Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased the Spyder3 Studio suite, graduating from the old i1 Display (yes, the 
first one), and getting myself into the world of printer profiling as well. I've been working 
on making a profile of Crane Museo Silver Rag on my Epson 2200, and while I've finally 
gotten a profile that's pretty good (after burning through an entire box), it's giving me 
some odd banding in color gradients, especially in greens and cyans. I know it's not the 
printer misfiring, as the same banding shows up in my soft proof display as well. That 
banding does not show up using the OEM profile from Crane.

I've redone the profile several times; I've reprinted the patches, remeasured, and I've even 
tried using the 729 patch monster as well, but the banding still persists (although the 729 
profile doesn't show it quite as much as the others). I've got a screenshot of the soft proof 
for reference here:

http://www.designoland.net/stuff/banding.png

For reference, I printed the patches at 1440 resolution, no color adjustment, non-high 
speed, default ink density, and using the suggested Premium Luster setting in the Epson 
driver. I did try the media settings tests for all of the other possibilities while PK was 
loaded, and didn't see reason to go with one of those (although, honestly, I'm not quite 
sure what I'm looking for).

Might anyone have any suggestions about what to try in order to resolve this, or is it one 
of those "it's as good as it's going to get" things? 

Thank you in advance, and best regards,
Jeff