Digital BW, The Print

Microbanding is capricious - it may mysteriously appear and just as
mysteriously go away. Still, in addition to what Nodbo has to say, the other
things to try are the head alignment utility and the paper thickness lever.
Since the paper thickness lever actually moves the heads closer and further
from the paper, if you were to try both it would make sense to first change
the paper thickness lever, THEN realign the heads for that lever position.

Todd

> Don,
> Sounds like one of your inks is not making its way through all the
> nozzles of the print head. Try printing  the "purge" file from MIS,
> without any color management and see if it is confined to one ink.
> It may well be some air in the cartridge. I think that MIS suggests
> three clean cycles on the printer and then printing the purge file
> again. If it does not clear after a few pages them maybe you need to
> prime you cartridge again. Don't give up, the 1160 is worth it.
> 
> Nodbo
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "donbga" <donbryant@w...>
> wrote:
>> Today I made my first prints using the MIS/VM inkset on an 1160
> with 
>> CFS carts. My only problem that I have observed is micro-banding
> that 
>> is most prominent in the dark tone and low mid tone areas of the
>> print. I applied all of the curves created by Paul Roark and the
>> problem was evident in all four prints.
>> 
>> How should I try to adjust for the micro banding? This is my first
>> attempt at digital inkjet printing so I apologize for what is
>> probably a simple question. The paper is Epson matte heavy weight.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Don Bryant