Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

The point about the HighGloss Ultrachromes of the R800 is that the inks are 
HighGloss (on the right paper eg Premium Glossy) without the Gloss 
Optimizer. They don't suffer from bronzing like the normal Ultrachromes of 
the 2200/4000 etc. The Gloss Optimizer in the R800 only fills in the white 
and near-white areas of the print which are less glossy than the HighGloss 
Ultrachrome printed areas. The Gloss Optimiser in the R800 DOES NOT make the 
Ultrachrome inks glossy by being sprayed over the whole print, as many seem 
to think. The little Epson Picturemate has the same HighGloss Ultrachrome 
inks but no Gloss Optimizer. You can see white areas are less glossy than 
the inked areas with that printer. You can also turn off the Gloss Optimizer 
in the R800 and the prints are still glossy (they just have less glossy 
white areas like the Picturemate).

Spraying GO over entire prints printed with normal Ultrachromes or other 
inks may improve them, but it is not what the R800 does.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>



"Glop" = Gloss Optimizer.  MIS sells a version of it.  It is experimental at
this point.  What we are most interested in is integrating it into the
inkset like with the R800 in order to eliminate gloss differentials and
bronzing.