide compatible paper or agree to being billed for some you provide.

Jon.

 

[Frank Arthur]

How do you set the R1800 paper profile to:
"Crap supplied by a design agency"?

 

[Frank]

How do you set the R1800 paper profile to:
"Crap supplied by a design agency"?

Best to look for that "shred document setting"!

Frank

 

[Burt]

Hi i'm trying to print text onto glossy paper, however whenever it
prints, the ink bleeds very badly. The best settings i've tried are
draft/high speed, which prints very quickly and puts less ink onto the
paper. However it still looks very bad. Just wondered if anyone could
help me with any advanced settings to put the least amount of ink
possible onto the glossy paper.

Printer: Epson R1800
Paper: Some crap provided by a design agency but glossy nonetheless




Thanks in Advance


Gavin

Inkjet glossy photo paper may look like any glossy paper, but it is designed
to accept inkjet inks. Glossy stock used by the printing industry won't
work.

 

[Arthur Entlich]

The problem is the paper, not the printer. It is probably not
appropriate for an inkjet. Most likely a "chromecoat" designed for
offset inks or laser printer use. Of maybe worse still an inkjet paper
designed for dye inks (using swellable polymer technology).

Why not just stick to appropriate paper for that printer and save
yourself some headaches. It needs a microporous glossy paper designed
for inkjet printing.

Art

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Touche!

Art

How do you set the R1800 paper profile to:
"Crap supplied by a design agency"?

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Oddly, you may get a passable result if you use a Durabrite ink printer
(no guarantees) simply because they dry much more rapidly than the inks
you use (Ultrachrome).

The Durabrite printers are mainly the last few generations and current C
series printers.

Art

 

[Joe D]

Hi i'm trying to print text onto glossy paper, however whenever it
prints, the ink bleeds very badly.

You can't print inkjet on clay coated offset paper, which is probbly
what you have. Check out Costco's Kirkland paper at around $18 for 125
ea. 8.5 x 11 inch sheets.

 

[Paul Furman]

You can't print inkjet on clay coated offset paper, which is probbly
what you have. Check out Costco's Kirkland paper at around $18 for 125
ea. 8.5 x 11 inch sheets.

Just curious if there is a thin glossy magazine type paper which will
work with this printer? Or what the cheapest paper is that would still
produce good prints. I suppose it's a silly question because of the
price of the inks in which case the question is: which paper makes the
nicest prints with the least ink?

 

[cvt]

Just curious if there is a thin glossy magazine type paper which will
work with this printer? Or what the cheapest paper is that would still
produce good prints. I suppose it's a silly question because of the
price of the inks in which case the question is: which paper makes the
nicest prints with the least ink?

Epson High Resolution paper I use a fair bit, 250 sheets for AU$7, when a
ream of 500sheets of ordinary paper is AU$6 I think thats pretty
reasonable.
Its thin, 80gsm same as std A4 paper, both sides have a slight semi-gloss
and prints are excellent.

I get glossy paper on a roll and get the local printers to cut it for me.
Rolls of High gloss single side and low gloss double side in 30.5M long
36" wide rolls, costs me AU$30 to get it cut in an assortment of sizes of
A3/A4 and 4"x6" (leaving a but for the LFP on roll)
Ask your local printer, buying it by the sheet, or in packs of 100 or so is
10 times the price.
If you want lots of it, and at a low cost, thats worth considering.
For getting paper on rolls, go to photography or CAD specialists.

Another consideration
If you are doing massive amounts of printing where ink cost aswell as paper
cost is a concern it may be worth investing in a Large Format printer, I
have an epson 9600, and they are a blessing to have, cheap to run, very
reliable, takes pretty much any size of paper, and printouts are very good.
Its not a replacement for my i9950, its just another printer for another
job, may be something else worth considering.

 

[Paul Furman]

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Epson High Resolution paper I use a fair bit, 250 sheets for AU$7, when a
ream of 500sheets of ordinary paper is AU$6 I think thats pretty
reasonable.
Its thin, 80gsm same as std A4 paper, both sides have a slight semi-gloss
and prints are excellent.

I get glossy paper on a roll and get the local printers to cut it for me.
Rolls of High gloss single side and low gloss double side in 30.5M long
36" wide rolls, costs me AU$30 to get it cut in an assortment of sizes of
A3/A4 and 4"x6" (leaving a but for the LFP on roll)
Ask your local printer, buying it by the sheet, or in packs of 100 or so is
10 times the price.
If you want lots of it, and at a low cost, thats worth considering.
For getting paper on rolls, go to photography or CAD specialists.

Another consideration
If you are doing massive amounts of printing where ink cost aswell as paper
cost is a concern it may be worth investing in a Large Format printer, I
have an epson 9600, and they are a blessing to have, cheap to run, very
reliable, takes pretty much any size of paper, and printouts are very good.
Its not a replacement for my i9950, its just another printer for another
job, may be something else worth considering.

Thanks, I was just thinking of being able to make good sized prints
(13x19 would be cool) of most anything close to worthy as a sort of
portfolio and reference, I still get squeamish about using a bunch of
fancy thick paper but it really is nice to see things on paper versus on
screen even if it's not worthy of framing & hanging on the wall.