Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

> Hmmm I would like to know how an R800 owner would test it indisputably. 
> The
> point is we are all hypothesizing - I don't think anyone here has the
> knowledge.  We are reading marketing material, looking at symptoms and
> hypothesizing.

And then testing!

1    The Epson GLOP is only used on premium glossy & premium lustre papers 
on the R800; the option is grayed out on matte papers.

2    When you use premium glossy or lustre, the GLOP option ungrays itself 
and presents two options, Auto - in which the GLOP is used only in the image 
area, and Full - the GLOP is used in the whole printable paper area.

3    You can also untick GLOP, when using Premium glossy or lustre paper, 
and then the printer prints just as with matte papers - no GLOP. The 
downside is that you now see the white areas of the print as less glossy 
than the inked areas.

4    The bably Epson Picturemate has the same inks as the R800, minus the 
GLOP cart and the matte black cart. The images from it on premium glossy are 
the same as those from the R800 with the GLOP turned off - the white areas 
are less glossy.

5    If the GLOP cart were used on all the image, then we would be swapping 
out used GLOP carts all the time. I've changed several ink carts, but am 
still on the first GLOP cart.

That seems pretty conclusive to me, but I'm open to other interpretations.

Epson seem to have done something to the inks of the R800 and Picturemate; 
they are 'HiGloss' inks on their own, with only a trace of the 'dichroism', 
'bronzing', 'differential gloss' that we get with the 2100/2200 and the 
ordinary Ultrachromes on premium glossy.

Bob Frost.

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From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>