Digital BW, The Print

I'm about to go crazy here today...

After testing a whole bunch of different glossy/baryta papers during the last week here it turns out that all of them suffer from pizza wheel marks using Epson 1400 with MIS UT-14.

Ilford; GFS, Smooth Pearl
Epson Traditional Photo Paper (Exhibition F)
Canson; Photo Gloss, Photo Satin, Baryta
HP Advanced

Of course no problems with the matte paper, but all the above papers get the pizza wheel lines in different severeness grades.

I have started to experiment with removing some of the wheels, especially the singles, but in the end I still get marks no matter what I do.


Paul, if you read this, could this be resolved by proper profiling of papers making sure the amount of pigments sprayed on the papers are kept to a minimum, or is this just something I dream about and hope to be a proper solution?

What else can be done, anything at all? Or am I doomed to go to the bank and get a loan for another printer? In that case, which ones should I start to look out for?


As most of you who have or have had this problem already noticed, it takes a certain angle, light, and in some cases a magnifying glass to see the lines, but I'm the anal kind, and I will not sleep well until I know I can produce perfect prints... ;(


All ideas that have lead to resolutions are appreciated!


Thanks!


Cheers
J.F. Felinik