6 Ways to Fix Your Banding Printing

Question # 1
“Banding issue!” Why? , and How to fix?

Banding issue was the most

common noted fault by machine
operators, in the same time can be
one of the easiest to sort out, first of
all let’s talk about what banding
is?

o White banding

Banding is a defect in inkjet printing that will appear as horizontal

or vertical lines, streaks or bands in the printed output. Everyone
will eventually experience some type of banding with their inkjet
printer.

Why?

- The print head jetting a regular pattern of ink droplets that will
dry before the next set of droplets arrive. This can go wrong if:

1. The heaters are not set correctly.

2. The deflected position of the print heads can same problem,
(wrong print pattern).
3. The calibration for feeding the material is wrong; you will see
overlapping printed lines.
4. The calibration of the print head settings are wrong.
5. The ink is not drying correctly.
6. The old and dirty media.
 7. The ink quality noted that sometimes affect the overlapping
prints making dark or light banding.

One or more of those reasons can lead to banding issue.

Now let’s see how to

shoot our problem by
answering the second
question,

o Dark banding, will find a dark lines of

the printed color.

How to fix?

1. Adjust your printer heaters according to media used, in most

cases 45° is perfect to make printing dry and keep media in a
good condition.
2. You may need to re adjust the print heads position in the
carriage.
3. Try to re calibrate the Y motor step size.
4. Adjusting the voltage and calibration of the print head is a
good option too.
5. Set the printer middle heater at 45° and try again.
6. In most cases changing media fixing the problem.
7. Change the ink to more quality and trusted ink.