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Re: [Digital BW] paper thickness and head alignment

Re: [Digital BW] paper thickness and head alignment

2002-01-08 by shashinka@aol.com

In a message dated 1/7/02 8:46:41 PM, hsandall@... writes:

<< I was just playing around with shifting the thickness lever on my 1160 
between + and O and then trying to align the printheads.  When set to + 
, the heads were way off to the 15 side of things.  So, I aligned them 
numerous times until I got them centered all on 8's.  Then I printed an 
image and saw micro banding.  Next, I set the lever to O, and checked 
the alignment.  This time they were way off to the 1 side.  It took me 
several cycles to get them all lined up on 8's.  Does this behavior seem 
natural?  Should the aligntment be THAT far off just by changing the 
thickness?

Any help on this question would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Heath Sandall >>

I notice it can be off a lot too.  Was there micro banding at 0?

All the best!

-Andy Darlow

Photography, Digital Print Consulting and Custom Editions

Andrew Darlow Images International
www.andydarlow.com
andy@...
Toll free- 1-877-ADarlow

Re: [Digital BW] paper thickness and head alignment

2002-01-08 by Heath Sandall

Andy,

Thanks for your reply.  The microbanding was very much reduced with the 
lever at O, although I can still see a little with a loupe.   I'm still 
a little unclear on the definitions of banding, microbanding, 
sub-microbanding, etc..  It seems like there are many different opinions 
about what these things are.  A lot of people say I shouldn't see any 
microbanding on this printer, but the written explanations about what 
this entails don't really provide enough information to decide what my 
printer is doing.  I am waiting anxiously to receive the prints from the 
latest Hendershot print exchange to look closely at other people's 
prints to see if they are getting what I am.

Heath


>
> In a message dated 1/7/02 8:46:41 PM, hsandall@... writes:
>
> << I was just playing around with shifting the thickness lever on my 1160
> between + and O and then trying to align the printheads.  When set to +
> , the heads were way off to the 15 side of things.  So, I aligned them
> numerous times until I got them centered all on 8's.  Then I printed an
> image and saw micro banding.  Next, I set the lever to O, and checked
> the alignment.  This time they were way off to the 1 side.  It took me
> several cycles to get them all lined up on 8's.  Does this behavior seem
> natural?  Should the aligntment be THAT far off just by changing the
> thickness?
>
> Any help on this question would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Heath Sandall >>
>
> I notice it can be off a lot too.  Was there micro banding at 0?
>
> All the best!
>
> -Andy Darlow
>
> Photography, Digital Print Consulting and Custom Editions
>
> Andrew Darlow Images International
> www.andydarlow.com
> andy@...
> Toll free- 1-877-ADarlow
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Re: [Digital BW] paper thickness and head alignment

2002-01-08 by Daniel Perez

Is having all the 8's lined up the ideal allignment
output?  wasn't sure.

  -daniel


--- shashinka@... wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 1/7/02 8:46:41 PM,
> hsandall@... writes:
> 
> << I was just playing around with shifting the
> thickness lever on my 1160 
> between + and O and then trying to align the
> printheads.  When set to + 
> , the heads were way off to the 15 side of things. 
> So, I aligned them 
> numerous times until I got them centered all on 8's.
>  Then I printed an 
> image and saw micro banding.  Next, I set the lever
> to O, and checked 
> the alignment.  This time they were way off to the 1
> side.  It took me 
> several cycles to get them all lined up on 8's. 
> Does this behavior seem 
> natural?  Should the aligntment be THAT far off just
> by changing the 
> thickness?
> 
> Any help on this question would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Heath Sandall >>
> 
> I notice it can be off a lot too.  Was there micro
> banding at 0?
> 
> All the best!
> 
> -Andy Darlow
> 
> Photography, Digital Print Consulting and Custom
> Editions
> 
> Andrew Darlow Images International
> www.andydarlow.com
> andy@...
> Toll free- 1-877-ADarlow
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Re: [Digital BW] paper thickness and head alignment

2002-01-08 by Jerry Olson

Yes.

Daniel Perez wrote:
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> 
> Is having all the 8's lined up the ideal allignment
> output?  wasn't sure.
> 
>   -daniel
> 
> --- shashinka@... wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/7/02 8:46:41 PM,
> > hsandall@... writes:
> >
> > << I was just playing around with shifting the
> > thickness lever on my 1160
> > between + and O and then trying to align the
> > printheads.  When set to +
> > , the heads were way off to the 15 side of things.
> > So, I aligned them
> > numerous times until I got them centered all on 8's.
> >  Then I printed an
> > image and saw micro banding.  Next, I set the lever
> > to O, and checked
> > the alignment.  This time they were way off to the 1
> > side.  It took me
> > several cycles to get them all lined up on 8's.
> > Does this behavior seem
> > natural?  Should the aligntment be THAT far off just
> > by changing the
> > thickness?
> >
> > Any help on this question would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Heath Sandall >>
> >
> > I notice it can be off a lot too.  Was there micro
> > banding at 0?
> >
> > All the best!
> >
> > -Andy Darlow
> >
> > Photography, Digital Print Consulting and Custom
> > Editions
> >
> > Andrew Darlow Images International
> > www.andydarlow.com
> > andy@...
> > Toll free- 1-877-ADarlow
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