#About epson 3880 printer manual
#About epson 3880 printer pro

This modificationВ does affect how much margin you need on the trailing edge.

Alternatively, remove the swab from step 3 and the film bridge from step 5, and close the Front Feed Tray. On the other hand, there is no reason that I can see why it canвЂ™t be used this way for printing on paper too, so why not just leave it as is.

You wonвЂ™t be able to close the Front Feed and the Eject Tray if it is to be left set up this way, and youвЂ™ll have to leave the Left Front Cover off. The only drawback to this procedure that I can see is a very minor one. If it does, you can push the metal frame that is just behind them in a bit, push the white plastic pieces in and up with aВ piece of cardboard wide enough to push both flaps up together, and then let the frame back out.

Optional: The 2 little white hinged flaps that are visible in the preceding picture shouldnвЂ™t be a problem unless your film curls up too much.

ItвЂ™s not really necessary to tape it in place. The piece I used here came from a roll so it has a slight downward curl.

Finally, take a strip of film or smooth paper the width of the eject tray opening (17 inches) by 3-4 inches and place it so that it acts as a bridge to prevent the exiting film fromВ sliding below the Front Feed Tray which is left in the open position.

Now locate the guide tab on the front right corner of the Front Feed Tray.В Using a piece of electrical tape or similar flexible tape, cover the tab in such a way as to create a ramp that exiting film or paper can slide over.

The panel display will no longer indicate that the Front Feed is open. The business end of the swab is wide enough to stay in place by friction without being taped. I used a Printer Cleaning Swab from В which I happened to have on hand to push the switch lever down just far enough that it is in the closed position while the tray actually remains open.

#About epson 3880 printer manual

That way we can use the Manual Rear Feed or even the Auto Feed but the star-wheels will not be lowered. What we need to do here is to hold it in the closed position so that the printer thinks the Front Feed is closed even though it is not. It is small and well hidden, and a bit tricky to see at first. When the tray is closed the cam lifts it. There is a Leaf Switch behind the large white plastic cam near the rightВ side of the opening.On the left side you will see the Front Left Housing Cover which is secured by one screw at the upper right.В Remove the screw, tilt the cover towards you from the top, and remove it.Open the Paper Eject Tray Cover and the Front Feed Tray.We take advantage of the retracted position of the star-wheel mechanism when the Front Feed is in use by tricking the printer into thinking that the Front Feed is closed even though it is in the open position. Here is a way to disable the star-wheels without having to make any permanent modifications to the printer. I have 2 3880s on one of them the Front Feed works perfectly with the Pictorico Ultra Premium OHP transparency film that I use for digital negatives, but in the other it doesnвЂ™t. One way of avoiding this is to use the Manual Front Feed mechanism which does not engage the star-wheels.В The problem with this is that the Front Feed is designed for very thick materials like poster board, and doesnвЂ™t always handle thinner materials well. However, it has one potential drawback which is that the star-wheels on the eject path of the paper transport mechanism can leave a trail of pin-prick dots on the printed surface of the negative, or any glossy surface.

#About epson 3880 printer pro

The Epson Stylus Pro 3880 (and the 3800 before it) has been one of the best and most popular printers for making high quality digital negatives for contact printing using various alternative photographic printing processes.