From: shannon stoney (sstoney@pdq.net)
Date: 04/11/02-06:38:36 AM Z
Sandy wrote"
>
>Sorry Shannon, but I have no information to share with you about how
>to stop banding other than what is in the Epson 2000P printer
>manual. I have had a few problems with this printer in the past that
>cleared up with an overnight rest so maybe you and the printer just
>need to take a break. Make sure you put Pictorico in the printer
>with the right orientation of course, with the notch at the top
>right as you hold it up to place in the tray.
I will try again today.
>
>
>I don't know if the granular (maybe I should have said "grainy")
>look of desktop negatives with the 2000P on Pictorico matters to
>you. It is much less than you would see in a 35mm negative enlarged
>on silver paper to 11X14, and about what you would see from a high
>speed 6X6 negative blown up to 16X20. Some people love grain so this
>should not necessarily put one off to digital desktop negatives. In
>any event I think you should find little loss in apparent sharpness,
>especially if you use the Unsharp mask feature of PhotoShot ot
>enhance sharpness.
I thought you meant in your other message that the negative looked
grainy but that the print printed sharp. I'll try the unsharp mask
thing today too. The softness might be ok for portraits--it makes
people look better, like glamour shots. Only blue.
--shannon
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