Digital BW, The Print

Have you done a head alignment? And on the Legion paper itself?

Made a big difference for me, also using Piezo & an 1160 with MIS FS-N. Had
terrible banding in the midtones that went away after a head alignment.

-BK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] EAM - fine, Legion PM - banding, why?


> A few possibilities:
>
> 1. Statistical Sample....it was "time" for a banded print. Random nature
of
> printing defects.
>
> 2.  Slippery paper.
> LPM has a very smoooth  surface and as I recall, a different "hand" or
feel
> than EAM...not as stiff as I recall...check your head position lever (was
it
> the same for all prints?)  Perhaps the slipperiness  of LPM allowed a
little
> slipping in the transport of the paper through your printer.  Check/clean
> your rollers. Put your paper lever on the lower setting.
>
> 3.  Its the ink.  (wINK)
>
> Yep...some people getting banding think it is the ink...and it very well
> could be...but you are not using Piezo Ink....  Well...it could be a lot
of
> things.
>
> Try number 2 above.   To overcome number one above, just make more prints,
> increase your odds of getting a good print...
>
> 4.  Check and double check to make sure that when you switched drivers and
> settings that when you went back to the Piezo sw you had the Epson printer
> setting correctly set for Piezo.  Read the manual for the proper settings
> for dither, paper, speed, error diffusion, etc...  Make certain.
>
> 5.  Carts or CIS?  Could make a difference.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Steadman
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: rich8155 [mailto:richard@...]
>   Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:48 PM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] EAM - fine, Legion PM - banding, why?
>
>
>   Hello all,
>
>   Earlier I had some banding problems when using the Peizo drivers (no
>   banding with Epson drivers and Randall curves) but was able to clear
>   it up with some nozzle checks and head cleanings and all has been
>   fine.
>
>   But now, using the Piezo driver, I printed on EAM (no problems) and
>   then, wanting more vibrant whites, I tried the same print on Legion
>   Photo Matte and I got banding. I used the Legion Photo Matte profile
>   in the Piezo driver settings too. I then tried the same image on the
>   LPM but using the Epson drivers/Randall curve and got thinner and
>   closer together banding. I did a nozzle check and it was perfect. I
>   use an 1160 and FS-N inks. Anyone know why this happens?
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   Richard
>
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