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- Video: Using a colour test image
Keith looks at print evaluation using a known good test image. The test print has parts for testing many different aspects of print quality, and can even show problems with monitor setup as well.(11m 43s) - Video: What are ICC paper profiles for
How the right ICC printer profiles help you make better and more consistent prints of your photos. Why printer profiles don't make all papers look the same and why your choice of paper has so much bearing on the final look of the print (15 mins) - Video: Epson ET-8550 Review
Review: Keith Cooper looks at the Epson ET-8550 EcoTank printer - A3+/13 inch width. Review covers features, capabilities and print quality (46m 34s) Includes links to all of Keith's ET-8550 related videos - Video: Epson ET-8550 setup
Keith Cooper looks Epson ET-8550 A3+ (13 inch width) EcoTank multifunction printer setup and initial installation. Includes filling the ink tanks and networking (25m 43s) - Video: Why prints come out wrong and what to do
Keith looks at the top reasons photo prints don't come out right, along with the steps needed to fix your print problems. Based on years of sorting out print problems for photographers (22m 30s)
Articles/reviews
- Canon iPF6300 review
Canon iPF6300 review, testing the imagePROGRAF iPF6300 24 inch large format printer, for colour and black and white fine art printing. - Canon iPF6300 arrives for review
A Canon iPF6300 24" large format printer is delivered for our review. Small enough to fit on the back seat of a car. - Spyder3 Print review V3.5
Detailed review of the SpyderPrint package and spectrocolorimeter, using the PrintFIX PRO measuring device to make custom icc printer profiles. - A visit to IPEX 2010
Looking at some large printers from HP, Canon and others at the IPEX show - Keith visits IPEX 2010... what's new? - Epson Stylus Pro 3880 review
Review of the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 printer. Desktop printer is 17 inch print width and takes A2 sheets, photo and fine art papers. Colour and black and white printing - ImageNest RIP review V2 update
Review update for the ImageNest RIP Version 2.1 from Blue Cubit (a Multi-Image print layout Tool for any printer with Mac OSX) - Which side of the paper to print on
Some fine art papers look almost the same on each side. How to tell which side of the paper to print on if you are unsure - Full width printing Epson 3800 and OSX 10.6
Solving full width (17") printing problems with the Epson SP3800 and Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard). tested with Epson Traditional Photo Paper - Canon Pixma Pro9500 Mk II review
Detailed Canon Pixma Pro9500 Mk II review, using the Canon 9500 II A3+ printer for colour and black and white photo printing. - Review of Paper Spectrum Pinnacle fine art papers
Review of Pinnacle fine art papers from Paper Spectrum. Cotton rag based art papers for fine art printing. Includes cut sizes for cards - Olmec Photo papers – review
A review of several photo and fine art printing papers in the Olmec range, now supplied by Innova. Gloss, satin and matte. - Media settings – Printer Test Images
Test images for optimising media settings when printing. Essential to check before profiling papers to know if too much (or too little) ink is being used for the particular paper chosen - Review Innova Smooth Cotton Natural & High White
Review of two of Innova's Smooth Cotton papers from their Photo Art Range. IFA-11 and IFA-14, high white and natural white. IFA 11 is now Photo Cotton Rag 315 - Review of ImageNest RIP for printing
Detailed review of the ImageNest RIP software for handling printing and print layout. Works with any printer driver installed on an Apple Mac - Error codes and information for Epson 7800 and 9800
Collected information about the Epson Stylus Pro 7800 24 inch, and 9800 44 inch width large format printers, including error codes and service manual info - Deactivate the ink level counter on the Epson 7600 and 9600
How to make cartridges always read full by deactivating the ink level counter on the SP7600 and SP9600 Epson large format printers. To be used with care, but useful if you wanted to re-fill your ink carts
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