Digital BW, The Print

The banding should be simple to fix--it's almost certainly caused by 
papers of different thickness being used. Each thickness needs the 
print heads aligned differently.

Run the utility to align the print heads using the paper that you are 
printing on. Often running the utility twice and getting "offset" 
settings that are close to neutral is better than using extreme 
settings only once.

Many printers make it a practice to align the print heads before each 
printing session with the paper being used, even if it's the same as 
for the previous session. It may seem like a pain to do this, but 
after getting into the habit and enjoying the benefits, you'll 
probably find this the easiest way. Just takes a few minutes and you 
can forget about the associated problems of misaligned heads (like 
banding!).


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Zach Proffitt" 
<zachproffitt@...> wrote:
>
> I have the MIS UTR2 inks installed in an Epson R220 using the 
> variable tone set as described by Clayton Jones in this article 
> http://www.cjcom.net/articles/digiprn10.htm.
> 
> Works perfect on Epson Enhanced Matte, but if I try and use Photo 
Rag 
> 308, I get micro banding in the midtones and shadows.  I have tried 
> cleaning cycles and head alignment.  I have dried 360 dpi, 300 dpi 
> and 240 dpi.  I have also tried printing with the Epson print 
driver 
> set to all the various paper types.  Some settings band worse than 
> others.  In one case I could get rid of most the banding, but at 
the 
> same time, the image was very washed out.
> 
> What else can I do to try and get rid of the banding?
> 
> If I want to try a different dither pattern, can I use QTR with 
this 
> ink combination?  If so, I am not familiar with how to set QTR up 
to 
> control this ink set.  
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> Thanks!
>