Re: epson banding & systems

[Nick Makris <nick@mcn.org>]

Gordon,  Try some other paper; heavier, lighter, glossy, matte, etc.  That
kind of banding is usually associated with the paper advance mechanism.

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtsg@duke.usask.ca>
>
> I did some very preliminary testing of printing with different systems and
> drivers on my humble epson stylus photo 700 & PC.
>
> I printed the same image file on the same printer in color on plain paper.
> Its a low resolution scan saved as a jpg of a cyanotype intended for a web
> page (120dpi)
>
> I just wanted to see if there was a difference between prints made using
> different systems and drivers on the same equipment.
>
> >From windows I used the standard windows epson driver and got banding.
> It looks like the printer consistently put too much ink at the same points
> on each pass of the printer head. Printing the image with the paper in
> portrait alignment the banding is vertical.  Printing with the paper in
> landscape alignment produces horizontal banding.  The banda are along an
> axis 90 degrees from the path of the printer head across the paper.
>
> I printed from both photoshop and netscape.
>
> Is this the typical kind of banding that people find with epsons?
>
> Using linux and the CUPS driver for this printer I got an image with
> absolutely no banding. The image is not as dense or as contrasty as the
> windows image. I printed both in both landscape and portrait alignments
> and used linux netscape and GIMP.  Again no banding what so ever.
>
> I'm almost out of black ink, I'll try Keith Gerlings suggestions about
> refilling and do this in black
>
> I'll try scanning something at a much higher resolution and see what
> results I get.
>
> Gord
>
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Katharine Thayer wrote:
>
> > Keith Gerling wrote:
> > >
> > .  I would really appreciate seeing
> > > ANY comparisons of gum prints using:
> > >
> > > 1) Black vs. color demonstrating color is better
> >
> >
> > I'm printing negatives today so tried to sneak in a black one for
> > comparison, but no matter what options I choose I get banding with
> > black, and am not interested in spending any more time with it. So I
> > won't be providing any data on the question one way or the other. Keith
> > says his negatives printed with black ink print gum just as good as the
> > negatives printed with color inks; I'll take his word for it but I still
> > have to print in color anyway, darn. Those black cartridges are so much
> > cheaper.
> >
> > Judy said a while back that when she tries to print in color she gets
> > blue midtones or something. Different machines, different media; I get a
> > nice neutral black throughout. If black works for you, all the better.
> > Katharine
> >
>
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