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- Video: Dye or pigment ink printer choices
Keith Cooper looks at the differences between dye based and pigment based inks for inkjet photo printers. What works best? Is one type a better fit for some photographers (12m 40s) - Video: Epson XP-15000 review
Keith Cooper looks at the Epson XP-15000 A3+ (13" width) printer for making colour and B&W photo prints at up to 13" width. With double sided printing for plain paper documents and envelopes it has a paper tray for plain paper. (13m 40s) - Video: Why use printer profiles
Keith Cooper looks at the basic purpose of ICC printer profiles and how using them for your photo printing improves the quality and reliability of your photo printing. How printer profiles allow you to use a wide variety of papers for your photos. (6m 40s) - Video: Get a printer or use a photo lab?
Should you print your own photos on your own printer or use a commercial photo lab? Keith looks at some of the costs and benefits, both financial and for your photographic skills (9m 10s) - Video: What matters to print buyers
Keith looks at why what personally matters to you about your photography is largely irrelevant for most people who might buy your prints. Why it helps to find someone whose opinions you can trust and why different print types might appeal to potential buyers. Sometimes your prints do just need to match the curtains. (9m)
Articles/reviews
- Updated Colour Confidence Print Profiler review
Updated review of the Colour Confidence Print Profiler kit for monitor calibration and making ICC printer profiles. i1 spectrophotometer and software. - PermaJet Eco-Flo inking system for the R2400
Review of the PermaJet Eco-Flo inking system for the R2400. A continuos ink system with external ink tanks and third party ink - Epson Stylus Pro 3800 review
Review of the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 printer. Desktop printer is 17 inch print width and takes A2 sheets, photo and fine art papers. - i1Photo LT (i1Basic) – Update Review
i1Photo LT (i1Basic) - Update Review. X-rite product update for basic monitor and printer profiling, with ambient light measurement - Colour Confidence Print Profiler reviewUsing the Colour Confidence Print Profiler kit for monitor calibration and making your own ICC printer profiles. i1 spectrophotometer and software.
- Ultrachrome inks in an Epson 10000 large format printer
Conversion of an Epson SP10000 dye based ink printer to use Ultrachrome pigment based inks and carts from an Epson 10600. Changing ink types - Beware of the Colour Management Tar Pit
Colour management is great for improving the editing and printing of your photographs. Just make sure you understand why, and how it won't fix everything - Textured Art Silk – a ‘glossy’ art paper for UltraChrome inks
Paper review of PermaJet Textured Art Silk - a 'glossy' finish art paper for UltraChrome inks? Tested on an Epson SP9600 - What print resolution works for what viewing distance
A guide to print and image resolution and minimum viewing distances for prints. How much resolution do you need for large prints. - Error codes and service manual for the 7600 and 9600
Fixes and tips along with important error code information for the Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 large format printers. Service manual information. - Paper review Permajet Fibre Base Gloss
Testing Permajet Fibre Base Gloss, a 'Darkroom feel' gloss or semi-gloss lightly textured paper. Tested on an Epson SP2400 - QTR and PrintFIX PRO to get better black and white prints
Using the PrintFIX Pro colorimeter with QTR to make greyscale ICC profiles to improve linearity for black and white printing. - Why don’t my prints match my screen?
Why your prints often don't match your screen very well. Some explanations, solutions and ways of dealing with the problem - PrintFIX PRO review
Detailed review of the PrintFIX PRO print profiling Spectrocolorimeter and ICC printer profiling software from Colorvision (Datacolor) - Updating the Eye One Pro ruler
A new design for the guide ruler used in measuring ICC printer profiling targets with the i1 Pro spectrophotometer - Kodak Pro Color management check-up kit
A review of the Kodak Pro Color management check-up kit, with test prints and test images for direct comparisons
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