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Grainy photographic prints

Yesterday I tried my hand at finetuning my wife's Asbru Compact 54 (modified Roland SP540 VS) in order to improve photographic prints (TIFFs and JPGs) on glossy paper. (see www.siriknudsen.no for some of her photos).

I was trying to get as little graininess as possible, which until now has been especially evident on smaller prints (like 20x30cm and smaller).

I managed to improve the quality dramatically by choosing 'uni-directional' printing instead of 'bi-directional'. I also set print speed to 800 mm/sec.

I still feel I should be able to do even more tweaking.... does anyone have some tips on getting optimal results on photographic prints?

Thank you

Trygve

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Permalink Reply by Candy Mattingly on February 8, 2010 at 12:10pm

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS TURNS OUT. I HAVE BEEN FITTING WITH TAKEING PICTURES OF A KID IN HOCKEY GEAR AND MAKEING A LIFE SIZE WALL GRAPHIC. GOOD LUCK!

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Permalink Reply by Trygve Knudsen on February 8, 2010 at 1:07pm

I will.
I should add that the files I use for testing are hi-res, taken with a Canon EOS 1Ds mkIII.
I do the rips in VersaWorks (I believe it's the latest version, whichever that is..).