Useful Printer Info
These are the links he has provided which contain a wealth of useful information.
Below are Apple KnowledgeBase documents describing how to install and setup
drivers under OSX. The Apple KnowledgeBase is a very useful resource and
very worthwhile "trawling" through this data.
Mac OS X 10.0: Many Third-Party Ink Jet Printer Drivers Are Built In:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106219
Mac OS X 10.1: Many Third-Party Ink Jet Printer Drivers Are Included:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106490
Mac OS X 10.2: Included Ink Jet Printer Drivers:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107001
Mac OS X 10.3: Raster (Inkjet) Printer Drivers Included
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25588
Mac OS X: How to Add a Printer to the Printer List:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106707
Mac OS X: How to Change the Default Printer:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106708
Mac OS X: How to Print:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106706
Mac OS X: How to Access Third-Party Ink Jet Printer Utilities:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106789
Mac OS X: Print Center - USB Printer not Listed, or Listed as Unsupported:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88465
Mac OS X 10.3: Setting Up to Print to a USB Printer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32323
Mac OS X: Troubleshooting Print Center:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25385
Mac OS X: Cannot Print or add printer, or Print Center quits unexpectedly
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106726
Mac OS X: Troubleshooting Printing Issues
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106714
Mac OS X 10.2: "Error 1282" when adding printer to Print Center"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107054
Mac OS X: "No AppleTalk printers are available" message
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106613
Below are some of the other links and references we talked about:
1. Colour Management - RGB workflow 2. Books: 3. Lightfastness and print longevity
These PDFs describe the control of colour in Photoshop. Applies to any of Epson's Stylus Photo series and the large format printers:
OSX / PS7
ftp://ftp.epson.com.au/pub/epson/Drivers/mac/OSX/OSX%20RGB%20Print%20Guide%20PS7.pdf
OS9 / PS6
ftp://ftp.epson.com.au/pub/epson/Drivers/mac/EPSON%20Aust%20RGBPrintGuideMAC.pdf
Other interesting sites re Photoshop RGB workflow and other issues:
Ian Lyons: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/home.htm
Andrew Rodney site: http://digitaldog.net/tips.html
Bruce Fraser info and book:
http://www.creativepro.com/author/home/40.html
Real World Color Management ISBN 0201773406
This is the bible of Colour Management. Highly recommend this book, but don't buy unless Colour Management is an interest in itself.
Locally produced books re digital photography by Margaret Brown.
Available via newsagent or Fletchers Photographics stores. Or via the web:
http://www.photoreview.com.au/homepage/article11440.asp
http://www.photoreview.com.au/homepage/article11887.asp
Harald Johnson Mastering Digital Printing - ISBN 1929685653
Sample book chapter:
http://www.dpandi.com/resources/bookstore/mdp/samplemdp.html
Some funny references to User Groups etc. but a good overall view on digital printing.
The lightfastness ratings are based on testing described as per the link below :
Stylus Photo 2100 (ie UltraChrome - Resin coated pigment ink):
http://www.epson.com.au/misc/2100_ed_popup.asp
Stylus Photo 1290, 890, 915, 935, 810 etc (ie dye based inks)
http://www.epson.com.au/whats_new/story_101.asp
C63 / C83 (DURABrite - resin coated pigment inks)
http://www.epson.com.au/products/consumables/durabriteInk.asp
Further information can be found at http://www.wilhelm-research.com . Highly recommended. There are many articles from the Wilhelm site and you'll probably find them very interesting eg:
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/Corbis_WashPost_Low_Res.pdf
Article on Corbis and the archiving of the Bettman collection. Fascinating. The issue of film and print deterioration is not new!
