pizza wheels

[DM]

I'm still printing on an old Stylus 600 and get the faint pizza wheel marks on all the glossy media prints, not any of the heavy mattes. The 1280 is lurking in my not too distant future and I was wondering if this issue still exists with the newer printers or if it's of historical interest only.

--David M

 

[C. D. Lee]

David, I have printed on the Epson 750 and 1200. I now have the 1280. On certain paper products with slow drying ink, you will see pizza marks in areas of the image having solid colors (sky, etc.). Matt paper drys much faster and the ink is somewhat set when it touches the pizza wheels. You can remove the wheels and elimate the problem however it may create problems with paper take-off. I don't have any problems with media I currently use, HW matte and canvas. If you print primarily on glossy, you might be advised to remove the wheels.

Good luck

I'm still printing on an old Stylus 600 and get the faint pizza
wheel marks on all the glossy media prints, not any of the heavy
mattes. The 1280 is lurking in my not too distant future and I was
wondering if this issue still exists with the newer printers or if
it's of historical interest only.

--
David M

 

[DM]

Thanks for the info. Quite a while ago I remember seeing quite a bit about this effect, but little lately. For the most part I use the heavy matte paper and as you pointed out, the problem isn't there. It's nice to be able to use glossy every now and then though I doubt it would be worth the hassle of removing them and creating other problems.

 

[rus]

Whether or not you get the pizza wheel tacks is very dependent upon the media. When I got my 1280 I had some leftover HP Premium Photo Glossy paper. I got the tracks on it. When I use the Epson Premium Glossy there are no tracks. Mostly, I also use the HW Matte and have had no problems with it

BTW, a better test than the eye is to run you fingers over the dry print (test print obviously as you don't want skin oils on your finals). You will feel the tracks even in parts of the picture where they are very difficult to visually detect.

Thanks for the info. Quite a while ago I remember seeing quite a
bit about this effect, but little lately. For the most part I use
the heavy matte paper and as you pointed out, the problem isn't
there. It's nice to be able to use glossy every now and then though
I doubt it would be worth the hassle of removing them and creating
other problems.

 

[Jack Pierce]

David, I have a 1280 and was getting the pizza wheel or marching ants marks on glossy paper. I just shimmed up the plate that holds the wheels with a couple of 1/64 washers. There is a screw holding the plate on either side of unit. Just take them out and slip the washers in with a forcep or tweezer and re-install the screws. LJ

I'm still printing on an old Stylus 600 and get the faint pizza
wheel marks on all the glossy media prints, not any of the heavy
mattes. The 1280 is lurking in my not too distant future and I was
wondering if this issue still exists with the newer printers or if
it's of historical interest only.

--
David M

 

[C. D. Lee]

I tried the washer shim method (actually stacked two 1/64" washers) but continued to have visible tracks with Epson photo paper. Finally removed the wheels which corrected problem.

I'm still printing on an old Stylus 600 and get the faint pizza
wheel marks on all the glossy media prints, not any of the heavy
mattes. The 1280 is lurking in my not too distant future and I was
wondering if this issue still exists with the newer printers or if
it's of historical interest only.

--
David M

 

[DM]

Are there any negative effects of shimming or removing the wheels?

 

[David Roberts]

Hi David,

I have an Epoin 1270 and was getting the pizza wheel marks on Classic Canvas, which is an excellent medium, but heavyweight. I went to tssphoto.com and they have a detailed instruction on how to remove the pizza wheels. It took about ten minutes and it works a treat. i have not had any adverse effect on other media from this operation.

I'm still printing on an old Stylus 600 and get the faint pizza
wheel marks on all the glossy media prints, not any of the heavy
mattes. The 1280 is lurking in my not too distant future and I was
wondering if this issue still exists with the newer printers or if
it's of historical interest only.

--
David M

 

[DM]

Thanks for the link. Lots of good stuff there.

David M