Sharpening goes a long way towards compensating this rolloff. These density curves are ugly , but the 1270 is an excellent printer capable of making extremely sharp images. We are seeing the results of an extremely sensitive test that reveals the finest details of printer performance. Some horizontal banding, not apparent in other scans, is noticeable, as is a small amount of color fringing near some of the edges. These defects are barely visible to the naked eye, but they show up quite clearly under a 10 x loupe.
Resolution is slightly lower than the direction of paper motion.
This test illustrates the improvement from sharpening, even at low magnification. This improvement takes place across a wide range of magnification. A small amount of color fringing, comparable to Semigloss and barely visible to the naked eye, is visible near some of the edges. Resolution is just slightly lower than for semigloss paper. The sharpness of Matte Heavyweight paper is surprisingly close to Semigloss.