From: Sam Wang (stwang@clemson.edu)
Date: 07/05/01-11:14:06 AM Z
At 9:20 PM +0000 7/4/01, Katharine Thayer wrote:
>Hi Joe and all,
[snip]
>I've never seen dots on either my Epson photo-series negatives or prints
>made from them, even one-coat prints (although I have on negatives and
>prints made from Epson printers that weren't photo series printers, like
>the 3000). What's interesting is that sometimes there would be a very
>fine banding on the negative that I wouldn't see even though I inspected
>the negatives by eye before using them. But then when I made the print,
>there would be the fine lines in the gum print, and I'd go back and look
>at the negative with a loupe, and there they were. It's very annoying to
>have to throw out both the negative AND the print but that banding is
>one of the few things that can't be corrected. So I'd suggest that
>Gordon watch for those. It either means your print heads need cleaning
>or the printer doesn't like the media type you've specified.
>kt
Banding is the reason I have not used inkjet negatives except for demos.
The rep at the Cones Editions booth at the SPE conference told me
that they had to return 3 out of every 5 Epson printers, mainly
because of paper advance problems (read: banding).
Sam
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