TL;DR To adjust the platen gap or ink drying time on an Epson SC-P700 install the Epson Media Installer and follow the instructions at
Longer version: Forums like these survive by its users sharing their findings, so I thought I would do just that.
I've owned an SC-P700 for just over a year and use it mainly to print digital negatives. It worked flawlessly for 9 months then the dreaded pizza/star wheels started to appear and the advice
was to either extend the drying time between passes, use a sled and the front feed or go for the nuclear option and find a way to retract the star wheels but still print from the rear feed.
The first option was a non-starter with the supplied driver where the option is not available.
I tried the sled option but got banding in the darker parts of the negative which become the highlights on a print. In fact, form that point onwards I always got banding and solution was to increase the platen gap - once more, not available on the Epson driver for the P700
The third option seemed to be the way to go but was not documented, for the P700, anywhere. I found a way to do it and will provide instructions if anyone wants them.
Then I stumbled across a mention of the Epson Media Installer in an unrelated post. If you don't have this then it can be downloaded free of charge from your local Epson site. It's simple to use, if a little awkward, but gives you access to the two options you need.
Apologies if this is common knowledge
Longer version: Forums like these survive by its users sharing their findings, so I thought I would do just that.
I've owned an SC-P700 for just over a year and use it mainly to print digital negatives. It worked flawlessly for 9 months then the dreaded pizza/star wheels started to appear and the advice
was to either extend the drying time between passes, use a sled and the front feed or go for the nuclear option and find a way to retract the star wheels but still print from the rear feed.
The first option was a non-starter with the supplied driver where the option is not available.
I tried the sled option but got banding in the darker parts of the negative which become the highlights on a print. In fact, form that point onwards I always got banding and solution was to increase the platen gap - once more, not available on the Epson driver for the P700
The third option seemed to be the way to go but was not documented, for the P700, anywhere. I found a way to do it and will provide instructions if anyone wants them.
Then I stumbled across a mention of the Epson Media Installer in an unrelated post. If you don't have this then it can be downloaded free of charge from your local Epson site. It's simple to use, if a little awkward, but gives you access to the two options you need.
Apologies if this is common knowledge