Re: smooth gradations
Re: smooth gradations
- Subject: Re: smooth gradations
- From: joseph wilhelm <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:06:16 +0800
While I've had surprisingly good results with producing my own custom
profiles for use with my Best rip and Epson 7500, my output still seems to
suffer when faced with a gradient. Seemingly smooth gradients print with
banding and what should be a gradual fade turns into an abrupt ending.
I have this same problem. I print landscape photographs and clear
blue skies will show banding. The affect is exaggerated when I
transform from my working space to a custom printer space - even
without color correction. I use an Epson 7500 and its OEM driver but
I don't think it is printer specific. I have noticed that different
CMMs reveal banding differently and some reveal it less. In my case
the banding can be seen on screen so it is easy (although quite
subtle) to preview.
I have been trying to solve this problem too and recently it has been suggested
that I ought to work in 48 bits. Another idea may be to flatten out
the curve some in the original scan in the area that is banding.
I hope this list has all sorts of suggestions because this is a
problem shared by more than a few of us.
Joseph