Digital BW, The Print

Greg,

When are the prints for exchange shipping? Best regards.

Shilesh
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Gregory Schern" 
<gschern@y...> wrote:
> Recently I was printing for one of the print exchanges that we 
> sponsor, and was having a very difficult time with my normal 
routine. 
> I was printing with the PiezographyBW (R9) driver on an Epson 1160 
> with MIS FSN inks using Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188. 
> 
> The print has a rather large section of light-middle gray (20-40%)
in 
> the sky. That section of the print was showing an incredible amount 
> of microbanding while the rest of the print looked great. I did all 
> the usual: nozzle check - it was perfect, alignment - no problems, 
> adjusted the output resolution - didn't help. I was thoroughly 
> frustrated and ready to move on to another image. 
> 
> As a last ditch effort I decided to use John Woolf's curves for the 
> Epson driver and wouldn't you know it, beautiful. In fact, the 
print 
> was much more neutral. The Piezo (R9)driver prints the FSN inks 
very 
> cool while the Epson driver with Woolf's curves printed very 
neutral. 
> The blacks were much blacker, as many others have attested to. The 
> dot pattern is more prominent, but acceptable. Overall it was 
> interesting to see the difference with these inks and best of all 
> resolve the microbanding. 
> 
> While I have not noticed the banding on every print I've made, on 
> this one it was unavoidable, and switching drivers did the trick. 
In 
> most cases the Piezo (R9) driver has done very well, and the choice 
> of profiles has been very helpful. The dot pattern is non existent. 
> But in this case the Epson driver with appropriate curves was the 
> tool for the job. 
> 
> I just thought this experience might be helpful for anyone else out 
> there experiencing similiar problems.
> 
> Gregory Schern
> Inkjet Goodies - Photographic and Fine Art Inkjet Supplies
> www.inkjetgoodies.com
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