Digital BW, The Print

I am using the above combination with Paul Roark's curves, but I am 
getting a non-linear greyscale. When I print the scale, between 40 to 
80% grey there is no evolution, and there is a jump just before 
(around 30%) and after (around 90%). I think this is called macro 
banding. The prints of actual photos show the corresponding shart 
transition from a flat midgrey to white and dark values, making the 
print look very "digital". I think I have all the parameters well 
set, though my software is mostly in French so sometimes it is not 
easy to get the options correctly set in the print menu. The only 
option I can't find in the Color settings, where there is 
no "embedded 4 colours" or something like that and instead I 
have "embedded 5 colours". I have tried different colour settings, 
different paper options, speeds, etc. It is curious that I get 
relatively linear transitions without applying the curves and 
printing directly after having transformed the image from greyscale 
to RGB, but still it is not perfect. I have played as well with 
transfer functions in the print menu, but I am not sure of what I am 
doing and it is not recommended. The inks are charged in the right 
order, I am pretty sure (unless there is a mistake from MIS in naming 
the bottles) Any suggestions of what to try? Should I twickle the 
sliders, transfer functions? Thank you in advance. 
Miguel

Thanks. I have been printing on Epson Matte heavyweight and Epson 
Archival Matte. Photoshop version No. 6. I'll wait for the new curves 
and see, although no one else has complained of the same problems as 
me with the 1290 and the 1280 curves. I have printed the different 
inks after the nozzle check to see if they are in the correct order, 
but what is the correct order?

Order of inks:


There are 5 chambers in the colorcart!

From the left: 
See for the corresponding text on MIS bottles! (Looking from behind 
in the printer)


1/C = Cyan 
2/Pc = PhotoCyan
3/M=Mangenta
4/Pm = Photmangenta
5/Y=Yellow

-Black go to black cart -the single cart to the left!

It's good to mark each chamber with C,Pc,M,Pm and Y - then you can't 
go wrong! No more thinking - there it is!

Connect corresponding bottles to each color!

That's it!

Fiat Lux!
Bo / Sweden

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jimenez12fr" 
<miguel.jimenez@o...> wrote:
> Thanks. I have been printing on Epson Matte heavyweight and Epson 
> Archival Matte. Photoshop version No. 6. I'll wait for the new 
curves 
> and see, although no one else has complained of the same problems 
as 
> me with the 1290 and the 1280 curves. I have printed the different 
> inks after the nozzle check to see if they are in the correct 
order, 
> but what is the correct order?