vromb
20th of August 2002 (Tue), 16:57
Ok. Many people here seems to have the same printing problem with their Canon printers. I use Photoshop 7, and the 'banding' (bad dithering) problem is also mine when I print, like said previously.
Someone suggested to make an example avaible for others, so here it is...
here is the original picture:
http://vromb.tripod.ca/original-picture.jpg
and here's the printed result, Hi-Q with diffusion dithering on Canon Photo Paper Pro:
http://vromb.tripod.ca/s820-print.jpg
Don't look at color corectness: it's not the goal. But look particularly at flesh tones, and notice the strenght of the banding (vertical lines)... it's present in ANY print made out by this printer! This picture is just a partial scan (at 300 dpi) of a print. But believe me, it's pretty easy to see this pattern, looking not so closely to any print! :( It's deceiving...
NOW...
Some people have talked about printing from other software than Photoshop to avoid this problem...
DOES IT WORK? ???
I'd really like to know, and, like others, would like to look at the results (post your results scanned if you can)... I'd shure get an other software and dedicate it to printout if it is a proven solution! Otherwise, I'll try to get an exchange for my printer...
Too sad... :(
Someone suggested to make an example avaible for others, so here it is...
here is the original picture:
http://vromb.tripod.ca/original-picture.jpg
and here's the printed result, Hi-Q with diffusion dithering on Canon Photo Paper Pro:
http://vromb.tripod.ca/s820-print.jpg
Don't look at color corectness: it's not the goal. But look particularly at flesh tones, and notice the strenght of the banding (vertical lines)... it's present in ANY print made out by this printer! This picture is just a partial scan (at 300 dpi) of a print. But believe me, it's pretty easy to see this pattern, looking not so closely to any print! :( It's deceiving...
NOW...
Some people have talked about printing from other software than Photoshop to avoid this problem...
DOES IT WORK? ???
I'd really like to know, and, like others, would like to look at the results (post your results scanned if you can)... I'd shure get an other software and dedicate it to printout if it is a proven solution! Otherwise, I'll try to get an exchange for my printer...
Too sad... :(