Digital BW, The Print

> John Moody wrote:

> ...
> Eliminating PKN should give you slightly better Dmax, and control 
>over tone ...
> 
> I imagine there is variation among units.  My R200, while quite good, has
> micro-banding that my 2200 does not...

One reason I try to have an inkset that prints with all inks firing and the
Epson driver as close to the default settings as possible (no curves) is
that I find that "EZ" approach most often eliminates the microbanding of the
all to common marginal printers.  My 2200, for example, microbanded with
curves, but not with the "EZ" Epson driver approach.  If one has a printer
that microbands with curves, then using the PKN and an inkset made for the
Epson driver may allow one to print better glossy prints than when the black
is generated with the 2 dark gray inks.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com