Digital BW, The Print

I'm thrilled that the vaccum filling of the virgin empty's and 
installation went flawlessly on my 1160.  I have severe microbanding 
in my first test prints but I read from the archives that I need to 
do my printhead alignment on the same weight stock and set the paper 
thickness.  The nozzle checks are perfect so this must be my only 
recourse.

The other thing I tried was to get one shade warmer than the neutral 
I placed two curve adjustment layers over my image both at 50% 
opaque, One was the VMQW and the other was the VMNW and the tone was 
wonderful!  I found the VMQC curve to be awful taking away all 
highlight and mid light tones.  Now to start trialing some papers and 
of course fix the microbanding.

QUESTION...
Can the cartridge be vaccuum filled again once it's been used or from 
here out can I only use the bottom fill method?

QUESTION...
Has any experamented with papers that print nice but also deckle tear 
nicely too?

Elizabeth
www.elizabeths.ca

I get a decent light tone by using the vmqnw curve with the yellow 
slider cranked all the way to -25. I'll have to try the two different 
curves at 50% each to see the difference. I use the MIS sepia/neutral 
CIS setup. I don't like filling carts any more than I have to. At 
first I had a lot of microbanding but it all went away after a while. 
Been playing with some Arches watercolor papers, great for deckle 
edges, but needs some more experimenting.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "elizabethsgallery" 
<eprofit@h...> wrote:
> I'm thrilled that the vaccum filling of the virgin empty's and 
> installation went flawlessly on my 1160.  I have severe 
microbanding 
> in my first test prints but I read from the archives that I need to 
> do my printhead alignment on the same weight stock and set the 
paper 
> thickness.  The nozzle checks are perfect so this must be my only 
> recourse.
> 
> The other thing I tried was to get one shade warmer than the 
neutral 
> I placed two curve adjustment layers over my image both at 50% 
> opaque, One was the VMQW and the other was the VMNW and the tone 
was 
> wonderful!  I found the VMQC curve to be awful taking away all 
> highlight and mid light tones.  Now to start trialing some papers 
and 
> of course fix the microbanding.
> 
> QUESTION...
> Can the cartridge be vaccuum filled again once it's been used or 
from 
> here out can I only use the bottom fill method?
> 
> QUESTION...
> Has any experamented with papers that print nice but also deckle 
tear 

> nicely too?
> 
> Elizabeth
> www.elizabeths.ca

>
> QUESTION...
> Can the cartridge be vaccuum filled again once it's been
> used or from here out can I only use the bottom fill
> method?

Once the cartridge has been installed in the printer the 
seals on the bottom of the cartridge will be broken so the 
vacuum method will not work, you can't get a vacuum the air 
comes in the bottom of the cartridge.

Jack Kendall

>
> QUESTION...
> Has any experamented with papers that print nice but also
> deckle tear nicely too?
>
> Elizabeth
> www.elizabeths.ca
>
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Today, I tried Elizabeth's two curve adjustment layers at 50% each. 
It didn't work very good on my 1160 setup. I did get a in-between 
tone, but I also got some weird shadings, bordering on posterization. 
Anybody else have luck with it?  Next I'll try Paul Roark's method as 
mentioned by someone here, (can't remember who)

Bruce McElhaney 
McElhaney Portrait Studio
Livonia, MI


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "elizabethsgallery" 
<eprofit@h...> wrote:
> I'm thrilled that the vaccum filling of the virgin empty's and 
> installation went flawlessly on my 1160.  I have severe 
microbanding 
> in my first test prints but I read from the archives that I need to 
> do my printhead alignment on the same weight stock and set the 
paper 
> thickness.  The nozzle checks are perfect so this must be my only 
> recourse.
> 
> The other thing I tried was to get one shade warmer than the 
neutral 
> I placed two curve adjustment layers over my image both at 50% 
> opaque, One was the VMQW and the other was the VMNW and the tone 
was 
> wonderful!  I found the VMQC curve to be awful taking away all 
> highlight and mid light tones.  Now to start trialing some papers 
and 
> of course fix the microbanding.
> 
> QUESTION...
> Can the cartridge be vaccuum filled again once it's been used or 
from 
> here out can I only use the bottom fill method?
> 
> QUESTION...
> Has any experamented with papers that print nice but also deckle 
tear 

> nicely too?
> 
> Elizabeth
> www.elizabeths.ca

Bruce, the method outlined by Elizabeth will not work reliably- look for my
recent post re: Paul's method of combining 2 flattened layers, each with
it's own VM curve.  This will work best if 2 Layer sets are used, with
pass-through off.

Bill

on 3/8/02 7:41 PM, btmcelhaney wrote:

Today, I tried Elizabeth's two curve adjustment layers at 50% each.
It didn't work very good on my 1160 setup. I did get a in-between
tone, but I also got some weird shadings, bordering on posterization.
Anybody else have luck with it?  Next I'll try Paul Roark's method as
mentioned by someone here, (can't remember who)

Bruce McElhaney 
McElhaney Portrait Studio
Livonia, MI


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "elizabethsgallery"
<eprofit@h...> wrote:
> I'm thrilled that the vaccum filling of the virgin empty's and
> installation went flawlessly on my 1160.  I have severe
microbanding 
> in my first test prints but I read from the archives that I need to
> do my printhead alignment on the same weight stock and set the
paper 
> thickness.  The nozzle checks are perfect so this must be my only
> recourse.
> 
> The other thing I tried was to get one shade warmer than the
neutral 
> I placed two curve adjustment layers over my image both at 50%
> opaque, One was the VMQW and the other was the VMNW and the tone
was 
> wonderful!  I found the VMQC curve to be awful taking away all
> highlight and mid light tones.  Now to start trialing some papers
and 
> of course fix the microbanding.
> 
> QUESTION...
> Can the cartridge be vaccuum filled again once it's been used or
from 
> here out can I only use the bottom fill method?
> 
> QUESTION...
> Has any experamented with papers that print nice but also deckle
tear 
> nicely too?
> 
> Elizabeth
> www.elizabeths.ca


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