Digital BW, The Print

Chris, thanks.  I've played around with this a little bit as well.  I don't have ICCs for the 
semigloss papers I'm trying using, except Paul Roark's for EPSG (which seems to show this 
problem the least anyway).  When I tried Super Microweave, it did largely eliminate the 
problem on Luster, but the ink load seemed to be too high (the blacks were a bit less 
glossy than the rest of the print).  Detail was about the same.  With the small amount of 
PGPP I've tried, I didn't see this problem, it seems to be limited to the semigloss papers 
(though Ilford Gallerie Smooth and Classic Pearl show it less than the Epson papers).  I've 
never tried the Permajet papers, but have heard largely good things about them.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Ellis" <christian.ellis@...> 
wrote:
>
> 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
>