Digital BW, The Print

Got it.


> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:36:00 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: glop concept goofy, temporary?
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> What I mean is that if you print a n-point grayscale from 255-0 with most
> printers or the R800 with GLOP-off, the 255 patch is simply paper white - no
> ink on it. When you turn GLOP on in the R800, you get a shiny patch of pure
> gloss there. This matches the lack of gloss in non-inked areas to the high
> gloss of the inked areas.
> 
> What I'm doing at this very moment is looking at at grayscale patches from
> 255-198 in 1-point increments (www.ZuberPhotographics.com) and trying to
> decide which of them has GLOP on by comparing them with the same patches
> printed with GLOP turned off. I need a 'glossometer'. Decoding the file as
> Koloshor suggests, might be easier!
> 
> Hasn't Paul persuaded MIS to give him an R800 yet?
> 
> Bob Frost.