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    Any recent data on 3rd party ink longevity / gamut?

    Hi tony22 At the risk of preaching to the converted, your printer, ink and paper make up a system. The paper you use is probably the most important variable followed by the ink and then the printer. I did some crude fade tests using Image specialists, Inktec and Canon OEM inks on Kodak...
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    photo being clipped

    mrelmo The numbers such as 2816 x 2112 refer to the dimensions of the image in pixels. Now if you divide the dimensions in pixels by the dpi you desire in your printed image, it will aproximate to the largest size you can print that image at a set dpi. As an example if you wanted to print at...
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    photo being clipped

    mrelmo The short answer is you wont get exactly a 4 x 6 ratio from the image directly from the camera. The sensor size from a compact camera such as the Poweshot is 5.3 x 4 mm. An APS-C camera has a sensor size of 23.6 x 15.3 (Nikon) or 22.3 x 14.9 mm (Canon). So some cropping will have to...
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    "Profile Prism" work ok? Uses scanner rather than spectrocolorimeter?

    Profile Prism does use a scanner, and the software includes an IT8 target that gets scanned at the same time as the printed target (on your paper/ink system). Your scanner needs to be able to provide a 48 bit RAW scan for Profile Prism to use to get the best results, and I would suggest Vuescan...
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    Progress report on pigment ink clogging test

    ghwellsjr This is my first post, but I am no stranger to experimental design. Your test seems to have demonstrated a difference in the ability of the pad material to absorb various pigment inks. The take home message from these preliminary results is to use Canon OEM pigment inks if you do...
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