Digital BW, The Print

Hi Clayton,

I just found this post and it answered my previous question.
thanks,
David
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I got my top-fill R200 carts today and put some Eboni in it and am
> happy to report that it does very good BO.  I found the smoothest
> dither with the "Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper" setting.  The R200 has
> more dither banding than my 2200 did, but is only visible with a 
loupe
> (some of the other paper settings had very bad banding that was
> visible unaided).  Oddly, while comparing with an identical 2200
> print, under the loupe the R200 looks worse (more banding), but to 
the
> eye it looks smoother. Must be just a better dither pattern that the
> banding isn't bad enough to ruin.
> 
> Another plus is that the density and contrast at that setting is
> nearly identical to the 2200.  So basically I can print all my 
images
> with little if any adjustments.  I have two prints in front of me 
here
> that are nearly indistinguishable.
> 
> This makes me very happy because in my 2400-QTR-BO experiments so 
far
> I have not been able get results anywhere near as good as the 2200.
> I have matched the contrast and density ok, but it's the dither
> algorithms that are inadequate.  The best of them is still coarser
> than the 2200.  It's ok for some images, but over all not as
> satisfactory as what I've been used to.  So now I can continue to
> do BO prints while I experiment more with the 2400.
> 
> As for the R200 banding, I'm going to try some head alignments.  
With
> the 2200 I was able to reduce it significantly by using what was
> theoretically a not optimal setting.  I'll report if I find 
something
> that works.  That's all for now.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm