Epson ET8550 Printer Review -3 Weeks Later - How to print on 280gsm card

[@nanowomansk]

Under the maintenance tab choose thick paper. It helps a lot with the rollers. Also choose a slower printing speed. This will allow the ink to dry faster.

[@cyharwood3756]

Hello, will this printer only accept EPSON branded card? As I purchased this printer and it keeps spitting my card out, which is not EPSON branded. Is there away around this?? Thank you 😊

[@nanowomansk]

@@cyharwood3756 I use all types of paper in the Epson printer. Have you tried an Epson test print from the printer? That reminds me of something that has happened to me & I can’t remember the solution. But it’s should be in the print settings. Make sure the settings in your pc match the printer settings.

[@tonyhawk123]

Helps, or resolves? Trying to get to the bottom of this before making a purchase.

[@jadesweeney3544]

This was the most helpful tutorial for this printer. THANK YOU!

[@maizeandbluenation]

I called Epson for this exact same issue and they confirmed cardstock will need to be feed through the rear feeder one at a time. I'm still probably going to purchase this printer

[@artistatrentina]

Hi, I'm also interested in this topic :) at what weight should the rear loader be used? I can't find the details on the instructions. Thank you

[@dianedouglas3886]

Hi there. I’ve run into this issue with many types of equipment. I just put casters on my furniture and move the furniture into place. Works with file cabinets, small tables and desks. Easy to Spring clean studio floors too! Thanks for this great hands on tutorial!!

[@jagosart]

Hi Diane, that's a great tip, thank you :-)

[@lorali1256]

Thank you , I was going to buy this printer today. Now I have to start looking again. Can I ask what would have been your next choice?

[@indigowolf288]

Hi Justine, thanks for taking the time to post this vid. I have the same printer and get exactly the same roller lines on thick papers for photography prints. I'd also taken the rear cover off but it wasn't until you pointed out the removal and re-insertion of the little guide that the penny dropped for me! Yes, got the same issue as you in turning the printer sideways and not fitting on my work stand - doh! Anyways, I'm still enjoying the outstanding prints I get off it and the ink tanks rather than cartridges is too much of a plus for me to consider other options. I also have the P900 for larger work, but you know what ... the glossy prints from the 8550 beat even the P900 for impact (P900 is pigment inks). Once again thanks for posting, you're a very watchable KZbinr!

[@jagosart]

I had the Epson P600 before and I prefer the prints on the et8550 too. How do you find working with the margin that it leaves when printing using the back of the machine. If it wasn’t for that I could absolutely forgive it for the faff to print from the back because you do get quicker at removing the back etc. I’m glad the video helped you out :-)

[@indigowolf288]

@@jagosart Hi again, as for the margin, if it's a portrait print then I'll make sure to have it at the bottom where I generally prefer a bigger margin. For landscape format prints I will increase the other side margin or just trim so I have equal margins afterwards. I do have 'a thing' about margins, if they are off it bugs me to bits!!! Good luck with your business, it's a wonderful part of the world to live. I've explored most of the coastline around you as I've done many of the climbs thereabouts and even one night slept in Hawkers Cabin with a climbing buddy, although mostly sleepless as we were both certain we saw a grave move in the local church yard on the walk to the cliff tops. We both put it down to the local 'flat' but lovely cider we'd had!

[@jagosart]

There’s a good chance it was either ha! Thank you and yes, it really is beautiful in this part of the world. :-)

[@anmic3590]

@@indigowolf288Hi! I recently purchased this printer and on Hahnemuhle 308, using the rear tray, I get two very fine lines on each long sides, barely noticeable - but you know how it is. If I use the rear slot I get no lines, print looks fine, but it is slightly off, even if I use 25mm borders. Is like the paper gets inside a little bit off. Any idea how to solve this? I will try other papers too soon, but it is annoying to the point I feel like returning the printer. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you!

[@indigowolf288]

@@anmic3590 Hi, regarding the paper alignment issue I had to get my first printer replaced as it just would not print straight with equal margins. The replacement printer works no problem. Sorry to hear you have that issue.

