Epson 2200: Where have all the papers gone?

I have a brand new computer with a brand new Epson 2200 printer driver
(To be sure, I just downloaded and installed it again).

The Print Settings option in the printer driver has FEWER paper type
options than my earlier driver. The only ones I now see are:

- Plain Paper
- Enhanced Matte Paper
- Velvet Fine Art Paper
- Watercolor Radiant White

My old computer shows these in addition:
- Premium Luster Photo Paper
- Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
- Premium Gloss Photo Paper

I am printing to a paper which requires one of these missing seetings.
The colors coming out are way off and I am sure it's the paper setting.

How do I get the full list of paper options?

Thank you for your help,

Gary

 

Is it possible your new printer thinks you have a the Matte Black Ink cark
installed? Perhaps it only offers these papers when the matte cart is
installed?

 

Its a Epson, take your punishment.

 

I expect you haven't given the greedy shits enough money.

Give them more money, probably. Those bandits seem to have discontinued the
4x6 I use for regular album prints with my 1200, nothing else will line up
properly in it.

There is another option, of course; buy something other than an Epson, then
one also avoids the diagonal text splattering that happens with music
printing software.

Matt

 

I don't see why it should think so. I could be printing photographic or
non-photographic, regardless of paper, no? Is the idea that matte
blank ink won't print on the other papers? I don't see why.

(BTW, I do have the matte black ink installed. I hadn't even realized
they sold different kinds of black inks)

 

You may want to print with matte black ink onto glossy or other
non-matte papers, but Epson doesn't want you to, because then you might
complain that the print doesn't look as good as it should.

I'd but the correct black ink tank, but I would also ask how to store a
partly used tank. If the store personnnel can't advise, try wrapping it
in cling film and put it the fridge.

Good luck. Methinks you'll need it.

 

The Print Settings option in the printer driver has FEWER paper type

These are the settings for the matte black ink. If you replace the
matte black with the photo black ink you'll get the others you are
complaining about.

RTFM.

 

Is the idea that matte blank ink won't print on the other papers?

It flakes off the glossy paper, that's why you're supposed to use the
photo black for those. You can use photo black for all the papers but
the Dmax isn't that good with the art papers and photo black, which is
why they give you two choices.

 

That was my thought, however he has TWO computers talking to this printer
and only ONE thinks it's got a Matte cart installed. I can't see a setting
that forces the printer to assume a matte cart so it's hard to see how this
situation arrises. Unless...

Hang on a moment... I wonder if the back channel works over a network? eg If
you set up a shared printer does the status monitor work on BOTH computers
or just the one that's directly connected? Perhaps the computer that's
directly connected is correctly detecting a matte cart and the other one is
ASSUMING a standard glossy cart because the status monitor doesn't work?
Just thinking aloud here.

 

Good point. The Epson Status Monitor generally
does NOT work over a network. At least that's
my experience with an Epson 7000.


rafe b.
http://www.terrapinphoto.com

 

I never would have expected the printer/driver combination to be so
smart. I have some photo black on order.

Thanks!

Gary

 

Did you recently change the type of black cartridge in the printer?

I believe the 2200 driver changes paper types depending if you have the
matte or photo black cartridge in place, since some papers work with one
and other papers with the other. It seems like you may have the matte
black ink in use right now.

Art

 

The inks have different formulations. The matte black ink doesn't work
well on the glossy and semi-gloss papers, because it is matte, so it
isn't glossy enough for gloss papers, and would not look very good.

The photo black ink isn't as dense, but it is more glossy so it looks
good on glossy output, but is not dense enough for matte finish papers.

The drivers try to show you which is which, and which papers will work
in each case.

Art

 

If you have a network aware printer and use it with the Epson network
products, you can pout the status monitor on both PCs. If you are
using a peer-to-peer network only the Status Monitor on the computer
the printer is attached to works.

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