Posted in Photo Printing on Mar 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
Canon has released upgrades to it’s two 13×19″ photo printers, the Pixma Pro9000 upgraded to the Mark II and the Pixma Pro9500 upgraded to the Mark II. They’re still selling the older versions as well and there will no doubt be reviews online soon. Read more here: Canon Printers.
Posted in Photo Printing on Jan 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Consumer Guide to Modern Photo Papers This pdf is worth reading if you print at home. Most important is the table on page 6 which shows the primary use, advantages and disadvantages of modern photo papers. [via Red River Paper Blog]
Posted in People, Photo Printing, Tech Stuff, Video on Nov 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Michael Reichmann Interviews Henry Wilhelm In the late Summer of 2008 I interviewed Henry Wilhelm, the world’s preeminent authority on print permanence and the founder of Wilhelm Imaging Research. This interview was conducted on behalf of Epson, to be used as part of their 2008/2009 Epson Print Academy. The clip used by Epson was edited [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear, Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Jun 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Save Polaroid On February 8, 2008, Polaroid Corporation announced that it will discontinue production of all instant film. This site will document the aftermath of this announcement and will serve as a home-base for the effort to convince another company to begin producing the cherished technology that Polaroid has so carelessly abandoned. This site is [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Apr 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
A set of excellent notes on making photo books with Blurb: Want to Make a Blurb Book?.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Printing on Feb 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
Polaroid Abandons Instant Photography Gary, better stock up on film, this is the end of Polaroid dye transfers. [via kottke.org]
Posted in Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Jan 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
Canon has released a pdf document: Canon Digital Color Management Guidebook (clicking this link will open a large pdf document in a new window). Looks quite useful for users of all brands of camera and printer but especially useful to Canon DSLR users and/or users of Canon inkjet printers.
Posted in Photo Printing on Jan 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Rick LePage at Macworld looks at Epsons new photo printer. Epson today announced the Stylus Photo R1900, a $550, B-size (13″ by 19″) desktop printer with pigment-based inks, advanced paper-handling capabilities and productivity features aimed at serious amateurs and professional photographers.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Printing on Dec 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
Printing on Leopard with Lightroom 1.3.1 Update from Adobe on printing from Lightroom essentially telling everyone to check to see if your printer drivers are Leopard compatible. For what it’s worth, I found that the current driver for my Canon Pixma Pro 9000 is both Tiger and Leopard compatible and should work fine with Lightroom [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Printing on Oct 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Film Drop-Off Sites Fade Against Digital Cameras Fresh from a family vacation in California, Rick Wallerstein went to the Stop & Shop supermarket in Berkeley Heights, N.J., last month to drop off a roll of film, as he has done for about two decades. But a sign on the familiar drop-box next to the juice [...]
Posted in Photo Printing on Aug 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Eric Chan has a useful article: Getting Started with Inkjet Printing that covers printers, paper, ink types, color management, calibration, profiling, and more. Eric Chan is a Visiting Scientist at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), where he conducts research in computer graphics. [via Red River Paper Blog]
Posted in Photo Printing on Aug 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Photo Pro has a useful video on Paper Handling & Paper Selection for printing digital photographs. [via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Printing on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a tip and/or reminder for anyone out there using Aperture. Aperture has a feature called “Onscreen Proofing” that allows you to set the color-space (proofing profile) you’re doing your adjustments in; sRGB, Adobe RGB and any paper profiles you have installed. Because I sometimes print direct from Aperture on Canon Fine Art Photo [...]
Posted in Photo Printing on Jun 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Interesting discussion of photographic print longevity in The New York Times: It Isn’t That Images Fade, It’s That They Can Vanish. The focus is Henry Wilhelm, one of the leading experts on printer, ink, and paper technologies and how they all affect print life as prints are exposed to light and air. Of course, as [...]
Posted in Photo Printing on May 15th, 2007 No Comments »
The Red River Paper Blog has a post on Custom Inkjet Book Printing that gives a nice overview of what’s possible on a home printer with simple software. I’m not sure I like sprial or ring binding, prefering sewn or stapled bindings but that requires more sophisticated paper sizing on inside pages, etc. I might [...]
Posted in Photo Printing on May 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Photo-i has an early review of the new Canon Pixma Pro9500, Canon’s pigment ink version of the dye ink Pixma Pro 9000. (Source Red River Paper Blog.)
Posted in Photo Printing on May 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Teaching the Color Printer the Language of Humanity and a Palette of Precision: “Xerox has introduced software that allows a user to adjust the shadings on a color printer by using simple English.” (Source NYT > Business.)
Posted in Photo Printing on Mar 12th, 2007 8 Comments »
The Epson 3800: Printer Notes and Resources is a collection of notes by Eric Chan about this new, mid-range pigment ink printer. [via Red River Paper Blog]
Posted in Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Jan 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Sean McHugh and the Cambridge University Photographic Society have a great article up at their site: Color Management Explained. Anyone who takes pictures with a digital camera, processes them with a computer, and prints them should read this. (Source Red River Paper Blog.)
Posted in Photo Printing on Dec 5th, 2006 3 Comments »
Macworld’s Rick LePage reviews Pigment vs. dye inks – Which is best? Source: David Niemeijer
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