Ive checked what weights of paper the printer is supposed to handle and I've found pages like this one on the Epson site that give the weight of its "Ultra Paper" as 240 gsm so it should be able to handle 210 gsm card.
This is a card that goes into the printer. You state that all the lights flash but you can get into the Web interface? Or did you have the card out of the printer when you were able to connect to the Web interface? I would say it might be a bum card or there is a firmware update for the printer to allow it to detect network cards.
Sorry to hear you are having issues with this, I do not like these printers myself. So in your post you mention that you set the dip switches to on, SW 2-8 to on. Did you set the dip switches 2 though 8 in bank 2 to on or did you set just switch 8 to on?
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The installation manual for the NIC says those are the right switch settings. I have nothing else to go by. The same switch settings work just fine for the USB interface card that is already in all our printers.
" Turn on the printer equipped with the UB-E04, then after 20 seconds or longer, press and hold the push button to the right of the LAN connector for about 3 seconds to print the status sheet. Once printing starts, release the push button. Press the push button with a thin object such as a tweezers."
Sorry, this is not specifically an Affinity question but it's driving me nuts. I print and sell greetings cards and use Affinity Designer for this. Most of my cards are 6" x 6" and some of them I need to print them borderless. I put the card in the rear tray and set up for borderless but it always comes out with a border. The only way I can do it is to print on A4 and cut down but it would be more convenient to print on 6 x 6. Is there anything I'm missing or is it just that this printer can only do borderless on A4? Thanks for any help.
Thank you v_kyr, I did do an internet search and found this but I wasn't clear on it. A workaround that seems to have worked for some was to make an a4 template and place the 6 x 6 image vertically and centre it and then print borderless on an A4 setting but actually loading the 6 x 6 card. This doesn't work for mr sadly. I think I'll just have to accept that it can't be done.
A workaround that seems to have worked for some was to make an a4 template and place the 6 x 6 image vertically and centre it and then print borderless on an A4 setting but actually loading the 6 x 6 card.
Or even better, choose a more common and by your Epson printer supported greating card format (for borderless prints) and adapt your drawn images accordingly in order to print them then out borderless!
I tried it because it worked for other people, apparently, but it didn't work for me. so I have to print on A4 and cut down which is what I was trying to avoid for speed. Unfortunately, I can't afford to buy another printer at the moment.
6"x6" is IMO for home printers an unusual size for supported borderless printing, 4.1" x 5.8" comes close to what Epson tolds is supported here (aka 4"x6") then. - However, even the whole is pretty much printer model depending, I even don't know of any common pro printers which do support that 6"x6" format for borderless printing.
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The first thing that's important to keep in mind is that there are only trays for two brands of inkjet printers: Canon and Epson. Trays can't be made for laser printers, nor for any other brand of inkjet printer that we have come across.
The printers that we are able to make a tray for support printing on inkjet printable CDs/DVDs/BluRay discs. These printers come with a tray that you place the disc in, then that tray feeds through the printer to print on the surface of the disc.
As of April 2024 there are only a handful of printer models still being made that will work with our trays. We've broken them down below by which one of our trays should be used with each printer.
There are a number of reasons why this may be the case. Like the Epson ET/XP printers mentioned above, some printers have software problems that make it impossible to print on the full surface of a card - in which case a card tray wouldn't be very useful.
The other problem that comes up from time to time is that a printer will be released with a tray that is ONLY used with that single model/series of printers. In this case, it's typically not worth it for us to make a tray because sales of it would be so low. An example of this is the Canon IP8700 series - this series uses an "H" tray, but this tray is not used with any other printers. This is not a terribly popular printer series, so it never made sense to invest in making a tray for it.
Most common will be the need to print point-of-sale material, business cards and other light card design-related media and this is where you have a couple of options. Firstly, you want to go for a laser printer as the quick print speeds and vibrant colour will show off what you need on a range of materials.
You could also look at the Epson XP-Series and Canon Photo Printers. Or specifically, the PIXMA iX6850 is a great and affordable model that can help you achieve what you need when it comes to printing on a card.
There is also the Canon PIXMA IP8750 that can print up to 300gsm, including most of the same features as the IX6850 but with a 6 ink system which adds Grey ink, and the inclusion of a CD/DVD printing tray.
The Epson SureColor P700 A3+ would be a great option as it allows for various types of media to be printed up to 1.5mm (Roughly 1000gsm). The slightly more expensive Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-300 comes with stunning colour output and allows for printing on a more typical thickness for a rear fed inkjet, which is around 380gsm. Both would be perfect for what you need.
Thank you for getting in touch. EcoTank printers are not made for top print quality on images, however with support up to 250gsm, I recommend one of the Canon, the G3501 would be suitable up to 275gsm
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We have a brother printer which is great but it struggles with the 220gsm card I use for card making because of the way it feeds the paper around a roller,can you suggest a not too expensive alternative.
Unfortunately, newer printers do not work so well for toner foiling due to the way the toner is made up. Of the monochrome machines available, the Samsung M3320ND is the only one we have had reported success with. The max media handling weight on this is 220gsm from the front feed tray. OKI machines are the best at media handling thanks to their flat feed path, however, from our own tests we have found that OKI toner is not effective for foiling. If you were to print on an Oki machine using a composite black (all four colours at once) then this could work, as it gives the foil a denser area to stick to. However, using a colour machine is much more expensive than a mono device.
Hi Danial. Im retired and paint cartoons and want to print birthday and christmas cards from my paintings.
A4 is the size and the card I have is 260grm. I thought this was the lightest there was. Can you recommend an inexpensive printer, I didnt realise how expensive they were and only want to do it to save painting the whole thing over again. Regards Brian.
The M2026 model was a retail only device I believe, available only at certain retailers and so is not a model we have. However, it is of the same generation of devices as those we recommended and so likely uses the same toner type meaning it should work with the foiling process.
Which machine would be suitable is going to be down to the media itself. For example, are they laser or inkjet suitable? Do you have a particular type of waterproof paper you are planning to use and if so what is the paper weight and is it laser or inkjet media?
The link you provided looks relatively neat and compact in comparison to other multifunction machines.
Is it possible I purchase an Eco-Tank model and fill it in with original Epson pigment ink instead of the dye ink provided initially with the Epson Eco-Tank?
I am afraid not. I believe that there are some differences between the printheads found in dye based machines Vs pigment ones. They work in the same way, but the inks are quite different and so using one in the other would either not work or could simply just damage the print head.
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