Awesome, thank you very much for your efforts! So the long and short of it is that this is indeed just inherent to mono lasers.
I just closely scrutinized a color photo (people in an orchard of trees) I printed on my cp1515n color laser and there was 0 banding. I guess the content of the...
Good thought on the dpi, but alas yes it happens on 600 or 1200.
Since this has happened to me on 3 different unique printers, I'm trying to figure out whether it's just bum hardware / setting / paper issue I'm dealing with, or is it just some inherent trait of all mono laser printers that...
No worries.
I've used this same paper with an HP CP1515n - 4 cartridge cmyk laser. I've printed full page pictures with no issue. It needs new cartridges so instead of spending money on 4 separate ones that's what started this quest for a mono laser. Maybe this is some kind of side effect of...
I have the following paper type options:
Unspecified, Plain, HP EcoSMART Lite, Lite 60-74 Gram, Intermediate (85-95 Gram), Midweight (96-110), Heavy (111-130), Extra Heavy 131-175, Monochrome Laser Transparency, Labels, Letterhead, Envelope, Preprinted, Prepunched, Colored, Bond, Recycled...
When printing graphics with larger areas of the same color (such as http://www.wallpaperjoo.com/3173-cute-wallpapers-7-computer-backgrounds.html), especially if it has a gradient in color, is it normal to get bands going across the page? I've included an attachment of the actual print out.
This...