QTR-Quadtone RIP

Indeed, it is the 1430 and QTR that seems to micro-band more. I had been
using the 1400 for a few years, and it micro-banded in the first and
last half inch only. That printer died, so I bought a 1430. The 1430
micro-bands for a full inch from the top and bottom, making my standard
way of proofing using 4x5 sheets of paper useless. I now proof on a
8.5x11 sheet, using a 1" border.

The techniques mentioned here in this thread are certainly worth
investigating, and I will do so: both the printing at 1440 instead of at
2880, and the
using-a-leading-edge-extension-telling-qtr-that-there-is-a-trailing-extension-too-but-not-using-it.


Andrew



On 9/6/15 8:15 PM, ascherjim@... [QuadtoneRIP] wrote:
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> 
> Brian:  You and others who have responded to my concern on this forum
> have provided considerable enlightenment to me.  I think I need to
> rephrase more succinctly my situation.  I have been printing for years
> on my Epson 1400 at 2880 dpi.  (I print in black-and-white with
> MIS-based dilutions I mix myself, per Paul Roark). It's only now with my
> new Epson 1430 that I'm having the banding problems with the 2880 dpi
> setting.  Your earlier explanation (reasoning) for this is likely
> correct.  I guess it means that the relevant technology between the two
> printers is sufficiently different to cause this disparity of results
> between my use of the 2880 dpi and the 1440 dpi.
> I have ordered from MIS additional cartridges which I will load with the
> same ink dilutions I currently have in the 1430, and load them into my
> 1440, and try printing with the 1440 at the 2880 dpi setting.  If there
> continues to be no banding with the 1400, this will show me if there's
> any difference in print output quality between the two settings (and
> printers).  To the extent anyone's still interested, I will report
> back.  Again, many thanks.  Jim   
> 
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