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Re: Errors in dither on R800

2005-07-12 by Roy Harrington

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "jondavies34" <jondavies34@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> > 
> > I think the many issue with the R800/R1800 is that you are many
> using
> > just one ink -- the black.  This makes it much more likely to show
> banding
> > due to unevenness in the jets.   I've found the best results by
> using
> > the 2880dpi resolution rather than 1440.  The latest version called
> beta 2.3
> > works the best for the R800.
> > 
> > Roy
> 
> 
> Will try that but had noticed that the 2.3 produced an output much
> more like the tiff file. And also put less ink on the paper for the
> same settings strangley.
> 
> regards
> Jonathan

In 2.2 2880 for the R800 put out lots of ink.  So I cut out the larger
drop size for that res.  So 2880dpi with this version puts out less ink.
It's actually quite close to the ink output at 1440.

Roy

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