[@brettrohring]

Thank you for your beautiful update! (I finally bought this model and truly appreciate you and your videos on this.) Cheers!

[@jagosart]

You are very welcome, I’m glad my videos on the printer were helpful for you. I’m actually getting quicker at making the changes to the printer when I need to now and it isn’t such a pain anymore. I hope you enjoy your printer too :-)

[@grahamegibbons1751]

Another great video, thank you. Your set up video probably saved me hours of time and this issue with the paper thickness will need some thought, but at least you have skilfully provided a solution. Thankyou.

[@jagosart]

Thank you, I'm glad it was useful

[@esthergibbs7375]

Thanks so much for this video, I have just bought this printer too and had no idea re the thicker card stock and what is required to avoid the roller marks. Luckily I have the space to position it for easy access but as you said, you do feel like something is going to snap!

[@jagosart]

Hi Esther, you’re very welcome. I’m glad it was useful for you :-)

[@jwenneberg]

Lovely videos on this printer!! :-) Do you know if it can load normal A3 paper from the front? I haven't got much space where I am - both top load is a problem and back load is a no go. Thank you.

[@loswuchos]

What would you guys say what is the max gsm you can print from the front?

[@neilsargeson1695]

Hi just watched you do the swap round video I have an idea for you if you make a turn table and then a slide unit so you turn it and move it away from the press you would need to do some diy. And some strong draw slides and a lazy Susan fit on top? .great video .

[@jagosart]

Excellent ideas, thank you :-)

[@TDHobbies]

My printer is on a shelf, I printed some card a few days ago and never knew about this rear loading. I may have to get a mobile stand and relocate the printer. For me it's just home use and I found this video while searching for some software that will help with best ink to paper ratio setting (not sure the proper name for that) ICC I believe? Do you just use the Epson software for your paper settings? One card I printed so far was of a map for a video game and it did not come out well at all. Picture on regular glossy paper works fine. Glad I found this video!

[@jagosart]

Hello there, I’ve just moved my printer to a better area now which has a little more space for it but I will still need to turn it around every time I need to use the back feeder which is a pain although someone suggested a lazy Susan which is quite a good idea. I use affinity software and then print using the Epson printer settings and so far, the print quality has been great every time. I hope you manage to figure yours out. I have obviously done quite a bit of research now and one thing I have discovered is the importance of good quality paper. I’m glad the video was useful for you :-)

[@Jennifertwalker1]

Can you tell me what settings you are using when you are printing? I have a card I am trying to print on card stock and the photo is not crisp at all. I am so upset because I can't figure out what I am doing wrong

[@PulseTriangle]

I'm surprised you don't link your own website/merchanise in your descriptions! I like your design style, would love to see your stuff

[@paulbolus9399]

Thanks for the info, just keep in mind that if you want to print card you will need some flat workspace to do this regardless which printer you use.

[@jagosart]

Thank you Paul :-)

[@Rektwiem]

Hello @Jagos Art, thanks for the review. I'd like to know if you can give us the exact measurements of the problematic border for 8550? TIA!!!

[@jagosart]

Hello and you’re very welcome. I’ve tried to answer your question in my next video for you. I hope it helps. Skip through the first part of the video and you’ll find it there :-)

[@TheSecretScreenwriter]

I really need an answer, is the cardstock specifically for inkjet? I've just bought the printer but just realised my special paper is for laser only. Will it work or not?

[@jagosart]

Hello. Like I always say, I'm not a printer expert so all I can give you is my opinion. I would only use paper intended for Inkjet printers in my machine. I would assume laser paper is solely for use in laser printers. It's probably worth doing an internet search on it or look up Keith Cooper on You Tube and put your question to him. I hope that helps :-)

[@dummatube]

We print on everything up to 310gsm fine art cotton rag using the top feeder like we do with our P900 A2 printer with no issues. We have templates for multiple A6 and A5 prints ganged up on A3 and 13” x 19” paper. We only use the front tray for document paper!!! Also if you are doing volume printing your print production space sucks - get a proper print table with a trimmer and print handling area!

