Digital BW, The Print

Hello Gretha,

>I did some testing with printing a step wedge, and learned that 
>using the Epson watercolor-radiant profile (that was my default) 
>caused irregulair and ugly dot patterns in the lighter areas. 
>When I use the EEM profile, I get smooth dot patterns. I now 
>switched to EEM profile after some dot gain tweaking. 
> 
>But then I read the memo of Clayton in which he mentioned "tiny 
>double dots" when printing with thick paper through the back feed.
>I realy want to understand this effect so I can reproduce it. Is 
>it profile based ?

No, in my case it is not - I don't use paper profiles.  My techniques
are described in articles # 3 and 4 on the web link below.

As for the double dots, I don't notice much if any difference in the
over all look of the print.  It's only noticible with a loupe.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm