Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote:
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> 
[Bob Frost's five good glop observations snipped]

> My point is that we don't know how much glop is laid down for various ink
> densities.  Nothing in the above answers this question.

Load the r800 drivers and print to file with an image of a step wedge. Then take the ESC2P codes apart. There's even a decoder for them floating around the net.

Then you cna see the exact glop quantities used at different densities.
 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> 
> Interesting that they don't release a HiGloss set for the 21/2200 if it is
> considered a significant advancement - ex glop.  Even the R1800 is not
> pitched as a successor to the 2100.

That would mean two drivers (one for each inkset) supporting different base ink quantites and color matricies. And two sets of profiles. Remember, Epson didn't even release the Gray Balancer in the US because they thought that would be a tech support nightmare. Try managing two sets of ink on one printer.

Not to mention the shelf space for 16 different Epson 2200 carts...