Digital BW, The Print

Dot was the problem

So I just came in from work and did a clean and nozzle check.   I made the 
same small print at the same settings 360ppi in the image size window, 2880 
on the printer for a 4.74 x 3.25 BO print with Ebony on PR.

Nothing but dots, the lines/banding are gone.  I checked with a loupe.

So I think it is strange that after 8? 5x7s I got this problem that a cleaning 
cured.  At least all it took was a cleaning.  Never ever saw this problem with 
OE Matt Black ink.  But I think the Ebony look is worth it.  

Neil

If we could solve banding, clogging, and solarization, we'd have
absolutely nothing to talk about here.  Unfortunately, the cause(s) of
each one of these issues often seems elusive and somewhat unique, and
what works for one person on one occasion is not usually readily
predictable and transferable to another person, or even the same person
on another occasion.  It's probably a combination of analog hardware
physical variations, and digital software processing math combinations,
and the possibilities seem rather endless sometimes.

Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: neilsphoto [mailto:neilsphoto@...] 
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:31 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Small print update:AKA nuthin' but dots
> 
> 
> Dot was the problem
> 
> So I just came in from work and did a clean and nozzle check. 
>   I made the 
> same small print at the same settings 360ppi in the image 
> size window, 2880 
> on the printer for a 4.74 x 3.25 BO print with Ebony on PR.
> 
> Nothing but dots, the lines/banding are gone.  I checked with a loupe.
> 
> So I think it is strange that after 8? 5x7s I got this 
> problem that a cleaning 
> cured.  At least all it took was a cleaning.  Never ever saw 
> this problem with 
> OE Matt Black ink.  But I think the Ebony look is worth it.  
<snip>

>It's probably a combination of analog hardware
>physical variations, and digital software processing math 
>combinations

...and also the phase of the moon, the relationship of Jupiter to
Saturn, and how much money Bill Gates made that hour <g>.


Regards,
Clayton


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