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Turn your Coolpix into a neg scanner!7
May 1999 |
Drop in at Phil Askey's site for
a how-to on using
the CoolPix 950 as a negative
scanner!. |
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Color Network Printers!7
May 1999 |
Saw this reported over at affiliate
site Hardware-One...ZDNET's
coverage of color network printers.
Many color laser printers
reviewed (eg Tektronix, QMS etc). |
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| iMac
Epsons!6
May 1999 |
 This
is not really new but what the heck, for those iMac fans out there, check
out this link ...Now you can get your Stylus 740 in your favourite imac
color. |
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| NikonCoolpix
950 vs. Canon Pro 70!6
May 1999 |
Check out Phil Askey's comparitive
look at Nikon
Coolpix 950 vs Canon Pro 70
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| Pizza
Wheel Problem!5
May 1999 |
Check out this Pizza
Wheel Page
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Exciting New Products!2
May 1999 |
There are quite a few
interesting new products which I am a waiting to test, so here's a sneak
preview of some comments:-
-
Concorde Rag - Check out Campfire
Dan's initial
findings. This paper looks very promising!
-
Liquilam UV Spray - Read Karl
Synder's
comments
on this cost-effective spray. Look's like a really promising product (available
at
www.missupply.com)
-
WeInk's JetLube
and UltraFill System - Read John Mill's (of WeInk) posts (1
&
2
) on this new product.
-
Cobra Continous Ink System
by MIS -first
reported here
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Reviews of the Photo 750!1
May 1999 |
 Here
are some reviews of the Photo 750:-
-
PC
World Online Hong Kong's Review (Feb)
-
Mike
Chaney's Review (April). Mike Chaney is the author
of Q-Image,
a digital image printing software (which has many features, including
one which allows for the user to automatically print out multimple images
on one sheet of photo paper - "you're only three mouse clicks away from
printing all the photos from your digital camera at once, and most importantly,
in the least amount of space".
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| Ink
Smearing Problem!30
April 1999 |
 A
friend of mine recently used his inkjet to printout a report on plain
paper for work purposes. Most of you will know that injet printouts
on plain paper smears real easily if it comes into contact
with any moisture. Since I don't use my printer for anything other
than photo-printing (practically), i was at a lost to help him. Anyone
has a
solution to this problem? I do know that printouts on Epson's
Photo Paper (and in fact on many other glossy papers) are practically
waterfast but that would be too expensive to use for reports (especially
those which run to many many papers). Drop
me a line if you have the answer to preserving Epson inkjet
printouts on plain paper (and don't tell me the answer is to buy a Canon
with PPOP technology!). |
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| Some
Statistics!30
April 1999 |
Sign
it!
Read
it!
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Here's a quick look at some statistics
from the Log Book Entries. My thanks to all those who have
signed the Log Book.
On
reliability: My Epson printer(s) is....
| 1 |
very
reliable and dependable |
19
|
54%
|
| 2 |
reliable
- no complaints, never brought it in for servicing |
6
|
17%
|
| 3 |
moderately
reliable - occassionally it needs servicing |
3
|
8%
|
| 4 |
quirky
- hard to say either way |
3
|
8%
|
| 5 |
no
comments yet |
2
|
5%
|
| 6 |
not
reliable - often needs servicing and/or repair |
1
|
2%
|
I
want epson inks/papers
to
last (in ambient lighting)..
| 1 |
at
least 3-5 years |
8 |
22% |
| 2 |
at
least 5-15 years |
8 |
22% |
| 3 |
at
least 15-30 years |
6 |
17% |
| 4 |
at
least 30-50 years |
5 |
14% |
| 5 |
at
least 6 months to a year |
2 |
5% |
| 6 |
at
least 1-3 years |
2 |
5% |
| 7 |
at
least 50-100 years |
2 |
5% |
| 8 |
more
than 100 years |
2 |
5% |
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| Increasing
Color Intensity!30
April 1999 |
 |
Here's a
tip for increasing the color intensity on Epson printers from Stock Solution's
Royce Bair. Read Royce's Email
to the Leben list describing his tip. Try it! |
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| Extreme
Magnification Two!!27
April 1999 |
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Dave Burkwall's EXTREME MAGNIFICATION 2 is here! <<<>>>
Some interesting findings by Dave:-
-
Turn off high speed
printing for the best possible prints at any resolution as Dave found "Looking
at the differences under high magnification seems to show that the droplet
control with high speed on is not quite as accurate".
-
Stylus 900 output
on Film: "Almost all dots are spheres with
no wicking. Very little ink is actually absorbed into the film however
resulting in the biggest 3pl dot of any of the Epson papers. Area averaged
1360 um2 (42 micron diameter). In spite of the larger dot, printing on
film arguable results in the best output with the least visible dots (part
of that is due to the drivers which is covered later)."
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Photo 700: "On
the white to black gradient (printed in color mode of course) light cyan,
light magenta or yellow is used exclusively until the gradient is 73 percent
of the way to black. Black ink is not used until the gradient is
87percent black."
