From: David Oliver (david.oliver@xtra.co.nz)
Date: 04/11/02-01:50:49 AM Z
> So I scanned another one today, on the Epson
> 1680 at school, and printed out the new negative at 600 dpi. I
> haven't printed it in cyanotype yet, but I see banding in the thin
> areas. This was a problem in the other one too. I went through all
> the "cures" for banding in the book, including cleaning the heads and
> realigning them and all that, but it didn't eliminate the banding.
> Any more ideas on how to get rid of it? It's longways banding, ie
> vertical.
Shannon,
For optimum results, you should print at 2880 dpi or 1440 dpi, not at 300 or
600. Lower dpi will mean less ink, less smoothness, less density, and may
even contribute to the banding.
David
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