daniel

I’ve just received an email from another r2880 user who has had the ink flushing problem that I reported in post #1 above.
I wanted to report that that early incident is the only one that I have experienced. Also, Epson has never shipped the set of inks that they promised at that time. I called about four months ago and was told that the shipment was in process. Maybe I should call again and inquire about what kind of process its in!

Also, responding to the question above about feeding heavy paper. I use flat sheets of Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art paper (325 g/sm) for my best prints. I have very little depth to my printer shelf so I tried feeding it through the top feed and have had no problem. It does have to travel around a tight curve so another heavy paper, with a coating on it, might start flaking because of the stress.

Finally, regarding the roll paper feed: I have given up! The r2400 roll handling is a dream compared to the r2880. The r2880 seems to be set for printing on pre-cut pieces. I need to be able to do continuous feed of multiple prints to be at all efficient with the (very expensive) paper. I use the r2400 for that.

But, despite all the frustrations, the prints are still gorgeous.

Jake

It just keeps spitting out the roll and till it is all gone. I’m hoding down the roll button for 3 seconds as it instructs in the manual.. Am i missing something…?

So, the pack of complimentary paper that I received – glossy @ 255gsm & ‘ heavyweight matte’ @ 167gsm, is handled by the main paper load mechanism: fine art papers by the secondary rear feed slot: papers 1-1.5mm by the front tray. Does that sound right?

They are not very clear about it are they!

Your help is much appreciated!
regards,
Paula

The front tray is really only for thick media 1mm to 1.5mm thick; it’s not for paper like Velvet Fine Art, Watercolor Radiant White, or any of the other fine-art papers that Epson sells.

Medium thickness paper, like those and most sold by companies like Moab, Red River and others, is handled through the secondary manual feed slot behind the main paper load mechanism.

Epson really isn’t very clear on that.

Rick

I assume you’ve looked at both the R2880 and B8850 reviews here on the site. The B9180 is nearly identical to the B8850: it uses the same inks and paper transport as the B8850, and adds an Ethernet port and support for slightly thicker papers. If you think you like the B8850 over the Epson printers, then you just need to think about those two differences.

If you don’t think you’ll use anything other than stock HP papers for fine art work, then the 0.7mm thickness limit on the B8850 won’t be of too much concern. It’s really for when you want to use extremely thick fine-art papers or poster board where you’ll run into trouble.

Rick

Thanks,

RD

Rick