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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Horizontal banding in areas of solid black

2005-12-31 by Howard Shaw

Thanks Tom

I've switched to 2880dpi profiles & that seems to have fixed it.

Howard

Tom Moore wrote:
> There has been quite a lot of discussion of banding. You might look at some
> additional messages. The link below may contain a relevant suggestion:
> 
>       http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/message/1387
> 
> Tom Moore
> 
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
>  > Behalf Of Howard Shaw
>  > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:12 PM
>  > To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
>  > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Horizontal banding in areas of solid black
>  >
>  > I'm printing a number of images on a 2200 with largeish areas of solid
>  > black and, to varying degrees, those areas are showing very narrow
>  > horizontal bands which appear like small scratches. At first I thought
>  > it was something wrong with the paper but I've now tried three different
>  > papers all with the same results.
>  >
>  > I've posted a scan of one of the worst affected (it's about a 1 inch
>  > wide strip in the original):
>  > http://www.glassman.mistral.co.uk/qtr/qtr_banding.jpg
>  >
>  > I'm using 1440 super and have tried Eventone & Ordered dithers - the
>  > results are slightly different but just as unuseable. I've also tried
>  > different ink limits and various profiles but all with the same results.
>  > I'm using Eboni Black & UT-FS & FSN inks.
>  >
>  > Looking back through the archives there was reference to a similar
>  > problem here:
>  >
>  > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/message/937
>  > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/message/1099
>  >
>  > Any advice much appreciated.
>  >
>  > Howard
>  >
> 
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