Digital BW, The Print

Hey!

Roy <roy@...> wrote:

> I guess I'm confused.  Does QTR and R1800 give acceptable prints or 
> is there banding?

There is banding at anything less than 2880 dpi.

I have been very busy and haven't had much time to play around, only a
dozen or so prints, but at the max 2880 dpi I get quite nice band free
prints, but bucket loads of ink. Have to adjust the ink levels way down
and play around in photoshop to get things looking normal. At the moment
definitely not close to wusiwyg printing, but I am thinking I will be
able to get results that will satisfy my humble needs for a fair while
at least.

Hanging out for the A3 and A3 Super sizes on the 1800 to work though.

Sooner,
Dean

Dear Roy

Some more feedback on a great product: I've also downloaded QTR to 
try with my R800.  I'm getting banding regardless of the settings I 
use (i.e. at all dpi settings and using the different dither patterns 
and different curves/mixes of curves).  The 2880 dpi + normal dither 
setting with a 50% cool/black curve mix is currently the smoothest I 
can get - but not quite perfect.  The next best is the 1440x1440 + 
normal dither + black curve only.  If I can get rid of the banding, 
QTR will be a great solution: the B/W print tones are just what I 
want.  (NB: I have performed all the usual cleaning/alignment cycles, 
and colour prints through the Epson driver have no banding).

I have previously printed B/W using MIS inks with Paul Roark's curves 
in a 1290.  These have worked really well, when they worked - I have 
had recurrent banding problems with the old VM inks and the latest UT 
inks, which can be frustrating to say the least.

Many thanks 

Stephen


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dean <dean@t...> 
wrote:
> Hey!
> 
> Roy <roy@h...> wrote:
> 
> > I guess I'm confused.  Does QTR and R1800 give acceptable prints 
or 
> > is there banding?
> 
> There is banding at anything less than 2880 dpi.
> 
> I have been very busy and haven't had much time to play around, 
only a
> dozen or so prints, but at the max 2880 dpi I get quite nice band 
free
> prints, but bucket loads of ink. Have to adjust the ink levels way 
down
> and play around in photoshop to get things looking normal. At the 
moment
> definitely not close to wusiwyg printing, but I am thinking I will 
be
> able to get results that will satisfy my humble needs for a fair 
while
> at least.
> 
> Hanging out for the A3 and A3 Super sizes on the 1800 to work 
though.

> 
> Sooner,
> Dean