Digital BW, The Print

I am using a 1280, UT inks, and Paul Roarke curves. FWIW I NEVER get a clog and I have used OEM, aftermarket, and currently using UT inks.

My question is this, is there any advantage to using the wide carraige feature on my 1280 by printing landscape images by turning the paper to feed the 11 inch side through first instead of having the image itself turned on its side for printing?  Hope this makes sense.

Jerry in Houston


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Hello Jerry,

>is there any advantage to using the wide carraige feature 
>on my 1280 by printing landscape images by turning the paper 
>to feed the 11 inch side through first instead of having the 
>image itself turned on its side for printing?  

I have found some advantage.  In some cases, usually involving a large
smooth area that happens to be in the tonal range where dither banding
appears, the dither banding, while not visible without a loupe, can
still influence the overall look.  I've found that sometimes having
the banding go in the other direction makes a difference.  I have
several custom paper sizes defined just for that purpose.  


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

>is there any advantage to using the wide carraige feature 
>on my 1280 by printing landscape images by turning the paper 
>to feed the 11 inch side through first instead of having the 
>image itself turned on its side for printing?  

Apparently the eye is most sensitive to lines/banding when the lines are
horizontal or vertical.  Diagonal lines are harder for us to see.  According
to my reading that is one reason halftone screening is at 45 degrees.  As
such, the ideal might be to rotate the image 45 degrees and print it.  This
wastes paper, of course, and I'm not sure how much difference it really
makes.  One of these days maybe I'll see if unsuspecting viewers can tell
any difference.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com