[alt-photo] Re: Epson 3800 Ink Expiration Date and Epson Driver

[Diana Bloomfield]

Hi Amy,

I can't answer your question, but I will just say that when I was  
doing a lot of pt/pd printing, I started to avoid clear blank skies  
like the plague-- not so much for banding problems, but because,  
invariably, those little tiny black spots would work like magnets on a  
blank sky (in my pt/pd images, anyway).  Plus-- I would obsess over  
the clearing of a pt/pd print, especially in the sky area.  I finally  
just started avoiding clear skies altogether, and I became a much  
happier person.   (Well, maybe not "much happier," but at least a  
little bit more content and a little less obsessive with my printing.)

Diana
On May 27, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Amy Holmes George wrote:

>
>
> Thank you all for your suggestions and advice regarding my concerns  
> with the Epson ink expiration dates. It is both a relief and a  
> frustration to know that the inks are not the problem (I would  
> certainly hate to dump all my expired inks, although I was secretly  
> hoping for a simple solution here).
> OTOH, I would love to hear if anyone has an explanation for why the  
> PDN Color Density Range Palette prints with reduced UV blockage and  
> visible micro-banding ONLY when outputting with adjustments made in  
> the Epson driver's "Advanced Media Control" settings. Again, those  
> results can be viewed here:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/103360756612857524693/VerticalBandingInSky#5475693643166130162
> Thanks again!Amy 		 	   		
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