Digital BW, The Print

I've never printed with HS on the 220, or else I may have seen the same results.
   
  Since you're now getting good results after turning of the HS option, I would doubt that a custom profile would be significantly better.  I'm assuming, of course, that you're using an ink set that the ICC profile was created for.  If you deviate from that, then you might need to create custom profiles.  You can make an ICC profile that would yield 'acceptable' results using a scanner.  However, that's not the best way to go, obviously.
   
  Now that you've discovered the HS issue, the other things you were doing may well give you some good results. I wouldn't make the custom profile jump until it became obvious that it would be of value in the final prints you are looking to produce.
   
  Tom Baker
  

chriskjezp <chriskresser@...> wrote:
          --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tom Baker <tbaker1328@...> wrote:
>
> Have you tried just using and ICC profile (that you made) without all of the other 'controls'? 
I and many others have had great results from this printer for both b&w and color (with the 
MIS PRO inks. (I also print on a 9600, so I can compare results.)
> 

Tom,

After some more testing, I determined that the abrubt transition was due to using "high 
speed" instead of best quality. I was under the impression, from one article I read, that HS 
wasn't that much different than BQ. But it certainly seems so, because when I printed that 
same file with BQ the transition was buttery smooth.

I have tried using Paul's ICC profile without any other settings. But are you suggesting that I 
use the QTR software to make my own profile? I haven't ventured into that territory yet, since 
I'm just getting started with all of this, but if it makes a big difference I'll give it a try.

Thanks for your help,
Chris



         


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