Digital BW, The Print

Sarah,

Just a thought... 

Have you checked your image using the Photoshop Histogram tool? If 
there are any breaks between the black and white points or several 
breaks / vertical lines (commonly called "combing" because the 
histogram resembles a comb) the problem may be that image was 
accidentally re-sampled somewhere in the process or the contrast 
range changed, etc.. 

There is no data in those blank areas within the histogram and that 
can cause a sorta mini-posterization between the areas that do have 
values and would be quite apparent in a gradient. 

Regards,
George Aiello


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Sarah Smith" 
<ssmith@f...> 
> wrote:
> ....
> 
> >Has anyone been able to print a super-smooth, perfect 
> > tonal gradient with this (or any) inkjet printer?  Or am I always 
> > going to have some slight rough spots?  Every other type of black 
and 
> > white image I print looks beautiful... it's just these damned 
> > gradients without any texture that give me fits.  
> > 
> > Sarah Smith