Banding in a wide-format print
Banding is a repeating light or dark line in the print direction or across it. A missing nozzle, a bi-directional alignment error, or a media advance that skips will each draw a different pattern.
Checks
- Print a nozzle check before you change media. A missing nozzle is a line that repeats every pass.
- If the bands are even and match the pass height, check alignment and media advance, not the ink.
- A band that only appears on one media is often advance: the surface is slipping or the thickness is wrong.
- Do not laminate over banding and expect it to hide. The line is in the ink.
Materials in the directory
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