Homebrew PCBs

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
>