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Inkjet ignoring first sheet every time

I’m printing some photographs, individually, on A4 glossy paper.

Due to experience of this printing device, I have to ensure there are two sheets of paper in the tray as every single time I print the first sheet rolls through with no attempt to print (the screen on the device says “Sheet 1” and the paper is drawn straight through at some speed), then the printer picks up the second sheet and starts to print my photograph (the screen on the device still says “Sheet 1”).

I fail to see how I can be adding paper to a tray in a manner that is incorrect. I’ve tried with just the two pieces of paper, and adding the glossy sheets on top of the existing standard plain paper. No difference.

This is driving me mad -it is not an old printer – Epson XP-6100 for those interested. Any suggestions?