[@jagosart]

Yes I agree my print production space sucks but unfortunately it’s the only space I have to work with for now so I just have to do my best with what I’ve got. I’ve bought various sample packs of paper with various different thicknesses so all being well I’ll find something that works. I used to have an Epson Sc P600 and that worked brilliantly on anything I put through the top feeder. Thanks for your comment :-)

[@littleivory3544]

Hi - can I ask you about this Are you using branded photo paper up to 310gsm? I tried 210gsm Canon premium matt photo paper and getting the roller indents with even that using the top rear feed. Epson claim you can't put anything thicker than 167gsm in that slot. So disappointed but confused seeing other people able to use it!

[@anmic3590]

Hi! No roller lines when using the top rear feeder? I get them on my hahnemuhle 308 and I’m not sure how to fix this. I use the rear slot and there are no marks there since the rollers are not used, but the print gets a little bit off. Even if the paper looks like going straight. Any help much appreciated!

[@EddieHulme]

Thanks for you instructions . This has saved me hours . Looks like I need to find a different workspace for the printer . Also need to shop around for paper that doesn’t leave roller marks or not bad ones on photo paper . My firmware is the latest . Still love the printer .

[@jagosart]

You’re very welcome, I’m glad the video was useful to you. I have bought some sample papers to try but I’ve been so busy getting ready for market, I haven’t tried them yet. As soon as I do, and if I get better results, I’ll do an update :-) Thanks for your comment and for watching :-)

[@cyharwood3756]

Hello will this printer only accept EPSON branded card? Thank you 😊

[@kfrigon]

Which printer would you buy now to print on 250-300 gsm?

[@qyzu]

@Jagos Art What is max g/m2 that this printer prints properly and automatically without this long procedure?

[@송성근-x2i]

It was very helpful in purchasing the product. Thank you. That's a good review.

[@NancyLynn]

Well now, I have to say that, that procedure to print on 280gsm and over is absolutely ridiculous. Like you, had I known that I would have to go thru that I would NOT have purchased it, and I do print a fair bit of greeting cards. It's too late to take it back so all I can do is take this as a learning experience (to dive deeper into functions of printer) for the next printer I purchase. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@jagosart]

It’s a bit disappointing to say the least. I’d be interested if you find the same problem. I tried printing 260gsm card through the normal rear feeder today, the one on top of the printer, and the card came out with the same roller indentations on it which isn’t great. I’m actually wondering if it’s just a fault with my printer or if all et8550s do the same. The other rear feeder slot, where you have to remove the mechanism as shown in the video, would be ok, although a lot of unnecessary faff, but the fact that it leaves a 20mm margin at the bottom is a proper nightmare as any card designs have to take that into account!! I was so chuffed with this printer when I initially set it up but am honestly regretting it a little now. If I’d known that printing a simple greeting card would be such a chore, I really would have looked at the other options. It’s such an expensive printer and I just assumed it would do everything i needed it to do. Fingers crossed some brilliant person out there has a solution for the problem 🤞

[@SimplybeingR]

Wow...this is great to know this...thanks so much for sharing. I use my printer for sublimation printing and I wonder would this prevent the wheel marks when I print my sublimation prints on thicker papers or DTF papers also...it is worth trying out for my issue too!!😊

[@jagosart]

Thanks for your comment, did you try it! If so, I hope it helped :-)

[@SimplybeingR]

@jagosart I have not tried yet for hack DTF. I was tempted on my last print job because I had roller marks with the film. It was specially formatted for espon printers for the DTF hack - failed miserably and seems to have unaligned my rollers due to all the paper jams...SMH 😔

[@kab3498]

You are a life saver! Thank you!

[@xaranthius1415]

Is it possible to get another of the pieces you have to switch back and forth and leave it installed or does that get in the way of the larger assembly if you try to put it back into the back of the printer? Also, I guess you have to feed each piece by hand if you are printing heavy stock? There is no way to do a small run without having to feed every piece in yourself?

[@BoredThatsWhy]

Hi is this a good printer for vivid sticker art?

