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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Still Banding, no fatal error

2006-04-26 by Howard Shaw

Mason_Reid wrote:
> The banding is about 1/2 inch, regularly spaced, and pretty subtle.
> They occur primarily on the first half of the print in (blue)sky
> areas. I changed to 2880, dropped the ink limit, raised the gamma,
> and I got a good print.  2880 prints are considerably darker than
> 1440.  And the banding is only noticeable on larger (9x19in) prints,
> which is what I'm selling.  Smaller proofs don't show the banding.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
More ink is deposited at 2880dpi so you'll need to reduce the ink limit 
by 40-50%. You shouldn't need to change the gamma. Preferably you should 
make new curves.

Does the banding actually disappear at 2880dpi? I had a similar problem 
but with horizontal banding and never managed to fix it so now I 
restrict myself to 2880dpi.

Howard

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