PRO 1100 Top feed option not present for some profiles

[guitar286]

I am trying to print HFA 4x6 photo rag baryta and only the top feed can phsycially accommodate that size on the pro1100. These are photo cards already cut to size. There is only a manual feed option but the guides do not close near enough for the width. I can print the from the top feed using other, non applicable profiles, but the both the existing profiles on the machine and ones downloaded from HFA do not allow top feed. Any work arounds on this? 

[jrhoffman75]

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@guitar286 wrote:

I am trying to print HFA 4x6 photo rag baryta and only the top feed can phsycially accommodate that size on the pro1100. These are photo cards already cut to size. There is only a manual feed option but the guides do not close near enough for the width. I can print the from the top feed using other, non applicable profiles, but the both the existing profiles on the machine and ones downloaded from HFA do not allow top feed. Any work arounds on this? 

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By HFA do you mean Hahnemuehle Fine Art?

Fine Art papers may not be compatible with feeding from the top feed due to the bend radius of the feed. Check your manual. 

[guitar286]

Yes i do mean Hahnemuehle Fine Art. I tried a different paper in the settings and it looked fine after printing- no issues feeding through the top feed. No matter what I do I can't get the manual feed to work. It never detects paper. Is there a way to edit the am1x file to change this? 

[jrhoffman75]

I don’t have a printer that uses those files. 

[rsilber]

This is an expected behavior (to use the manual feed only) when one chooses fine art papers. If you use the supplied AM1X file, it tells the printer what media settings to use, which also uses the manual feed. If you do not use the AM1X file and instead choose fine art paper as you select your media, the printer will also use the manual feed. Basically, the printer does not care about your paper size, only about the media setting.

The only work around is to use a non-fine art media setting in the print driver that will allow the use of the top feed. Maybe a luster, gloss, semi-gloss or matte depending on your HFA paper choice. You may have to experiment with several until you find one that provides the expected print result, and use this for your 4x6 prints. You can still use the provided ICC profile.

Alternatively, my preferred solution for the occasional 4x6 prints is to use larger fine art sheets in the manual feed, and gang multiple 4x6 images using a print manager (like Canon PPL or Qimage), then cut them out on my rotary cutter. This is a good solution too if one wants borderless and doesn't want to print borderless prints directly in the printer, avoiding the ink overspray inside the printer.

Good luck! 😀