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- Video: Selling your prints
video: Keith looks at if you can make money from selling your prints of your photos and artwork? What do you need to know? (10m 36s) - Video: How good a printer do you need
Video: Keith looks at how good a printer you need for printing your photos. What features and specifications matter when looking at printers (11m 50s) - Video: what paper is best for different images
Video: Keith looks what paper is best for different types of photographic image Why some papers suit different styles of photography (15m 36s) - Video: The best ET-8550 prints
Video: Keith looks how the get the very best Epson ET-8550 prints from your printer. What media works well and what settings do you need (16m 23s) - Video: Canon G550 ccStudio profiles
Keith looks at making icc printer profiles with the Canon G550 (G500 series - inc. G640/650 etc). Making ccStudio profiles (i1Studio/Colormunki as was) for improved colour and B&W prints (38m)
Articles/reviews
- Review of the GOframe canvas display system
Review of the GOframe canvas print system. It consists of pre-cut wooden frame sections and jigs that allow for simple attachment and stretching of a canvas, with no specialist tools. - Canon iPF8300 review and notes
Ongoing Canon iPF8300 review and notes about using the imagePROGRAF iPF8300 44 inch large format printer, by Keith Cooper. Notes date back to setting up the printer in November 2010 - Epson Printer SureColor P400 review
Detailed review of the Epson SureColor SC-P400 13 inch width (A3+) pigment ink printer. Wide range of media and prints on roll paper up to 3.2m long - HP ENVY 5540 printer review
Review of the All-in-one HP Envy 5540 4-colour (CMYK) inkjet printer. A4 print size with double sided (duplex) printing and 6x4 borderless photo printing - Canon 5Ds print performance
Evaluating the Canon 5Ds in terms of real world print performance with a great lens, specifically comparing prints taken with the 11MP EOS 1Ds and 21MP EOS 1Ds mk3. Prints edited and optimised for each camera at a range of sizes - Epson SureColor SC-P800 printer review
Detailed review of the Epson SureColor P800 printer. A2 sheet paper (17" width) and roll paper support. Tested with a variety of paper types, colour and B&W - Epson printer: SureColor P600 review
Detailed Epson SureColor P600 review. The SC-P600 is an A3 plus (13" width) pigment ink printer tested with different papers for colour and black & white. It supports borderless printing, roll paper and CD/DVD printing - Epson SureColor P600 initial setup
Setting up the Epson SC-P600 A3plus (13 inch width) printer. Installing inks, drivers and connecting the printer to your computer. - Print setup for a new fine art paper
Setup and profiling an unknown new paper for colour and Black & White printing. Looking at the whole process including media settings and types, and creating icc printer profiles. - Local prints sell
If you want to sell landscape photography, then local views will almost always sell better. Some observations about the business of selling prints. Why some things work better and why you as a photographer may not be the best person to ask. - How much ink is there in my cartridges
Estimated printer ink capacities for different cartridge types for OEM inkjet printers from different manufacturers (Canon, Epson and HP) - Canon Pixma PRO-100 printer review
Detailed review of the Canon Pixma PRO-100 printer. A 13" width (A3+ paper size) dye ink based printer for colour and black and white. - Museo Silver Rag review
Looking at Museo Silver Rag 300gsm semi-gloss cotton rag paper, tested on a Canon iPF8300. Paper supplied under the Canon Oce brand. - Museo Max 250 cotton rag paper
Testing Museo Max 250, a cotton OBA free smoothish ('velina') matt art paper on the Canon iPF8300. Includes print set-up details - Forced updates…
Some notes about updates for Apple Macs needed for day to day work, printing, storage and keeping old but still perfectly useful software alive. - Test image for black and white printing
Test image for testing performance and quality of black and white (monochrome) printing. Article explains functionality of parts of the image
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