Digital BW, The Print

Hi Brian.... I think I finally figured out that the Auto feature is in the 
R800 Us driver for Windows.  I don't seem to find it in the OS X 
driver.  Am I missing it?  If so, can you point me in the right 
direction?

thanks for any help,
Ed

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"brianmaytum" <bmaytum2000@m...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"edrudolpho" 
> <erudolph@p...> wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > 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.