Digital BW, The Print

I don't have a good answer for you on how to get rid of pizza wheel marks.  Using the least amount of ink and glop in a profile no doubt helps.  I think the 1400 needs its exit rollers for good paper transport.

Yesterday I was printing glossy prints with the 1400-Claria/Noritsu dyes and the 4000 with MIS pigments.  I was using Red River Polar Pearl Metallic as well as Arctic Polar Gloss and Satin.  I cannot detect any pizza wheel marks today.  I think the dyes, because they go into the paper are probably the least subject to the problem.  

I have not seen a good comparison of different inks and printers to know which are the best or worst.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jffelinik" <felix.niklasson@...> wrote:
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> I'm about to go crazy here today...
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> After testing a whole bunch of different glossy/baryta papers during the last week here it turns out that all of them suffer from pizza wheel marks using Epson 1400 with MIS UT-14.
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> Ilford; GFS, Smooth Pearl
> Epson Traditional Photo Paper (Exhibition F)
> Canson; Photo Gloss, Photo Satin, Baryta
> HP Advanced
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> Of course no problems with the matte paper, but all the above papers get the pizza wheel lines in different severeness grades.
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> I have started to experiment with removing some of the wheels, especially the singles, but in the end I still get marks no matter what I do.
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> Paul, if you read this, could this be resolved by proper profiling of papers making sure the amount of pigments sprayed on the papers are kept to a minimum, or is this just something I dream about and hope to be a proper solution?
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> What else can be done, anything at all? Or am I doomed to go to the bank and get a loan for another printer? In that case, which ones should I start to look out for?
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> As most of you who have or have had this problem already noticed, it takes a certain angle, light, and in some cases a magnifying glass to see the lines, but I'm the anal kind, and I will not sleep well until I know I can produce perfect prints... ;(
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> All ideas that have lead to resolutions are appreciated!
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> Thanks!
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> Cheers
> J.F. Felinik
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