Digital BW, The Print

Steve & Paul,

>> Put a color/gray ink in the glop position and clear flushing fluid in the
>> others.  Then print a 21-step test strip.

> Yes that would work but not so obvious to any R800 owner though.  Bob, how
> about running us a little test?


I'll leave that to Paul. I want to sell my R800 as soon as the R1800 comes 
out, so no non-Epson stuff in it! I only do that with my old 1270 and 90.

But I am doing a lot more tests. I've been printing loads of grayscales, 
comparing the 2100 (with and without IP) and the R800, and I'm just 
repeating some of these with and without GLOP turned on. From preliminary 
tests, I might just have to eat some of my words!

The obvious difference between GLOP on and off is that with it on there is a 
255/255/255 patch at the end of the grayscale, whereas with it off there 
isn't. It is this that stands out in prints.

But there are differences in the grayscale down to about 175/175/175, and 
I'm not sure whether this is due to lack of glop in these areas, or whether 
perhaps turning glop off has upset the driver and changed the color balance 
slightly. So, I'll do some color scales and see what happens there.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>