1 - Introduction: about printers If papers are important, something I discussed in my previous essay, printers are just as important. After all, it is the printer that lays the ink that goes onto the paper. As such the printer is the worker, the intermediary between what we see on the screen and what we get on the paper. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you … [Read more...]
The Dark Art of Scanner Profiling
About This Article This article – exclusively downloadable from Luminous-Landscape – is an extensive excursion into scanner profiling, focusing on two products that came to market recently. At about the same time that LaserSoft Imaging issued its Advanced scanner profiling targets, basICColor issued version 5 of its basICColor Input application, used for making scanner and … [Read more...]
Epson FastFoto FF640 Scanner
Fast, Simple and Fun Scanner for Preserving Memories If you are a regular reader of Luminous-Landscape, you’ll know that I am a big proponent of printing. Photography for me is all about the print. In a previous article, I showed a small printer, the Epson PictureMate PM-400. For me, this was a way I could make small prints made from iPhone images, which is another … [Read more...]
Epson SC-P5000 Printer Review
The Epson SC-P5000 Printer “Executive” Summary What the Printer Is: It’s a replacement for the Epson SP4900, incorporating the new Ultrachrome HDX ink set and some design improvements described in the review. It is a production printer designed for use without many days of interruption. What the Printer is Not: The basic design and much of the printer’s operational … [Read more...]
Epson Introduces SureColor P5000 Professional 17-inch 10-Color Inkjet Printer
I have had a lot of experience with Epson printers. For my photo printing, I started with an Epson P2000 back at the turn of the century. I then graduated through the 4000, 4800, 3800 then the 4900 printer. All of them except the 3800 had issues with clogging, but from the 4000 onward all of them also produced fine prints, quality excelling gradually over time … [Read more...]
