Black smudges on paper

[Ginger]

Hi

Making coasters and getting issues on the paper

Printing from an Epson L850 and am getting these smudges top and bottom
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It's fine when the print is not full colour but if the entire coaster area is full print then these smudges occur

I've tried bending the paper, fanning the paper, turning it upside down and have patted the ink dump internally with blotting paper. Also turned on thick paper setting.

But still happening

Using Ink Experts 120g/m paper

Anyone got any suggestions please?

[Mrteajunkie]

Looks like the head is hitting the paper.
has the paper been sat out and open.

in this weather the paper will absorb moisture from the air warping it.
if I leave a few sheets of paper In the printer overnight i know in the morning I may as well just bin them.

print on some standard printer paper and see if it still happens.

[Ginger]

Thanks I think that may be the case

Do you just put the paper back in the plastic it arrives in or do you have something else you use?

I tried a fresh ream of paper and that worked fine

[pw66]

Large ziplock bag and as many silicon sachets as you can find keeps open paper well.

[GoonerGary]

I would have this issue with the ink experts paper when I used it a few years ago. Printers can be fussy about certain papers. Wipe your rollers and all around the inside with a J cleaning cloth to remove the old smudged ink, then try either S Race, A-sub paper, or perhaps Truepix. I don't tend to store my papers as the printers run through the night.

[pcwizme]

Large ziplock bag and as many silicon sachets as you can find keeps open paper well.

I use a really useful bag with a few rechargeable dry packs personally but keeping it dry and flat is the key thing, some of mine refuses to grip on occasion so I run some normal paper through and it seems to help clean the rollers