Digital BW, The Print

So, the paper IS glossy to start with, right?  If it IS glossy to start
with, then it should remain glossy after being printed...  I'm not clear on
how this supposedly works.  If you, or someone else can 'splain it, I'd
appreciate it.

Austin


> It is "PiezoGloss" paper that only remains glossy with Canon Piezotone
> ink.  Epson piezotone ink will exhibit the buffing/powder coat that it
> does on all the other glossy papers. Which I guess indicates that there
> is something funky going on with the Canon version. I hope they have
> fully tested whatever that funkiness is for proper archival properties.
>
> -mh
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > > I find his comments on his new PiezoGloss paper interesting
> too: "It is a
> > > high gloss surface after printing and this is going to be very
> > > popular with
> > > those looking for gloss.  But the paper only glosses with the
> PiezoTone
> > > formulation for Canon."
> >
> > Er, huh?  Either the paper is glossy or not.  The paper doesn't
> get every
> > square nano-micron hit with ink...so I'm not clear how that would be
> > possible.  Is this saying that it's the ink that glosses, and the white
> > areas of the paper don't gloss?  That would look weird!
> >
> > Austin