Digital BW, The Print

Antonis and Frank:

Antonis, I tested with black-only through the Epson driver.  No banding.  Is 
it possible to test a black-only profile through OPM without having IJC?

Frank, where are you with your Matte Black cartridge, level-wise?  Your 
description of the problem is good -- looks like thin scratches in black 
areas but not all black areas of an image.  I haven't had time to check with 
a densitometer, but I would bet that the black areas without bands are less 
than 100% black.  Under a loupe, the bands are actually a series of dots.  I 
have it throughout my 100% patch on a step wedge, nowhere else.  I have no 
banding with Epson or IP 5.

Helene



> Thanks Frank..... I will soon upload Carl's revision of the cool profile 
> which 
> should offer a further improvement over mine. I just wanted to do some 
> densitometry with it first (and I have a bit of a time crunch!).
> 
> As for the banding... I'll test with my 2200 and if I don't see it, I'll 
> have to 
> assume it's an individual printer issue, not a driver issue (even if OPM 
> shows 
> it more than other drivers). Did you test with black-only on the Epson 
> driver?
> 



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