Yup, that's the one I got - the one with the black leading edge and
two molded circular tabs. Figures :-(
>
> Check your CD printing tray. If the end that feeds into the
printer
> has a thin clear mylar strip attatched to it, then you have the
proper
> one. If it has no mylar strip, but instead has a straight black
edge,
> with two small semicircles, then you have an 'old version' which
is
> what I believe destroyed my R340 (the feed rollers for the CD
printing
> broke). Call Epson and see if they will change it out for you,
though
> I believe they're denying the problem exists (and quietly
replacing
> the printers that break).
>
> There's a sensor on the printhead that checks the alignment of the
> three white patches on the tray before it will start printing
> (otherwise it just spits it out). I also know that I could /not/
> get the OEM ink to work on copper or brass, I've tried it on thin
> sheets fed through the paper path, and it completely beads up or
> smears away. With /very/ careful prep I was able to reduce the
beading
> and get a 'decent' enough print to heat-set, but heat setting it
made
> the ink mostly evaporate, nearly nothing left to protect the metal
at
> all. The R220 uses a completely different type of ink than the C88
>