Digital BW, The Print

Actually, this micro banding is occuring in super photo 2880 print resolution mode, 
micro-weave on. Also, this micro banding wasn't apparent on matt papers, only since I've 
started using the Crane Silver Rag paper.

I guess I'll try aligning the heads; although I did this not too long ago.

-Guy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" <bob@...> wrote:
>
> I used to get microbanding to various degrees when I used 1440dpi resolution 
> or below on various Epsons. It could be minimised, as you suggest, by head 
> alignments (even though I wasn't using high-speed printing), but it usually 
> disappeared entirely if I used 2440 dpi resolution or above. I think this is 
> because at the highest resolutions, the printer overlaps the bands of ink 
> much more - 'super microweave' or something similar - and this hides the 
> micro-variation in paper and head movements. The downside is that printing 
> is slower, but 'perfection doesn't come easily' as they say.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:39 PM
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] So how "micro" IS micro-banding?
> 
> 
> Assuming the nozzle check is perfect, alignment of the print head would be
> the next thing to try.  Even after you've done all you can, however, a fair
> percentage of printers still show some microbanding when a loupe is used to
> examine the prints.  Most are not perfect.
>