How to stop 'Pizza Wheel' marks on your inkjet prints!

[@chazdadazzle]

This video has saved me from continuing to damage my prints. Again awesome vid.

[@chriscautiontv]

i don't believe i have any ink on my pizza wheels but im still seeing the dots on my image? could it be the wheel is actually making impressions on my glossy paper? if so how can i stop it from doing so

[@mikemcn301]

Thanks for the help. I had one wheel leaving a mark on my prints on my Epson R2000. Using the marked up print I located that wheel causing the marks and blew the wheel and spring off with can air. I then got a small sheet of mat board about 3 x5 inches, 1mm or .040in thick. I push it under all the wheels along my printer starting from the left.It was east to push in. I notice when I got to the one that was causing the marks it was a harder to push in. I blew it some more air on it and worked the mat board in and out about 30 time so it felt the same as when I push it under all the other wheels. I think it was stuck down and didn't push up when the paper went through. I made the same exact print and low and behold, it was perfect, no marks. Thanks. If that didn't work I would have when with the Magic Bullet.

[@christopherbyrne1254]

have to say that is by far the best help video on KZbin i have ever watched! Epson WF 2010 (rollers can be seen from the front where the papers comes out) i had 3 separate lines on all my prints but now sorted,expensive repair saved but i had to improvise & just sprayed with multi purpose cleaner until i can get hold of magic bullet cleaner & my first print after cleaning i used a sheet of A4 card. brilliant help video thank you very much.

[@absurdbird3556]

Why on earth couldn't they have just used bigger soft-rubber wheels (like the spiky rollers without the spikes)? That would surely be superior in every way.. or am I missing something?

[@shabbytownAZ]

How did you access that area? From the top? Back?

[@benny4legs]

What type of paper is that, it has a lovely texture?

[@iman7godiswithus]

This fix helped a little but im still getting it. MAybe I should go for a thinner paper

[@marklola12]

i have this issue but its worse for me because i use my eco tank epson as a sublimation printer, on dark images when heat pressed the marks are not showing but when its like image or white when printed i see the indents but when i head press the image to coasters etc those indents turn to black dots which looks a mess and not nice for selling

[@rochelle..]

I have this with a brand new Epson eco tank as well -I use mine for stickers and I can’t sell it like this. Did you find a fix? I may have to return mine just before Christmas sales -yay

[@mikelramos8124]

@@rochelle.. Some isopropanol with cloth clean the wheels but make sure you don't touch the print head. Reduce the density settings, turn on Quiet more/Slow print - the reason it's doing it, it's because the ink doesn't dry before touching the wheels

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

Thanks it worked. I looked at the roller giving the problem and there was a bit of lint wrapped around the pizza cutter, removed it and cleaned it and problem solved.

[@sk8orinda]

this is not why you are getting these pizza roller marks, and on many printers, such as the 3880, you can stick a pin or tape various little sensors that dictate whether the pizza wheels engage or not. usually this is done by jamming the sensor that allows front manual feed, or rear feed, depending on printer model. you can also just rip them out with pliers, they come off easily. JUST BE VERY CAREFUL that you have removed ALL of the debris pieces afterwords... really easy way to total your printer if you neglect to see a stray wheel in the path of the printhead. again, unless your printer is ridiculously dirty (the ink coagulates in many places on the printer, but the rollers are not usually one of them) this will not do much to help you, because the printer is actually deliberately making those wheels touch your print to ensure that it maintains alignment. Also, just buy Simple Green cleaner, it works better and it's safe for your print head.

[@ndudman8]

Thanks for the video, are you using this printer for large volume 1000 prints per year with reliable results ? I'm looking for a color printer A3+ for producing small run book covers, budget small laser printers don't go over A3 and of course the color isn't that good. Just concerned about the reliablibilty, with maintanence of course. I'd use quality ink from your uk shop etc, already bough magic bullet hoping to get a epson 8010 pro working but nothing good yet.

[@downfallnotes]

I was so incredibly frustrated with these wheels picking up ink and leaving a scratch on my prints on a Canon Pro-100. This is what finally fixed it for me!!!!! (I used 99.9% iso alcohol).

