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- Video: Do not use CMYK for printing
Videos: Why for normal inkjet printers you should never use CMYK for printing. Do not convert from RGB to CMYK before printing. CMYK has its uses, but not for printing your photos - Videos: Key print quality choices
Videos: What are the key print quality choices? Three videos look at what print quality means, how it goes beyond printer choice, and ways of looking at your prints - Video: Art reproduction and printing
Video: Art reproduction and printing your artwork. Scanning, photographing and printing to create inkjet or 'Giclee' fine art prints (19m 17s) - Video: Epson ET-8550 vs P700
Video: Keith looks at which Epson 13" A3+ photo printer is best for your needs. The ET-8550 vs P700 features, benefits and differences (22m 40s) - Video: Showing prints at galleries
Video: Keith looks at showing prints at galleries and what you need to know and ask about if you want to exhibit and maybe sell your own photos at galleries (19m 08s)
Articles/reviews
- Epson Stylus Photo R2880 review
Review of the Epson Stylus Pro R2880 printer. Desktop printer is 13 inch print width and takes A3+ sheets and roll, photo and fine art papers for colour and monochrome printing. - Spyder3Print SR (SpyderPrint) review
Review of the Datacolor Spyder3Print printer profiling package. Looks at the latest spectrocolorimeter for strip reading patches and creating icc profiles - Canon iPF6100 review
Full review of the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6100 24 inch large format printer. Colour management and profiling for all printing on different media types. Colour and black and white printing. - New Canon stuff day…
Keith's new TS-E24 f3.5L 24mm tilt shift lens and a Canon iPF6100 printer turns up for review. First looks at some new equipment. - PDV-3e desktop viewing stand review
Review of the GTI PDV 3E print viewing stand. Desktop model with adjustable light intensity. Why a viewing stand helps with soft proofing and print quality - Jane Fonda and Me…
Jane Fonda and me... digitally printing 35mm photos taken on the set of Barbarella. Turning a scanned negative into a 42" print of Jane Fonda in Barbarella - Photography Tutorial – Making a black and white landscape print
Making a black and white landscape print. A photography tutorial covering the steps needed to produce a black and white print from a colour image. - Black ink swap on the Epson 7880 and 9880
An unofficial method for swapping photo black and matte black inks on the Epson SP7880 and SP9880 printers, reducing ink waste. Use with care - Black ink swap on the Epson 7800 and 9800An unofficial method for swapping photo black and matte black inks on the Epson 7800/9800 printers, reducing ink waste.
- HP DesignJet Z3200 review
Detailed review of the HP DesignJet Z3200. Testing the Z3200ps 24 inch large format printer with fine art and photo media, including profiling and colour management, for colour and black and white printing. - Review i1iSis optical brightener compensation
Review of i1iSis optical brightener compensation for creating ICC printer profiles for paper with optical brightening agents (OBAs) that allow for the brightener. - Why are my prints too dark?
Why are my prints too dark? Why monitor brightness matters when it comes to printing your photos. Some of the common problems and their solutions - What working space to use – colour management choices
What working space to use? Looking at some of the advantages and issues when choosing a working colour space.
Which colour management choices matter? - GrafiLite – print viewing lighting review
Review of using a Grafilite (Ottlite) lamp for evaluating print quality and consistency. the 13W TruColor lamp is the equivalent of a 60W tungsten lamp - Fixes and tips for the Epson 4800 large format printers
Collected information, fixes and tips for the Epson Stylus Pro 4800 large format printers, including MNT REQ 0088 and service manual information - Deactivate the ink level counter on the Epson 4000
Ensuring that ink cartridges always read as full on the Epson Stylus Pro 4000 17" printer. Turning off the ink counter is an alternative to using a chip reset device.
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Keith explains tilt and shift lenses
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