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    StyleWriter II: Banding w/Grayscale Images (7/93)
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7/9/93
7/9/93
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    Article Created: 9 July 1993



    I'm using a StyleWriter II and an LC III. When printing GIFs, PICTs,
    TIFFs, and other graphics files, I get banding on any grayscale
    graphic.

    Black and white graphics work fine, and the photos are coming out
    fine, (the grayscale part) but there will be a line of photo, then a
    white line, then a line of photo, and so on.


DISCUSSION


    We're not quite sure what you're seeing. We were not able to
    duplicate the problem with alternating lines of completely white, and
    then lines of photo. We printed various grayscale images in Adobe
    PhotoShop and got the "normal" banding. It seems that this is
    probably what the customer is seeing since you stated that black and
    white images print fine. If there was an actual problem, you would see
    white lines across a black image in black and white mode.

    There will be a certain amount of "banding" with grayscale images as
    this is typical with inexpensive printers. Banding is a result of the
    physical properties of sprayed ink, as in the StyleWriter II. There
    should NOT, however, be any completely white lines (pixel size) all
    the way across an image. If this is the case, you might try selecting
    the option, "Clean Ink Cartridge before printing" or try a different
    cartridge altogether. If a new cartridge is used make sure you purge
    the cartridge. For more information on purging the cartridge
    reference article "StyleWriter II: Cleaning and Purging the Ink
    Cartridge."



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Product Area: Printers
Category: StyleWriters
Sub Category: StyleWriter II

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