Digital BW, The Print

Hi Geoff
 
I have also seen this effect.  I noticed it in some prints I did on
some sample Permajet papers (Omega, Delta and Alpha) I had, and these
have banding in some low mid tone areas.  I don't see this in the same
print on HPR.  Presumably some papers need more ink than others to
produce an even tone.  I haven't seen it in gloss / rc papers with the
R2 inks but my experience is limited to Epson PGPP.

I have seen this more with colour inks and have been trying to fix
this on both HPR and EEM, so far without complete success.

I've been trying different paper settings / resolutions to see if this
makes a difference.  I believe the paper settings towards the bottom
of the drop down list in the driver settings interface lay down more
ink.  I also believe that banding can be avoided by putting more ink
on the paper.  (Could this be at the cost of some detail though?)  So
far I have improved things but haven't found a combination which
solves my problems.

Chris