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Archive for February, 2007 - click any heading for the full Article

27 Feb 2007

HP DesignJet 90 ink use

Frugality is thy name.
I did some arithmetic to show just how inexpensive ink and paper are when it comes to a large exhibition print using the DJ90 here.
Well, it’s coming up on my first anniversary of ownership of the HP DesignJet 90 printer and it finally came time to replace one of the ink cartridges […]

26 Feb 2007

Apple’s Pages revisited

Posters are easy with this great application.
I had decided to get some posters printed to better publicize my photo show in April which will be at a local wine gallery here in central California’s wine country.
Before trudging off to the printer and getting once more cross-examined on the arcana of RGB versus CMYK (printers speak […]

23 Feb 2007

A good snort

Or not - but isopropyl alcohol does the trick when it comes to a clean screen.
I have used Kodak’s Lens Cleaning solution from time to time to clean my iMac and iBook LCD screens and, frankly, it’s been an exercise in frustration as it seems nearly impossible to leave a screen with no drying marks. […]

22 Feb 2007

Printer profiles and root canals

There’s little difference.
When making a couple of test prints for my son’s annual birthday picture I realized that the prints were coming out far too cool toned compared to the screen image.
Oh! boy!
Something had changed - whether my screen had aged or my HP DesignJet 90 printer has changed, or the Commies had got to […]

22 Feb 2007

Time for a Canon 5D upgrade

Canon releases the 10 fps EOS -1D Mark 111.
Canon’s announcement of a new 1D Mark III, a 1.3x cropped sensor professional grade camera begs the question when the 5D Mk II will become available.
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There’s not a lot wrong with the 5D - click in the left hand column for more; what the camera does need […]

20 Feb 2007

That Canon wonder lens again