Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

I recently experienced some micro-banding... it was pernicious in the prints
I was doing, but nozzle checks came up ok. Until I REALLY looked closely at
a nozzle check done on a nice smooth coated paper (EAM) that showed under
close examination that one light-grey nozzle position was in the correct
position vertically, but it was about half as thick as the other lines.

A windex-like treatment (Windolene in my case) resolved it overnight...
though initial results the next morning showed drop-outs on other cart
positions, a couple of cleaning cycles and then a  couple of hours wait
sorted them out. Since then, all that has been required is a cleaniny-cycle
to get it perfect again.

Nij

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
> Sent: 22 August 2001 17:28
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Goodbye Cone Driver Forever!
>
>
> Tony,
>
> Thanks for the info on the banding. That is one of the things that
> made me want to try the MIS VM. After endless cleaning cycles,
> physical head cleaning and head alignments my 1200 always has this
> microscopic banding pattern in any area of smooth mid tones.
>
> I don't see this is some peoples Piezo prints and do in others. I
> suspect if you have a perfect printer you are okay with Piezo in this
> regard but if your printer is less then perfect you will have
> problems. The Epson driver, which I assume was written to take into
> account the accuracy of the printer's transport mechanism, never
> seems to give this type of problem.
>
> I also do not see any dot pattern in the MIS VM prints I have seen.
>
> I wish I could say the same about clogging and my 1200!
>
> Martin