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White "stripes" across the image

2006-02-18 by Clarence Walker

The "striping" is not at all bold, but very subdued, yet still noticeable
enough to ruin the picture. Really more in shades of incredibly fine light
gray than white and looking as though the ink is either insufficient to meld
together or is not absorbing into the surface and blending. More discernable
in the darker areas, but present throughout and running across the whole
width left to right; obviously something to do with the path of the ink
being laid down. I believe the application rate was around 2800 dpi., the
setting as unchanged and no other parameters adjusted. In some stripes of
the printhead run it is fine and then in another section further down it
begins again. Strange that it has only done this on the paper suggested for
the printer/ink combination, but not on several previously runs with other
papers of the same lustre or semi gloss. Maybe the finish requires a
different setting with this, but I have not yet gotten into changing
settings on the RIP.

Clarence W. Walker,   
Creative Expression Photography
http://www.creativeexpressiononline.com
Commercial, fine-art, and stock

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