[@caroline33550]

Thanks a lot for your video. I also have this printer and do print cards. No roller marks appears ( 😅) but texts seem a bit blurry… like there is too much ink so the edges are not sharp… Do you have any recommendation about this problem ? I can’t find any solution…. Thanks a lot

[@GreenlifeFin]

Use a correct ICC profile for every paper. They all have their owns.

[@chrismachin2278]

Life doesn’t always make things easy for us, does it? Well done you for finding a way round it.

[@jagosart]

Thanks Chris, I’m getting quicker at making the changes now so it’s not quite the faff it was when I recorded this video. I hope you’re enjoying this fantastic weather we’re getting :-)

[@chrismachin2278]

@@jagosart Oh yes, thanks. Just had two weeks in Derbyshire. The weather made it perfect.

[@jagosart]

Oh very nice, Derbyshire is lovely!

[@LockCarge]

For the roller marks, you could use frog tape or similar thin adhesive tape down each margin.

[@curtischapman4045]

Thank you so much for this review! As a Janner myself the second i beard Green Army i was sold! 😂😂 i am really looking into buying one of these to create trading cards, i was wondering if you are local to Plymouth and i may be able to pay you to do a test sheet for me so i can see if it produces prints at the qaulity i need?

[@joytotheworld2024]

Hi, to anyone going through the same issue - the rear feed here did not work for me. What I did is use the rear support on the back bit that you have to lean a little. Use that as the rear tray. I tried with a 350gsm bloody slow but it worked. Did not need opening that back bit Edit: so yeah that worked but leaves 2 roller marks on the 300 gsm paper that I used. Absolutely gutted. Im sure other people found a way to fix this but the fact that I have to do that to an expensive brand new printer is not acceptable. Returning this and will stick with my old Canon.

[@thiagorossi3860]

Hi! Thank you for the video. I am a bookbinder and I’m considering buying this print for my projects. I have a laser printer as I mostly bind novels or planners (5-15 a month), but considering adding some colours (school books, magazines) or even photo albums, but probably my work will still be 70% just text, 30% graphs and photos. Despite the fact photo will be maybe less than 10% of my work, quality is important to me. Is this printer good for that or only photos? Will I waste ink or time printing novels? I haven’t found anyone talking about text printing on this printer. It’s hard to find information online. Thanks a lot!

[@mb-moose]

Great info, cheers

[@DavidLotfi-d1q]

What printer would be better option for printing on card stock more than 280gsm.

[@jagosart]

I’m afraid I don’t know. My old printer was the Epson sc P600 which worked well but it’s an old printer now.

[@tonyhawk123]

If someone sold a modified roller they would make a fortune. Given the offending part is easily removed from the rear of the machine, someone could modify it. I'd buy one!

[@AndriaMrs]

Oh my goodness, I definitely agree with you and I feel the same also. I was also told I could purchase the unlimited inks, BUT, nooooo, that is only for the cheaper printers!!!!!!!!!! Over £600 for I thought the right printer and how wrong I was. Looking to find a different printer now that can print over or up to 300gsm card and paper easy, trying to start a business. Will be selling this one. AND... full set of inks cost over £100 .........

[@jagosart]

Oh I’m glad I’m not the only one!! Yes it’s such a shame because otherwise it has a lot going for it, I do think the print quality is very good. Luckily, it does print my art prints well which is what I mainly use the printer for so although I’m disappointed I can’t print everything through the rear feeder, it’s not all doom and gloom for Me but if I was going to spend that sort of money on a printer again, I would definitely do more research and make sure it could print everything I need easily. Good luck finding your next printer :-)

[@AndriaMrs]

@@jagosart Thank you so so much for replying. Oh well onto researching yet again lol. x

[@transitengineer]

Wow, you must be doing a lot of printing because, it takes me about a year before my ink tanks need to be re-filed. As for the cost, my prior printer was an Epson Artisan 725 (Arctic White), and it still used six (6) ink cartridges. With my Epson 725, about every two months one of the six cartridges would need to be replaced and a full set of all six (6) would also cost about $100 (US). So, for my usage the ink bottles are a great cost savings (smile...smile).

[@lukerazor1]

That looks like a complete PITA. I assume you can't just leave the rear paper feeder set up if you only load from the front most of the time?

