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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Roscolo on January 05, 2007, 12:36:48 pm
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Michael's review of the z3100 has piqued my interest (really wish HP offered this printer without the spectrophotometer).
Question: How would a spray over a print made, say, with the Canon ipf5000 compare to a print produced on the HP using the gloss optimizer? Can an overspray applied after printing do the job just as well?
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Michael's review of the z3100 has piqued my interest (really wish HP offered this printer without the spectrophotometer).
Question: How would a spray over a print made, say, with the Canon ipf5000 compare to a print produced on the HP using the gloss optimizer? Can an overspray applied after printing do the job just as well?
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My experience in using sprays for art is that the spray is hard to predict and therefore control for evenness of application and potential bubbles. I would practice with a particular product on something you don't care about much first.
I have the Epson R1800 with the built-in gloss optimizer. It produces dazzling gloss photos, much better IMHO than the expensive Ciba-chrome images I have paid a lot of money for. Epson says, unlike a critic's point on this product, that is is to balance how our eye perceives gloss differentials, not to correct a faulty application of the ink by the printer. Whatever the case, the g-o does a beautiful job and I would much more trust the even application of this than the spray.
As for your particular questions on the ipF5000 and the HP, I don't have either. When I finally open up my new Epson 3800, I'll try out a spray and report back.
AV
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It needs to be understood that a gloss optimizer cartridge contains a clear ink. This is not an overspray.
What this means is that the gloss coating doesn't sit on top of the other inks but becomes part of it. A much superior solution.
Michael