Digital BW, The Print

Sounds like excessive ink loading...QTR controls that with sliders,
would allow you to reduce loading without losing Dmax (or, if you go
the other way, you can make black puddles with it :-). 

2200's Epson driver doesn't directly control ink loading, but I think
there's a laborious Photoshop workaround.

What printer driver are you using? 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brouwerkent"
<philip@...> wrote:
>
> Question regarding minor issue with 2200 using K4 inks.
> 
> I am printing some photographs with quarter inch black borders.  I
> notice that only on the border areas, I am getting some very subtle
> dark banding. This has nothing to do with nozzles or head alignment. 
> Solid areas within the individual photographs are fine....only
> noticeable on a photoshop layer of solid black fill.
> 
> My assumption here is that on the layer that is a solid color..that I
> should put some sort of noise into that layer...just enough noise to
> make a dither...but not enough to take away from the density.
> 
> Suggestions on what kind of noise...and how much so that this minor
> variation goes away????  
> 
> By the way, I am using Innova F Type.  On Matte or Lustre with some
> texture...this is not noticeable.
> 
> So, for all you experts...what is the best kind of Photoshop noise
> that would make a solid black print that way...but hide the minor dark
> banding.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Phil
>