Epson P900 Roll Paper Attachment

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I've given up with it. 3 attempts last night to get paper fed in, getting constant errors before finally getting it in, only to have it jam at the same point. I mean - paper jam on roll fed paper... Really? My guess is that it doesn't like heavyweight paper (was using Canson Plat Fibre Rag)

Took it all out and fed a standard sheet of A2 in and it printed just fine. It's not even worth trying to sell as I don't know if it's broken or just terrible build quality. Shipping it would be a massive pain. Experience gained.

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I really do like big prints. :)
 
In case you were not aware of Keith Cooper's site, he did a review of the P900 and included the roll feeder.

Edit~ he does written reviews complemented by videos.

Perhaps there are some useful insights to be gleaned???

www.northlight-images.co.uk

Epson SC-P900 printer review. A2/17 inch sheet & roll paper

Detailed P900 printer review of the Epson SC-P900 17" (A2) pigment ink printer sheet feed and roll paper holder. 10 inks and no black ink switching
www.northlight-images.co.uk www.northlight-images.co.uk
 
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Thanks. I did watch his videos before purchase, but it's always useful advice to watch Keith's stuff!
 
Harlequin565 said:
Thanks. I did watch his videos before purchase, but it's always useful advice to watch Keith's stuff!
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Me too, I watched & read his review of the ET-8550 before I bought one.....plus in emails to ask some questions (y)

Hopefully you can resolve your issue if only to have a negative answer in regard to that paper :thinking:
 
Keith seems to be very responsive to questions, so it may well be worth raising it with him. Perhaps there is some little trick to getting it to work seamlessly?

The print looks fabulous and I love the quirky stickers :) Is it just the roll paper feed you're thinking of replacing, or the whole printer? (I'm not familiar with the model).

I've taken an HP printer apart this morning to try and clean the printhead. It's destined for the tip anyway. It was an interesting exercise but it's now out of ink and I'm a bit loathed to buy another set in case it is terminal - which it likely is. I started with full cartridges before going through multiple cleaning exercises :rolleyes:
I'm one step closer to getting the ET-8550!
 
Bebop said:
Is it just the roll paper feed you're thinking of replacing, or the whole printer?
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I'm not thinking of replacing the printer, just getting rid of the roller. It just doesn't work properly and it's down to build quality. I had an SP4800 prior to this and it was a much sturdier build. The only way to get it to work would be to cut lengths off the roll, but it's really curled and trying to "reverse" curl it just damages the surface.

Just really disappointed that the roller thing is so bad. There's quite a bit of negative feedback online about it (there wasn't when I bought it!). It's more of an afterthought than "built in" like it was with the 4800. I knew I wasn't getting the same build quality, but I thought it would at least work. In reality, I very rarely print bigger than A2 but I was very much looking forward to some 16" x 48" prints from my 6x17 camera, and that's just not going to happen. My last option is to cut some 48" lengths off the roll and put them under a rug or something for a few weeks to see if they will flatten.

Good luck with the 8550 if you plumb for it. Lots of positive feedback on it!
 
I keep thinking about getting an A2 printer when my Epson R3000 eventually dies. It’s a great printer 80% of the time but infuriating the remaining 20% doing things like dropping ink droplets randomly on prints, suffering blockages half way through a print, roller marks etc.
On the one hand I’m a bit fed up with it and am keen to try a Canon but their Prograf-1000 is enormous, too big for the space I have, while the Epson P900 fits into the R3000 footprint but is, well, Epson and I now have a slightly jaundiced opinion of their products.
Maybe I just keep getting my A2’s printed by DS and buy a Canon A3 printer……
 
Harlequin565 said:
I'm not thinking of replacing the printer, just getting rid of the roller. It just doesn't work properly and it's down to build quality. I had an SP4800 prior to this and it was a much sturdier build. The only way to get it to work would be to cut lengths off the roll, but it's really curled and trying to "reverse" curl it just damages the surface.

Just really disappointed that the roller thing is so bad. There's quite a bit of negative feedback online about it (there wasn't when I bought it!). It's more of an afterthought than "built in" like it was with the 4800. I knew I wasn't getting the same build quality, but I thought it would at least work. In reality, I very rarely print bigger than A2 but I was very much looking forward to some 16" x 48" prints from my 6x17 camera, and that's just not going to happen. My last option is to cut some 48" lengths off the roll and put them under a rug or something for a few weeks to see if they will flatten.

Good luck with the 8550 if you plumb for it. Lots of positive feedback on it!
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So disappointing :( Is it worth getting in touch with Epson? Is there any sort of warranty on it? I hate it when things don't work like they are supposed to.

My A4 dye printer woes continue. My daughter appears to be moving home again and brought her printer with her - fortunately uses the same ink as our now defunct one (my printhead cleaning skills obviously not up to scratch, but it was an interesting journey). That is also now playing up after a week :rolleyes: It could just need ink, but the last £60 worth seems to have disappeared into the ether. The 8550 is looming closer!
 
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