avoiding banding in large solid color areas?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:34 pm
Hello,
I'm brand new to Turboprint. Have only printed one page so far, but it's amazing and I'm only one day into my 30 day test period.
Presently, I'm using it on the small Canon Pixma iP2820. I printed one page from Gimp using the highest resolution offered, 9600 dpi. Paper choice was Fineart Hahnemuehle (although the paper I used was actually heavyweight Epson matte until my order of good paper arrives.)
The image is 8x10 with a very high percentage of dark blue background that makes up about 80-percent of the page, with white typography lettering also on the page using up about 20-percent of the page.
Dithering is set to error diffusion. Ordered Fine and Ordered Coarse are my other two choices but I haven't used them yet. (What are they?)
In that blue background, I can see very slight banding. Maybe most people wouldn't notice it, but I do. I would like to eliminate that. Is it possible? When I'd order giclee prints, those had no banding. Is there a way to tweak the settings to elminate the slight problem? Through Turboprint the white lettering is exactly as sharp as the giclee prints I was buying (when looking through a printer's loupe at the edges.)
Thanks for any help. Turboprint is amazing.
I'm brand new to Turboprint. Have only printed one page so far, but it's amazing and I'm only one day into my 30 day test period.
Presently, I'm using it on the small Canon Pixma iP2820. I printed one page from Gimp using the highest resolution offered, 9600 dpi. Paper choice was Fineart Hahnemuehle (although the paper I used was actually heavyweight Epson matte until my order of good paper arrives.)
The image is 8x10 with a very high percentage of dark blue background that makes up about 80-percent of the page, with white typography lettering also on the page using up about 20-percent of the page.
Dithering is set to error diffusion. Ordered Fine and Ordered Coarse are my other two choices but I haven't used them yet. (What are they?)
In that blue background, I can see very slight banding. Maybe most people wouldn't notice it, but I do. I would like to eliminate that. Is it possible? When I'd order giclee prints, those had no banding. Is there a way to tweak the settings to elminate the slight problem? Through Turboprint the white lettering is exactly as sharp as the giclee prints I was buying (when looking through a printer's loupe at the edges.)
Thanks for any help. Turboprint is amazing.