Banding on Epson s80600

[buzzgraphics]

Hey folks, I’m getting weird banding when printing solid gray on my Epson. It’s hard to see in the pic but the banding doesn’t go all the way across the sheet. It drops in and out throughout the middle of the sheet. It also moves around the sheet as it’s coming through the printer. I’ve already cleaned the head and recalibrated the media feed. Any idea what could be causing this?

 

[Zoogee World]

Does it do this on all medias, or just this particular one?

 

[buzzgraphics]

Does it do this on all medias, or just this particular one?

Excellent question!
The initial print was on Avery 1105. I tried printing the same file on 3m 40c and yes, the banding is still there.

 

[jfiscus]

It might be related to your profile you are using in your RIP and the corresponding ink limits you have set?
Grays are always the hardest colors to hit "solid" without being tinted or banded since they use so little of each ink in them.

 

[buzzgraphics]

It might be related to your profile you are using in your RIP and the corresponding ink limits you have set?
Grays are always the hardest colors to hit "solid" without being tinted or banded since they use so little of each ink in them.

I’ve printed three of these panels. The first one was fine. The problem got steadily worse until the last panel which I posted a pic of.

 

[danno]

It looks to me like there might be a temperature change as the machine warms up. Look to see if there could be slight buckling of the media as it moves across the platten. If there is, try dropping the pre and platten temps a couple degrees.

 

[buzzgraphics]

It looks to me like there might be a temperature change as the machine warms up. Look to see if there could be slight buckling of the media as it moves across the platten. If there is, try dropping the pre and platten temps a couple degrees.

We got a winner. Too hot in the shop coupled with too hot on the platen. Thanks for thinking of it.