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Re: [Digital BW] Banding problem with BO printing in R220, help please!

2006-08-04 by foa208

Thanks a lot Clayton, in two weeks (after my vacations) I will order 
the MIS inks and surely I will share my initial experience in this 
forum.

Your and Paul's web sites have been a discovery for me, I'm starting 
to believe in digital B&W :)


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Fernando,
> 
> >Thanks a lot Paul for sharing your experience, I will probably 
> >follow your advice and go first for the UT-R2 inkset, since most 
of 
> >my pics are in B&W. BO would still be an alternative with UT-R2, 
and 
> >could work fine in many (non-smooth) pictures.
> 
> I agree with Paul.  At it's best, BO prints have at least a small
> amount of this dither banding, and it varies among printers.  BO's
> weakness has always been images with large smooth toned areas.  It 
can
> look great on some images and poor on others.  
> 
> With the R2 inks the 220 does an excellent job, and as you point 
out,
>  BO will still be an option.  They are so inexpensive a 2nd one 
can be
> used for color.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>

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