Digital BW, The Print

I have recently downloaded Paul Roark's curves and ordered the 
prescribed ink-sets and paper types from MIS. In my old 2000p, I 
have loaded the UTFS-T015-K Ebony Black cartridge and the 5 shade 
UTFS-T016 cartridge. With MIS Premier Hot Press Fine Art Paper 
loaded into the 2000p, I have attempted to follow your workflow 
instructions in your "ULTRA TONE FS("UT-FS") INKSETS FOR THE 2000P 
INFORMATION AND SETTINGS (11-20-04). 

With all of that done, The results I am getting all have small white 
banding lines going horizontally through the image, except when I 
print on Epson Enhanced Matte. With that paper I have received some 
nice results, however as you have pointed out, the paper is not 
archival. Surely I am doing something wrong in terms of  the my 
efforts to print on MIS Premier Hot Press Fine Art Paper and Legion 
Somerset Photo Enhanced Paper with a Velvet Finish. With these two 
papers, I have used the Watercolor setting in the Epson Print Driver.

Is there any thing that can be recommended to help me eliminate this 
banding? Below, I have listed all the settings I have used in both 
CS and the Epson Driver.  I am thinking that just one of these items 
incorrectly setup could throw everything off, but I do not seem to 
know which one.


Running Photoshop CS,  I went to Edit, Color Settings and 
established the following settings:

 

-          COLOR SETTINGS: (Custom)

-           Advanced Mode Checked

-           WORKING SPACES: RGB: Adobe RGB (1998), CMYK: Photoshop 5 
Default CMYK, Gray: Gray Gamma 2.2, Spot: Dot Gain 20%

-          COLOR MANAGEMENT POLICIES_RGB Off, CMYK Off, Gray Off.

-          PROFILE MIS-MATCHES: Ask when opening checked

-          CONVERSION OPTIONS: Engine: Adobe (ACE), Intent: Relative 
Colormetric selected, Use Black Point Compensation checked, Use 
Dither (8 Bit Channel Images) checked.

-          ADVANCED CONTROLS: De-saturate monitor colors by 20%; 
unchecked, Blend RGB colors using Gamma 2.2: unchecked.

 

 

In the Epson Driver Settings, I have set it up as follows:

 

-          "COLOR MANAGEMENT is selected rather than "Output".

-          SOURCE SPACE: Document: Untagged Gray selected.

-          PRINT SPACE: Profile: Working Gray-Gray Gramma 2.2

-          INTENT: Relative Colormetric

-          USE BLACK POINT COMPENSATION: Selected

 

-          2000P PRINTER PROPERTIES

 

-          INK: Color: Selected

 

-          MODE: Custom: Selected

 

-          In the "ADVANCED MENU": INK: Color:Selected

 

-          PRINT QUALITY: Photo Selected, High Speed Unselected

 

-          COLOR MANAGEMENT: No Color Adjustment Selected