Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. 
Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> scrber wrote:
> 
> >
> >One final thought...  What about that 'glosseriser' or whatever 
the 
> >heck they call it.  The clear 'laquer' layer that comes with the 
new 
> >ultraglossy inkset.
> >Could this not be used for the spare ink position in the 4000 and 
> >leave us in the wonderful position where we don't have to spray or 
> >worry about bronzing.  Thinking out loud though, how do you 
control 
> >it?  Not with curves thats for sure.  Still depends on whether 
they 
> >will support the ultraglossy inkset and provide the relavent 
driver 
> >interface I guess - still, a possibility right?
> >
> >  
> >
> It's driver controlled and user overridable to some extent..
> 
> http://www.photo-i.co.uk/News/Nov03/Epsondata.htm
> 
> Now, it could be conceivably used with a RIP in the 4000 or:
> 
> keep in mind that EPSON is already going to have a dual channel 
CMYK 
> version of the printer for sale as well.. That conceivably requires 
a 
> different driver,
> 
> It's not out of the round of possibility therefore to foresee EPSON 
> releasing a driver or version of the 4000 that could use the Hi 
Gloss UC 
> inks,,
> 
> However, the gloss optimizer works inversely to the way you 
envision 
> it..  It gets laid down on areas of little ink coverage to increase 
> gloss..  Since bronzing is the result of heavy ink loads, not low 
ink 
> loads, it likely would not be of much help (unless we want to 
bronze the 
> entire image).. Although, who knows?
> 
>  
Mmmm.  I understood slightly differently.  That yes, it gets laid 
down to avoid bronzing and that there were three options to its 
application (all this is relavent to the R800 mind you.

1. Apply to areas of low ink coverage (as you mention)
2. Apply to entire image area (leaving borders uncoated)
3. Apply to entire page area.

Now if someone wanted to make a robust inkjet coating that would work 
in the volumes applied by the epson driver (obviously nothing like 
the 3 coats of laquer guard we were talking about in earlier threads) 
this would be a bonus surely?

Regards

Steve


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