{"id":2286,"date":"2010-01-16T04:44:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T08:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2021-12-02T21:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:33:55","slug":"dark-micro-banding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/2286\/dark-micro-banding\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Micro-Banding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2296\" title=\"microbanding_dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/microbanding_dark1.jpg\" alt=\"microbanding_dark\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Problem <\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve got dark micro-banding in my print(s).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution <\/strong><br \/>\nRealign the print heads with the Printer Utility. If printing on High Speed, try printing with High Speed off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2290\" title=\"printerutilitiesheadalign\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/printerutilitiesheadalign.jpg\" alt=\"printerutilitiesheadalign\" width=\"425\" height=\"431\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the problem persists, adjust print speed with Advanced Media Control&#8217;s Paper Feed Adjustment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2291\" title=\"PaperFeedAdjustment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PaperFeedAdjustment.jpg\" alt=\"PaperFeedAdjustment\" width=\"425\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dark micro-banding happens when lines of ink overlap each other. Imprecise head alignment is the most common problem. Less frequently, the speed media is feed through the printer is slightly off. In rare cases, the media feed speed can&#8217;t be adjusted with software adequately and that means it&#8217;s time to send a printer in for servicing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/37767\/printing-tips\/\">Read more Printing Tips.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"..\/..\/workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more in my Fine Art Digital Printing Workshops.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem I\u2019ve got dark micro-banding in my print(s). Solution Realign the print heads with the Printer Utility. If printing on High Speed, try printing with High Speed off. If the problem persists, adjust print speed with Advanced Media Control&#8217;s Paper Feed Adjustment. Dark micro-banding happens&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[39],"tags":[1482,400,1468,119,1469,1194,1483,1484,1471],"post_folder":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dark Micro-Banding - John Paul Caponigro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/2286\/dark-micro-banding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dark Micro-Banding - John Paul Caponigro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Problem I\u2019ve got dark micro-banding in my print(s). 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