Digital BW, The Print

Hmmmm. I don't know but I had a oddly similar situation. I was 
printing a sheet of 3x5 Christmas shots of my little girl for 
relatives/cards etc. when I noticed a black line about one or two 
pixels wide where the "smile crevice" is between her nose and the 
cheek. This line didn't exist in the pic.

What I found was this. I was printing from a rather large file, about 
5400x3700 .PSD and not downsizing for the picture, simply resizing in 
the print preview. When I downsized, then printed, it went away.

Could you have sizing/interpolation issues?

Jules




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia 
<mark@c...> wrote:
> I need some help on an issue that is stumping me. Epson 9000, Cone 
> selenium quad inkset, ImagePrint 5 RIP for Windows, photo rag 
paper. I 
> am printing some portraits for a client and I am getting a weird 
white 
> line (no more then a pixel or two wide) that encircles  the pupil 
of 
> each eye. Actually it only goes half way around the bottom of the 
pupil 
> if I print with the orientation in the printer looking upright and 
> correct. If I rotate the image it will now shift to the side of the 
> pupil, so I am sure it is not in the file. I have done nozzle 
checks 
> (perfect), done head alignment (all were in the middle numbers), 
tried 
> different profiles, tried blurring the image a little, and it will 
not 
> go away. It happens only on certain images so it might have 
something 
> to do with a contrast ratio or out of gamut (if that is possible 
with a 
> grayscale image) but I am completely stumped. I am now wondering if 
it 
> is another more serious alignment issue and should I do the skew, 
etc.?
> 
> Any guesses? I apologize for cross posting this but I want the most 
> feedback (help) I can get.
> 
> Thanks to all,
> Mark