Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Rose" <pjrose@f...> wrote:

> 
> I was about to reply simply that "no, I don't find any quality loss",
> but now add a qualifation--i.e., that most the borderless I've done
> have been 4x6" (and these seem just fine). But just now--as I
> *closely* examine one of my 8x10 borderless on Premium Glossy--I'm
> afraid that I do see a slight loss of density along the first few
> millimeters (leading edge)of the print. I don't know why the smaller
> prints don't show that, too.
> 
> There is also the issue you mention which is that Epson doesn't
> support borderless with all papers (AFAIK, just with PK-types like
> Premium Glossy, -Semigloss and -Luster). Once, when I had MK ink
> installed and wanted to print borderless on Enhanced Matte paper, I
> just "lied" to the driver and told it that the media type was Premium
> Semigloss. It dutifully printed borderless on the matte paper, and I
> guess this is a ploy that might be used without serious penalty as
> long as the correct profile is used. Although I wonder: would
> incorrectly specifying the media type then  cause the driver to use an
> incorrect ink configuration (laydown), in spite of the correct profile
> being used?
> 
> Phil

I can't say for sure what the Epson drivers do but I think the paper
selection is mainly for physical properties like thickness, platen gap.
But, who knows, it could use different ink limits.

Roy