[@jagosart]

Haha yes it is although I am getting quicker at the whole process now so it’s not as much of a PITA as it was. Unfortunately the mechanism you take out is used by the printer when printing from the other cassettes to feed the paper up through the paper so it’s not really an option. Luckily the printer prints my artwork really well so I can let it off a little :-)

[@fabricioantonello8023]

Thanks for sharing your experience, it is very disappointing. Did you reach out to Epson on this issue? Wish your cards business takes off - best of luck.

[@jagosart]

Thank you very much :-)

[@AndriaMrs]

Have you ever tried contacting Epson????? More than useless, they only have expensive numbers to call, so putting you off ringing.

[@foundvhs]

Been having this same problem! Sucks when you pay $200 for a printer and have to deal with this crap.

[@KavanaghGTR]

Immensely useful, thanks. I like your cat too!

[@LorieRaymond-f1z]

I'm pretty sure this wasn't DESIGNED for printing cards...I believe it's a sublimation printer...buy a printer for cards... don't expect an All in one when using a sublimation printer...it's for sublimation... It's fine that you pointed that out, but I don't think people buying this printer gives a hoot about printing cards. However, I did like the demonstration of the rear feed...that was great. Thanks.

[@transitengineer]

No, I disagree might not need to print card stock daily. However, I now know a work around way, if needed in the future (smile...smile).

[@bebopkirby]

If you could look up the definition of ‘finicky, short lived, headache’, you would see a picture of a ink jet home printer.

[@jagosart]

Haha that is very true!!

[@robertmartin2898]

It's difficult to bend hard paper, so a straight way out and in is the solution.

[@pauldainton9260]

This video explains a possible fix for your problem - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3fQdGV4nK6dZrs

[@jagosart]

Really :-) I shall watch it immediately. Thank you very much :-)

[@rozemarijn-9672]

@@jagosart I just bought this printer today (it is still in the box waiting to be unpacked). Hope this firmware-update helps, I’m a bit disappointed because I also planned to use thick papers/cardstock. The comments on Keith’s video are promising, thanks for sharing this info, Paul. Did you already tested this update Jagosart? Edit: just found your other videos on this topic. Thank you so much for addressing this issue so thoroughly.

[@jagosart]

You’re very welcome. Hopefully, you will have better luck. I have had a few people comment to say they have better results using different cardstock so have a look through some of the comments. I have just bought a few sample packs of different papers with thickness below and over 300gm so if I have more luck with those, I’ll let you know. And I’ll keep looking for the firmware update as it might be that it hasn’t been rolled out to Me yet 🤞 One things for sure, you won’t be disappointed with the print quality, it really is very good. I love my art prints which it prints brilliantly for Me.

[@theflossingfisherman7925]

For the amount of money you paid for the printer, you can't be doing that every time you want to use the heavy card. According to the manufacturer it takes up to and including 300 gsm. I have a cheap HP Inspire and I run 350gsm through that with no problem.

[@sector13studios]

I've never met a printer I liked.

[@terriswarthout7638]

Put wheels on your cabinet it sits on

[@jamesoldman3021]

If you're only printing one card a lot of work. Save up and print several at once and it is no problem. I would suggest getting a table that you do not need to turn.

[@davidjago8021]

Green Army. X

[@jagosart]

The one and only x

[@mikerooney3307]

You could get a large lazy Susan.

[@jagosart]

That’s a great idea, I will have to look into that. Thank you :-)

[@barbriley583]

NOOOOOOOO🤮🤮🤮I just bought this printer…damn

[@jagosart]

It is a brilliant printer, I honestly have no complaints with regards my use for it with my art prints, which fortunately I don’t get any roller marks on. It seems not everyone has had the roller marks issue so hopefully, if you print on thicker paper/card, you’ll be one of the lucky ones. :-)

[@SDZ420]

Blamed the printer for your own minimalist office space is bad, bad bad.

[@tonyhawk123]

Its just a video of someone sharing their personal experience. She is not obligated to serve your needs given its a free video.

[@kawar-ib3oi]

Trash, complete junk, paid advertising