[alt-photo] Re: Vertical Banding in Prints Produced from Digital Negatives

[ender100]

Paul, Not pizza wheel marks, roller marks—they tend to show up if you have ink that is thick and not cured where the heaviest ink is, which would be where Amy's skies are in the final print.

Good suggestions Keith, except I wouldn't reduce the ink density and exposure, the blacks in the print will be weak.

Amy, I use a 3800 all the time.  When I use the original Pictorico (Premium OHP) I never increase the ink density more than +15.  If I am using Ultra Premium OHP. which holds more ink and cures faster I sometimes go up to +30.  I have not had the roller problem you described, if that indeed is what the problem is.
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Best Wishes,

Mark Nelson
Precision Digital Negatives
PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups

Mark Nelson Photography


On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:31:58 PM, "Keith E. Krebs" <editor at p-o-v-image.com> wrote:

From:   "Keith E. Krebs" <editor at p-o-v-image.com>
Subject:    [alt-photo] Re: Vertical Banding in Prints Produced from Digital Negatives
Date:   February 20, 2010 5:31:58 PM CST
To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
As you're printing with pigmented inks on a transparency film, and 
finding the banding in high-value areas, I'd bet on oversaturation of 
the transparency film. Whether or not they are actual roller marks, is 
secondary to the fact that without high ink-density on a low-absorbency 
medium, you probably wouldn't be getting the banding.

Simple solutions:

1) Slow the printer head speed

a) if you can choose uni-directional printing

b) Slow down passes by choosing increased drying times if the drivers so 
allows

2) Lower overall negative densities and shorten your exposure times 
accordingly

It's possible that it's a printhead alignment issue. You can run a 
printhead alignment to eliminate that possibility.



Keith Krebs

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