> "Bob Michaels" wrote:
> My guess is that unaligning the nozzles is similar to introducing
> vibration into a conventional enlarger column or slightly
> defocusing the lens to keep grain from showing in the print.
>
> But if it works, do it.
>
> Bob Michaels
>
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> > "Jamie Creed" wrote:
> > OK I know I'm replying to my own post, but I thought someone
> > might benefit from my struggles, and maybe someone maybe able to
> > explain why the solution I found works. I was having awful
> > banding problems, when playing around with Epson Glossy and
> > Semigloss; didn't get any reply's on this or DBWTP forum, so I
> > kept searching the archives, until I came across some threads
> > with major contributions by Clayton Jones (wow, what a guy.)
> > Clayton suggested when trying to do a head alignment operation,
> > that people should try not to align the heads but rather
> > UN-align the heads. Well I've got to tell you, as a last
> > resort I tried this and it worked for me big time, Thanks
> >Clayton very much, and QTR I love you.
> >
> > Can anybody hypothesize as to why this should be,
> >
> > regards, Jamie Creed.
> >
> > P.S. I should have set my head to #8 #8 #8, instead I set #2 #2
> > #2.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >"Jamie Creed" wrote:
> > > I'm trying to create some curves (in QTR) for Epson Glossy and
> > > Semigloss for my 1290s, but can't get rid of a vertical banding
> > > pattern (that is to say - in the same direction as the printer
> > > head motion) which is showing up on the initial 100% Ink
> > > Pattern Page (in calibration mode.) I've not seen this when
> > > printing to Matte paper,
> > > and have tried numerous head alignment operations. Also tried
> > > different settings in QTR; speed, resolution and dithers.
> > >
> > > Anybody out there got any ideas or solutions?
> > >
> > > regards, Jamie Creed