Digital BW, The Print

Hi Clayton..thanks for your reply.

I did a nozzle check and that doesn't appear to be the issue. What I'm seeing in the print is 
both a horizontal and vertical banding pattern in a large area of midtone, though I'm not 
seeing it in all areas.

I'm just stumped.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Sarah,
> 
> >I have gone through the archives and found your suggestion, Clayton, 
> >to set the alignment to a lower number, so I set it to #2 as you had. 
> >I am finding the dither pattern different, more horizontal now, but 
> >not really any better. 
> >any other suggestions? I'm losing my mind over this (not to mention 
> >ink/paper)!
> 
> I understand your frustration (been there, got the t-shirt and the
> coffe mug).  I can't find any earlier posts in this topic, so I don't
> know exactly what the problem is (there are two kinds of banding). 
> Dither banding is very small banding that usually only shows up in
> certain zones, ususlly dark ones around II or III.  I was never able
> to totally get rid of this, but using the low alignment number
> minimized it to where a glass was needed to see it.   Microbanding is
> more noticeable and occurs everywhere regardless of zone.  This is
> usually caused by a clogged nozzle.  Does your problem fit into either
> of these?
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>