Digital BW, The Print

I've been finding the hard way that there are 'degrees' of 
perfection; simply having all the little lines present is not 
enough. The lines need to be clean & straight, with no 
little 'hooks', otherwise you may still get banding. In this case 
more agressive cleaning might help, such as wiping the head with 
windex impregnated cloth strips.

As you say, though, many printers don't get perfectly clean-though 
I'm happy to report my 3800 is prefect in that regard. Not a hint of 
microbanding! Finally!

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
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> Assuming the nozzle check is perfect, alignment of the print head 
would be
> the next thing to try.  Even after you've done all you can, 
however, a fair
> percentage of printers still show some microbanding when a loupe 
is used to
> examine the prints.  Most are not perfect.
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> Paul
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> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  
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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> guy_staley
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:21 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] So how "micro" IS micro-banding?
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> 
> I'm finally getting good prints using UT-3D on an SP2200 with 
Musie Silver
> Rag and Paul 
> Roark's profiles. And to the un-aided eye, the prints look very 
good. But
> upon examination 
> with a lupe, I'm seeing micro-banding (mostly in the mid-tones). 
Once again,
> I can only 
> detect this banding when examining the prints with a lupe.
> 
> Is this normal inkjet behavior, or is it possible to acheive zero 
banding,
> even when 
> scrutinizing under a lupe?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Guy
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