Digital BW, The Print

I'm working with a jpg from my Nikon D90, it measures 4288 x 2848 pixels, ie a 12Mb file. I converted it to b/w using a channels plugin in PSElements 13 and printed it with QuadTone RIP current version in an Epson 1400 on a Windows 10 computer. (Had to convert it to tiff to get my sizing and margins right.)

The resulting print, on Letter size Epson Presentation Matt seems a bit soft. Have had trouble lately getting a good nozzle check in my Cyan position. The upper line is almost empty, missing all but about 2 or 3 dashes. Would a missing line in one of the six carts cause a soft print? Plus, the sky is not as smooth as I'm used to seeing, it's a little blotchy.

Thank you,

Paul

Thanks, Paul,

I take your point on paper choice. I was simply grabbing what was at hand, I printed again using my usual Premier Art Fineart 205. Same sky issues, hard to replicate it on a monitor. About half the sky was not the usual smoothness I've come to expect. ";Blotchy" is the only word I can think of. Must be that cyan with the missing line.

I think I'll have to pop for a 1430. The 1400 is about four years old. For that print I just described, the K cart had no nozzle pattern at all, After about three cleaning routines it finally gave me a pattern for the K position.The cyan position was still missing the top line. I've tried just about everything for a good cyan pattern - the see-saw underhead technique, overnight soaking of the parking pad, cleaning nozzle tips, wiper blade, cleaning cartridges, purge patterns...

Thank you,

Paul W.

---In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,

For the best print, you obviously want a perfect nozzle check. The paper, however, might be contributing to the blotchy look of the print.

Paul

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