QTR-Quadtone RIP

Indeed.  Gloss differential was/is pretty common with silver-image  
papers, especially RC papers. I'm sure many people noticed it, since  
viewing the surface at an angle is the normal way of checking the  
surface for dust or damage. I think the significant thing is that  
virtually no one *cared* about it because it did not affect the  
image.  It was just a curiosity: "Oh look! At an angle you can see the  
dark parts piling up on the surface! Neat! I wonder if that's silver  
I'm seeing."

Only photographers look at photographs from 3 inches or at 80 degrees  
from perpendicular to the surface. As long as gloss differential does  
not indicate fragility of the darker areas, should we fret about it,  
or waste a precious cartridge slot for "glop"?   I'd rather see that  
"glop" slot given over to another black, either for  smoother tonality  
or to allow me to have both matte and photo blacks, aat the same time,  
in the Epson R1800/1900.

Myron


> On 13 Jan, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Ken Carney wrote:
>
>> ...BTW I was filing away some older prints
>> made on Oriental warm-tone VC paper, and noticed that the gloss  
>> differential
>> was pretty extreme when I tilted the paper. Odd that I hadn't  
>> noticed it
>> before, but then I wasn't looking for it then.


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