[@wademorales]

I have warranted 2 Canon Pixma Pro 10s that are brand new because of this problem. Is it normal to see these marks faintly? The ones in your video look deep in that specific row. I actually ordered a promotional sample and it has faint pizza marks as you call them throughout the image.

[@trishperrigo7533]

OMG you are a life save! I was ready to throw the printer out the window

[@mirisfern]

Thanks for the hel, I have these marks, I guess from all wheels, on my prints. I'll just have to figure how to remove the front cover from my printer.

[@marrutt]

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[@loustar196]

HI i have similar marks on my prints when using slow dry paper. Only difference is I have a few vertical lines of white dots across my prints. I have tried head cleaning ect..is this from the pizza wheels? I was told it was because of the paper I am using.

[@marrutt]

+lou star Yes, it could be the paper you are using but it also could be the pizza wheels. Please email me directly at [e-mail] and i will go through a few things with you

[@alanconnolly3573]

dude have u any idea how i may get rid of the pizza wheel on a canon mg5750?

[@NeillRobinson]

Did you ever solve the issue? I know it’s been 3 years since your comment but I have the same printer, same problem..

[@alanconnolly3573]

@@NeillRobinson Hello!! Yes i did, I just got heavier paper!! cheers

[@alanconnolly3573]

i just use Canon photo paper, anything from 200 G/m and upwards should be ok, It was only an issue with lighter grade paper, I assume your a photographer?

[@NeillRobinson]

@@alanconnolly3573 interesting - by heavier do you mean thicker GSM? Yes I am a photographer, but my experience with printing is limited to sending digital files off for print or printing in a darkroom - actually printing myself with a ‘printer’ is a mysterious art to me beyond word documents! Could I ask what paper you use exactly? I’ll try picking some up and see if it helps. To be fair I was using very cheap photo paper just to start out with and get a handle on things - I have a 280gsm and a 220 gsm - I was wondering myself if *thinner* paper might be the key, less pressure then between the roller and the pizza wheel thing that punches the holes?

[@alanconnolly3573]

As i said i just got heavier paper and it worked for me!, The paper is use is :Canon 265 g/m A4 photo paper plus glossy ll, Then the same for 4 x 6 and same for 5 x 7

[@robsuyat]

mine is doing it on a brand new wf-7710

[@markjohnson7761]

Great video. Thanks a lot. I am having this problem with my Epson P800 so will have a look at this tomorrow.

[@Joeverland]

mark johnson I’m curious to know if you tried this and did it help? I have a P800 as well with the same issue.

[@CraigMansfield]

Just discovered it on my brand new printer. I suspect the paper thickness. I'll do an experiment. Very annoying. Cheers man

[@mukeshpareek371]

thank you so much sir...

[@creativestudiobydeedee8942]

Thank you so much! first video that actually can solve my problem! Only thing is I don't see the little pizza rollers in my Epson WF-7710 printer. The pizza roller marks are all across my paper and the printer is brand new. Is there a way to speed up the drying process during printing? I'm printing on 11 X 17 sublimation paper.

[@creativestudiobydeedee8942]

I see them now they are plastic on my printer. Can I still use the Magic Bullet without hurting the printer?

[@allijay8975]

I have this same problem, same printer, using sublimation ink. I am going to try this magic bullet and see if it helps. It’s driving me crazy but in your settings somewhere in there it shows drying time normal longer or longest. I did longest and thickest paper still having the same problem.

[@johnnypopovich905]

@@allijay8975 im having this exact issue right now...did u solve ur problem?

[@allijay8975]

it did in a way but had to do multiple times. I had to go to a different paper thickness.

[@johnnypopovich905]

@@allijay8975 i took a piece of cardboard and just pushed it under the rollers. Back n forth to loosen them up n it worked!!

[@LaserEverything]

Bricktop fixed ou printer Turkish!

[@MrXaresx]

THANK YOU U ARE PERFECT

[@chizmisnisuking-gala4164]

Thanks sa guide

[@pixelbat]

Just remove the pizza wheels all together.