Digital BW, The Print

Are you printing bi-directional? Try deselecting high speed in the 
'Advanced' menu. Also you might want to check head alignment.

Phil Morse

pentaxman999 wrote:

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>Can anyone tell me if "banding" - this may not be the correct term is 
>either normal or fixable on an 1160? Specifically when printing black 
>ink only, there are faint lines visible thoughout the print.
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>My print is a landscape orientation rotated 90 degrees, the striping 
>follows the direction of the print head, and is only visible on close 
>(no loup) inspection. On a 5X7 print the lines are invisible when 
>held at arms length, very visible when held closer.
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>I am using Epson Photo Paper, Epson cartridge (new) have done 2 sets 
>of 3 cleanings separated by an MIS purge print (which showed visible 
>lines in black, magenta,and cyan, but yellow was fine.
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>I have tried printing in "automatic" mode and all variatios 
>of "enhanced". The file goes to a print spooler file, which makes no 
>difference. My computer is a 1.25GHz e-mac, i have been printing 
>under OS 9 due to limitations of the printer software in OS X. My 
>file sizes are 15MB jpegs from a Pentax DS, they print flawlessly on 
>the 825. (I want bigger prints!)
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>If I print the same photo in color at the same resolution the print 
>looks fine.
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>Have I got a problem or am I running into the limitations of black 
>only on the 1160? I have also printed black only on an Epson 825 at 
>5760 dpi, the banding was there but only visible with an 8x loup.
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>Any sugestions?
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>Your input will be highly valued.
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