I've got a new IPF6100 last friday (18/01/2008). It got installed by a Canon technician.
After making a few tests, with different papers i have used, I noticed banding on the prints. I checked my manual and it said to use headalignment. I did so. But i still got banding. I tried the nozzle check, but no problem at all there, everything looks ok on the testpage.
So i decided to test it more thouroughly and printed the same picture on the same paper with different settings. The result was quite astonishing:
Standard quality : you can see a bit of banding. OK, let's say, it is standard setting, i assume that there can be banding
High quality: you can see less banding, but still apparent
Highest quality: there is a LOT of banding, even more then on standard.
Highest quality with high precision printing: you can't really see any banding any more (well i seem to see a bit, but i guess that's just my mind playing tricks on me)
Highest quality with high precision printing/thicken fine lines: youcan't really see any banding any more (or do i? )
So i just printed a few colorrectangles with different colors, gray and black. I used Canon SG201 for that testprint, with quality set to highest in the driver settings... and i got banding again..., you can see it especially in the 50% grey and in the blue rectangle. see last picture
So my question: Is it normal to get that amount of banding unless i use highest setting with high precision printing? Does the "highest with high precision printing" use more ink? Does anynone have the same problem(if problem there is?) any suggestions?
I scanned the prints and put them on my website so you could see for yourselves. (http://www.thierryfrisch.com/canon/ipf6100banding.html)
btw, page might need a bit to load, put all the pics on one page. sorry
thierry
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