Digital BW, The Print

I have a batch of Beta II Silver Rag.  I'm also seeing a strange banding with the naked eye.  
The surface seems smoother and there is slightly less bronzing but it's still there.  The curl 
is also causing the print head to  catch slightly on the edge of the paper.

I'm printing on an Epson 4000

Jim


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scott_now_coming" 
<scott_now_coming@y...> wrote:
>
> I guess I should have mentioned I was seeing banding with my eyes, 
> not with a loupe.
> 
> No one else has mentioned seeing any banding with Silver Rag.
> 
> Strange... if it was happened with one of my printers, I would have 
> written it off. But it happened on my 4800 which is a high quality 
> printer.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> >
> > Scott,
> > 
> > > 
> > > Were you getting ANY banding withn the Silver Rag?
> > 
> > I can't see any with the strongest reading glasses I have.  (+3 
> drugstore
> > type)  With these glasses and my magnifying hood I can see very 
> slight
> > defects, including very mild microbanding and pizza wheel marks.  
> These,
> > however, are in the range of what I'd consider rather normal and 
> not visible
> > in normal viewing.
> >  
> > The paper is really stiff.  I pre-fed it with a push assist before 
> printing.
> > I can imagine that some printers would have feeding problems.
> > 
> > I think Crane has a winner here.  I hope they can keep the price 
> reasonable.
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
>