Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Colson"
<colson@...> wrote:
>
> All of this recent talk of alignments brings up an issue. Surely,
> there is a better way to assess alignment than the Epson utility on
> desktops like the 2200. I have given myself headaches examining the
> alignment patterns under a lupe and I'll be dam%ed if I can find any
> difference in any of the patterns, let alone which numer is best. Does
> anyone else out there have the same experience? Is this just the way
> it is?

Don't look at me, I can see them without a loupe, although I usually
use one to "fine tune" my decision.

Patrick is right, there's no such thing as having all the patterns
look good because the machine is already well "aligned". But if
something is causing the detail of the patterns to be obscured, they
can all look equally bad. I've found that this happens when I set a
2200 or 2400 to the wrong paper height, or specify an incorrect
"platen gap" on the 4000 or 7600. Too far away, and you get a lot of blur.