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| Pizza
Wheel-Shimming it!!20
April 1999 |
 |
Here's something
from Chi Cheung on thePizza
wheel problem- "As
an engineer by profession, I begin to examine the printer a bit more.
I noticed that the star wheels are mounted on a sheet metal strip frictionally
driven by the rubber roller underneath it. I believe its function
is just to guide the paper out and stop any side way motion. |
It also take
the paper out to the tray when the paper clears the printing head
and main drive mechanism. They use starwheel configuration because it has
the minimum surface area contact with paper. A rubber roller may sometimes
smear the surface if ink is not dry completely. Solution:
The way I did it is very simple,I loose the two hold down screws on both
end of the sheet metal strip and put a shim washer to elevated the
whole strip above the bottom rubber roller.Just enough to lower the tension
force so that the teeth no longer have enough force to spike into
the paper surface. I found around 1/32" shim works
pretty good but again best to experiment with it. This method is
totally reversible. Enclosed is picture of Shim washer. It's only a flat
washer,nothing fancy.I slip it under the sheet metal strap on both
side to lift up the whole strap a little bit. In the beginning,I
just cut a little square piece from my business card and stack about 4
together."
Chi
Cheung
The above is not a procedure for
the technically-challenged. Newbies are advised not to try it as you risk
damaging your printer.
>>> Goes
without saying that you use the above technique at your own risk and
expense!
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| Extreme
Magnification!!19
April 1999 |
Inspired by David' Chien's
DottySpotty
Issue 3, David Burkwall has turned his Olympus microscope
with an attached MTI 3CCD camera on the printout of his Stylus
900 and then subsequently on output from the Photo 700, Stylus 640
and HP 2000C.
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| Most
Awaited (probably) digicam of
1999!!19
April 1999 |
 |
You
Gotta See this! Affiliate
Phil Askey's complete in-depth review of the Nikon
Coolpix 950. |
Here's a blurp from his review:-"It's
here folks, a complete in-depth review of what is probably one of the most
eagerly awaited digital cameras of 1999. From specifications to body and
construction, operation, menus, timings, file sizes, all the features,
image quality, samples galleries and more..."
>>>
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| The
Log Book!!15
April 1999 |
We all know that no product is perfect. With that simple premise in mind,
let me introduce you to the Log Book,
meant as a single resource for all Epson owners to input their praises,
observations, findings, complaints and just about all issues
that I can think of for now. It is not just a gripe list
but
should include both positive and negative remarks where possible from users
of Epson printers. My thanks to Chi Cheung Michael Greer and
Scott Lightner for their suggestions and feedback given during the
planning stages of the Log Book.. Please sign-inand well see if any interesting
trends can be seen later. Just a few housekeeping guides:-
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the entries may be sent to Epson Japan
in the form of a petition - so pls sign-in only if you consent to the aforesaid;
-
if you have more than 1 Epson printer,
fill in another form. In fact fill in as many as you need to;
-
email me if you want your entry removed
(or if you want to re-post your entry with amendments); and
-
It goes without saying that your comments
should be bona fide and as far as possible, accurate descriptions of your
own personal experience.
As with most
content on this site, the Log Book also focuses on issues relating to
photo-printing.FYI,
the term "ambient lighting" means "not in direct sunlight".
Perhaps with our collective knowledge and experience, we can get to the
bottom of some inkjet printing issues!Please sign-in and don't hold back
on the comments!
---- Sign
the Log Book!
----Readthe
Log Book!
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| Tamarack
artiscan 2400FS!!15
April 1999 |
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Tony Sleep Photography Reviews!!15
April 1999 |
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| Dots!Dots!Dots!!12
April 1999 |
Ever seen inkjet output at 30x
magnification? Well, now you can. My thanks again to David Chien
for ISSUE 3 of his feature, DottySpotty.
I'll quote his description of this latest issue:- "In
this issue, you can see for yourself, and probably for the very first time,
the actual dots placed onto paper by the various popular inkjet
printers in use today. This will let you see exactly what people
are talking about when they compare dot sizes between competing printers,
and let you guage the quality of inkjet prints on a more objective basis.
These images will help you choose the very best printer(s) for your needs.".
Output
from various popular injet printers from Epson, HP, Canon, Alps and
Lexmark and even commercial 4-color press were examined! Issue 3 is David's
best yet!<<<>>> |
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A Digital Approach to B&W!8
April 1999 |
My thanks to Andre
Moreau who dropped me a note on what may be an interesting and relevant
article to BW printing with Epson printers:- "Your
readers may be interested in an article by Ron Harris of the March/April
1999 issue of Photo Techniques USA. Mr. Harris uses Hasselblad
equipement with T-Max 100 and then scans the medium format negatives into
Photoshop. He prints b&w photos as color images on an six inks Epson
printer. However, the issue of print permanence is still a concern.
Photo Techniques USA has a web site (www.phototechmag.com)
but you have to buy the magazine to read this article which has six b&w
photographs that take about 2/3 of a page each.Best regards- Andre Moreau".
Sounds
like an issue worth buying. Wonder if it is available here in SIngapore....
 Author
Ron Harris has posted his comments at the GuestBook. |
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