Digital BW, The Print

What printer are you using?

I have a C86 and it "bands". Too bad, because the prints look awesome 
(except, of course, for the "banding").

Scott


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "yohnnyboy" 
<chhopk@l...> wrote:
> Does anyone understand WHY banding occurs in inkjet prints? I have 
> been trying black only printing with a wide variety of papers (both 
> glossy and matt) and different black inks. The luminosity and image 
> tone of black only prints is just far and away more suitable for MY 
> tastes. I've tried QTR and OPM rips using MIS and epson OEM inks. 
The 
> image tone for my tastes, how can I put this .... 
lacks "character".  
> Most will not agree but personaly, I just don't like the color of 
the 
> image tones.  Black only printing is truly beautiful in my view and 
I 
> am willing to accept the graininess of this techniques in exchange 
> for the rich luminosity and color of image tone. However, on both 
> matt and glossy papers banding always seems to occur in certain 
zones 
> usually in the darker tones. This banding is visible to the naked 
eye 
> when viewed up close. I have tried to linearize the inks using an 
> adjustment curve in photoshop based on densitometer readings. When 
> you look at the step wedge you can see certain zones that exhibit 
> banding from about 50% to dmax. Not everywhere, just certain values 
> of those dark tones. The places where banding occurs depends on the 
> paper and ink. When I test papers I always do a complete head 
> realignment first. I print in max resolution in the slowest 
possible 
> speeds. Does anybody have any experience or suggestions that might 
> help?