Digital BW, The Print

Randy,

If you have done the best you can with the alignment and cleaning off 
the business end of the head, then you may just have a printer that 
has a marginal paper feed. My 1200 is like that with Piezo. No amount 
of aligning and cleaning ever completely removed the very fine lines 
I see in smooth tonal areas. These are not noticeable at normal 
viewing distances.

With the new 1280 in smooth tonal areas under magnification I can 
tell which direction the head travel was in by a very subtle texture. 
You really have to use a loupe to see this and look very closely. 
None of this can be seen in normal viewing and is not a concern.

If you are seeing the pattern you described at normal viewing 
distances you may want to try and get an exchange from Epson under 
warranty if you can.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Randy L <rlphoto@a...> 
wrote:
> Well It was banding with the mis 1270 inks in it. But it has printed
> better. Now these bands are barely visable to the naked eye. You 
really
> got to look close to see them. I was hoping that changing inks would
> help it.
> Thanks for the reply
> Randy
> 
> Martin Wesley wrote:
> > 
> > Randy,
> > 
> > How was the printer running before you installed the CIS and 
quads?
> > Was there any banding with the Epson inks? Since the MIS VM is 
using
> > the Epson driver same as the Epson inks the banding should have 
been
> > the same with both unless something got knocked out of alignment
> > during the CIS installation.
> > 
> > Is the microbanding visible at normal viewing distances or is this
> > something you only see with magnification?
> > 
> > Martin Wesley
(snip)