Canon smooth fine art paper review
Canon paper review: Premium Fine Art Smooth (PremFAS) smooth finish matte art paper. Neutral white, OBA free and archival. 310gsm weight...
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27
October
2016
New Canon papers announced
Canon USA announce three new Premium Fine Art papers — Premium Fine Art Smooth, Premium Fine Art Bright White and Premium Polished Rag. Designed to produce, rich-color reproduction, and detailed expression of gradation. Keith has a roll of the Fine Art Smooth for an upcoming...
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18
October
2016
Keith
| Article, Articles and reviews, Composition, Image Editing, Personal views, Printing, tutorials | No comment
Print of a photo of a sunset from my loft
Photographing an interesting sunset out of the loft window at home. How a simple photo, basic processing and printing produces a 22 inch by 33 inch print. Why any problems in making great prints probably doesn't come from deficiencies in equipment and software....
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09
October
2016
Keith
| Articles and reviews, Black and white, Colour management, Innova, Paper review, Printing | No comment
Innova Fabriano Art papers review
Paper review: Two new Innova mould made heavy matte fine art rag based papers from the Fabriano paper mill. IFA-107 and IFA-108. OBA free archival papers...
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03
October
2016
Keith
| Article, Articles and reviews, Composition, Image Editing, Photography Ideas, Printing, tutorials | 6 Comments
Tutorial: A large black and white print of the harbour at Staithes
Looking at the whole process, from photography to printing, Keith's tutorisl shows how he produced a 22" x 43" wide angle view of the harbour at Staithes in N. Yorkshire. Includes details on image stitching, B&W conversion and using masked adjustment layers....
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23
September
2016
Keith
| Article, Articles and reviews, Black and white, Hardware update, Printing, Test Images, X-Rite | No comment
X-Rite i1iO and a B&W test image
The X-Rite i1iO table and i1Pro2 spectrophotometer are used with a modified version of Keith's black and white test print (8 & 16 bit versions downloadable). Quick and easy check for monochrome print linearity includes chart averaging....
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20
August
2016
Keith
| Articles and reviews, Black and white, Canon printer, Colour management, Hardware review, Paper review, Printer review, Printer reviews, Printing, Review | 14 Comments
Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2000 printer review
Detailed review of the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2000 24" pigment ink printer. 11 inks and a gloss optimiser coat. Dual roll feed option. Roll and sheet media tested, including a print over 7m long....
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14
August
2016
Keith
| Articles and reviews, Black and white, Canon printer, Colour management, Epson Printer, Printing, Review, Software review | 5 Comments
Mirage print software review (V3.5)
A review of the Mirage print software by Dinax. Tested with the Canon PRO-2000 printer, the software now supports Canon and Epson large format printers. One feature is its freedom from print length limitations, ideal for huge pano prints at photo print resolutions....
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14
August
2016
Keith
| Articles and reviews, Canon printer, Hardware review, Printer articles, Printing, Review | 3 Comments
Canon PRO-2000, 4000 printer setup and installation
Assembly and initial setup for the Canon iPF PRO-2000 and PRO-4000 large format printer. Features print head and ink installation and initial configuration, including printer software and network connection....
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02
August
2016
Two new Canon PIXMA printers
Two new printers from Canon. The Canon Pixma MG3050 (£69.99)and MG255OS (£44.99) use a hybrid ink system (dye and pigment-based inks) to deliver ‘vivid, vibrant colours’. Both are Wi-Fi enabled, allowing images to be printed direct from a smartphone or computer via the Canon PRINT...
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12
July
2016