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Further to my previous response, I've done some testing with an image printed at both settings. I confirm my earlier conclusions. For my R1900, 2880 Super doesn't significantly improve the first and last inch micro-banding problem. Looking carefully under a loupe, you might say that they're possibly slightly different patterns, but it's hard to be sure and I couldn't say that one is better or worse than the other.

It's been a while since I either deliberately or accidentally triggered this phenomenon, but what I recall is that whether the effect is readily noticeable to the naked eye is image-dependent. For the image I used for this comparison, it's not really noticeable without a loupe. I guess for an image where it is, 2880 Super perhaps might make a difference, although from what I've just seen under a loupe, I doubt it for this printer.

In terms of the R1430 that andreyew asked about, I confess I don't know. Based on what Roy said, I guess it's possible that for some desktop printers, the standard weave code may be closer to the Epson code than it is for my R1900. Roy's explanation also implied that it could vary from one instance of a particular model to another.

So I'm left with taping on a lead sheet if I want to print in the first inch on the R1900, and lying to QTR about the paper length if I want to print in the last inch.

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