banding on HP printers?

[ric]

I bought an HP 842C and had banding problems with it. It was most noticeable
on normal mode on plain paper (not really noticeable at all on best mode)
and mostly in dark regions and uniformed colour regions.

I took it back and got an HP 932C and it's also got banding problems. On
this one it's not so noticeable in dark regions but it's there in uniformed
colour regions as fine lines of lighter colour. It's also there in best
quality mode on plain paper, although the lines are finer and more closely
spaced so you have to look closer to see them. From a fair distance it's not
noticeable but it bothers me that a midrange printer would have this
problem.

Is this typical for these printers or have I just gotten unlucky twice?

Thanks,
Ric

[Steve Bradshaw]

I've just fired up Word and drawn six 1.5" squares filled with pastel and
bold primary colours. Printing on my HP930C on plain cheap inkjet paper in
normal and best modes gives absolutely no banding, even looking with a
magnifying glass. Perhaps you're unlucky.

The only problem like this I've seen on my printer is in draft text, there
is a slightly disjointed line of text a few lines down from the top which
appears to be caused by the speed of the paper combined with the pause in
motion at this point, there is no problem at all in normal mode as the paper
is moving slower. Have you checked to see if your problem always occurs at
the same place on the page, if so this would indicate a paper feed problem
rather than a cartridge/ink problem.

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Steve B

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[ric]

It's throughout the whole page. You need to look closely but you definitely
don't need to use a magnifying glass. It's subtle, but it's there. From your
description, it sounds like this isn't a property of these printers in
general so I'll see about replacing the ink cartridges or the printer again.
It's a shame, because otherwise it seems to be a pretty good printer. Does
the calibration option have any effect on this sort of thing? When the
printer initially calibrated there was a sheet in the output tray that got
caught and I'm wondering if it threw out the calibration somehow?

Thanks,
Ric

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