Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho" 
<erudolph@p...> wrote:
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> 
> Also, seems to me that in the European driver, there is an Auto 
> feature with the Gloss Optimizer, that allows you to spray gloss 
> only where the image area is.  Isn't this feature absent from the 
> U.S. driver?
> 
> Ed
> 
>> http://www.paulericjohnson.com

That feature is in the US driver. It also only applies glosser on 
glossy or gloss-based papers like premium luster, based on your 
selection of paper type. Because the glosser is shinier than even 
Primium Gloss paper, selectively glossing inmages high lights them in 
what I consider a very attractive manner. I am sure that effect will 
be a matter of personal taste.

Personally, I'd like to see the ability to control the glosser like a 
separate color so I could selectively gloss different areas of the 
print. That technique is very popular in the graphics design world 
where the most extreme form of it would be to print the whole page a 
single color and then apply the gloss for the type and graphics. It 
wuould be especially effective over an ink with strong reflective 
characteristics.

BTW, I don't know it is not possible to control the glosser 
separately, I simply haven't had time to pursue it on the one R800 I 
have access to.

Brian Maytum
Epson Rep.