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Re: OPM black banding

2003-04-01 by Antonis Ricos

Helene, and Frank

I'll forward this to the people at Bowhaus and see what they say. Of course, 
you too can contact them directly  at: software@...

When I get a minute I'll upload a black-only profile for OPM.


Antonis


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, grdglass@a... wrote:
> 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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