Questions tagged [printer]
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Horizontal Grey Lines on Epson P600 Printer I have done everything!
I have done everything multiple times that Google and forums say to do. I have done print head alignment, I have done head cleaning so many times, I have put in new cartridges, I have even taken it ...
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Edit an image's data so that a digital camera can read it
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I have a Polaroid PoGo Zink printer (link to manual) that I would like to print an image on. Unfortunately I cannot get the Bluetooth to connect succesfully to any of my devices, so I am ...
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What happens if printer runs out of ink, mid-print? Can I replace the cartridge and continue printing?
I am specifically interested in pro-ish photographic printers such as the Cannon Pro-1000 or the Epson P900. I am interested in printing long-ish prints (about 48"). I am concerned about getting ...
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Can a Canon Selphy printer (CP1300) be configured to print borderless photos without cropping them?
The Canon Selphy CP1300 dye-sublimation printer offers borderless edge-to-edge printing on 100x148mm media ("Postcard" size, in Canon's language).
Unfortunately whether printing from a ...
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Why is the photo printer Canon SELPHY CP800 unable to display and print JPG photos edited in GIMP?
I edited photos in Gimp, exported them as JPEG and tried to print them using the compact photo printer Canon SELPHY CP800.
The photos I edited in Gimp are (other than e.g. photos from my camera) not ...
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Paper recommendation for 1200 dpi print?
I want to print out something really small for testing camera and lens resolution capabilities. I have a HP 4000 Laserprinter which is able to print at 1200 dpi. I am wondering what paper might be ...
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Why does HP DeskJet 2620 add borders when printing 4x6 photos?
I have colour printer, Glossy 4*6 Inch paper and requirement where I need to give 2*2 inch photos
I decided to give it a go and ...
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What steps should I be taking specifically for print when shooting?
Like the title says, I have a project in mind that I envision as a book in the end. I'm using a Z6 with a variety of lenses, from the kit lens to a few F-mount prime lenses (I'll have to use the FTZ ...
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Canon pro pixma 100s borderless prints with borders
I have bought canon pixma pro 100s and canon a4 paper. I wanted to print borderless, both with lightroom and Mac JPG app. If I go for borderless print I get a print with 2 mm borders on top and left, ...
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How to most accurately print a physical picture?
How could I most accurately print a physical picture, such as a painting I created? I want the colors to be as similar as possible and for even the tiniest micro details to show.
Would I use offset ...
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How do I prevent my Canon Selphy CP1300 from cropping my photos without getting a big border?
My smartphone takes photos with a different ratio from the one of the printer Canon Selphy CP1300 (10x15 cm).
When I print the photo using the "Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY" app on my phone using the ...
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How can I make silver gelatin prints from an inkjet printer?
How can we print silver gelatin prints from inkjet or deskjet printers? To print 8x10 inch size.
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Do all iterations of Canon's Selphy dedicated photo printer series use the same printing engine?
It seems that all (recent, at least) versions of the Selphy printer series use the same paper/ink consumables. Does this mean that they share the same printer engine, and will produce photographic ...
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What printing solution will best provide me with high quality, archival prints with a consistent workflow?
I want to print photographs that I've taken over the last ten years or so - a few hundred photographs - and put them into albums (mostly) or boxes so they can be looked at easily.
Mostly they are ...
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Does the black ink in Dye Based Printers always smudge or will a more expensive one not cause this issue...?
I recently purchased a Hp Envy 5540 printer with original inks and noticed that none of the colours smudge when I run my fingers across them apart from the black ink on the page which smudges very ...
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What causes blotchy printing on a dye-sub (ribbon) printer
I just bought a DNP DS40 dye-sub (dye sublimation) printer on eBay for a little side project. I mainly was testing to see if my corners would fit on the print and noticed the left side printed very ...
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Best way to avoid print head clogging when not using printer?
I'm new to the printing game and recently acquired a Canon Pro-10. During my comparison research, there was a lot of discussion around not letting the printer sit for any length of time, as pigments ...
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Location Of Canon Paper ICC Profiles On Mac El-Capitan
I've just set up a new iMac and have installed the driver for my Canon Pixma Pro 100 printer. It seems that Canon no longer offers a separate download of their ICC paper profiles, but that they are ...
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Is there an hack that could allow me to print with only Cyan using my RGB printer?
I have no CYMK printers but i do have RGB ones, in addition I have a ColorMunki Photo for calibration.
I'm experimenting some Cyanographic photo processing, for my purposes that is what I want to ...
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Cheap way to calibrate printer
Is there a cheap way to calibrate a printer to a reasonable-private-use level?
I was thinking of something like using a camera for taking a shot of a colored printed pattern and a reference card, ...
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How can I keep an inkjet printer in good shape when I won't be around for half a year?
In the end of this year, I will have to leave my inkjet Epson SC-P800 at home while I will travel for half a year. I read that inkjet printers should not be left without work for more than a week ...
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Which one to buy to print photos at home: photo printer or inkjet printer? [closed]
I want to print photos at home with good quality. I read online that an inkjet printer prints photos as well with good quality. Please suggest me which to buy and why? I want to use that printer as a ...
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Giclee Printing on Vellum Paper
I recently acquired some vellum that is inkjet compatible, but have found precious little information regarding printer settings for this paper beyond "...choose a setting that uses LESS ink...". I ...
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Colors change on a picture during a print job when printing from Lightroom
I've got a problem when printing from LR6 (but also in previous versions and on different computers). Before getting a new computer and a new printer, I've suspected that it is a printer problem but ...
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Why does my printer leave a smear of green dirt on prints?
Today my printer (Epson SC-P800) started to leave green dirt on 4x6 prints (I did not try another size of paper except A4 only for head and paper guide cleaning). I print regularly for the last month ...
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Why don't Hahnemüle papers trigger out-of-gamut warnings when softproofing in Lightroom (when Canon Matte Stock does)?
I recently bought a Canon Pixma Pro 100. To get a better understanding of stocks, I have been printing the same (black and white) image with the same sharpening etc. on lots of different papers so I ...
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How can I turn off printer colour management when using Lightroom?
I have just purchased a Canon Pixma Pro 100S which I'm using to print black and white images. I'm finding the prints have a variety of colour casts, depending on the paper used. My monitor is ...
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Will Ink Cartridges Bought in UK Work on a Canon Pixma Pro 100 Printer Bought in the USA?
I'm in the UK and looking to pick up a Pixma Pro 100. The cheapest prices here are around £330 ($503), but it seems there are some great deals to be had on Ebay from the USA. It appears that many ...
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How do I print in a wide aspect ratio?
I have a printer that can normally print up to A4 (8.27 x 11.69 inches) or US letter size (8.5 x 11 inches).
I'm thinking of keeping the width the same (8.5 inches) but increasing the height, based ...
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Paper for Pigment vs Dye Inks?
Currently using a printer with dye inks but I am considering replacing it with a pigment based one. Are papers always compatible with both? Or do some work with one or the other? How can one tell if ...
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A 13"x19" printer / archival quality ink combination?
I've been looking at the Canon® PIXMA PRO-100 which has positive reviews but it uses Canon ChromaLife100 ink which is rated for 100 years when stored in an album. Can this be considered "archival" ...
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printer recommendations [closed]
I recently returned to using a DSLR after several years of just using a point-and-shoot. I would like to get a home printer that's good enough that, when I'm not satisfied with the photo, I can rule ...
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How do I change the saturation settings on my Pixma Pro 100?
I just purchased a Pixma Pro 100 to replace my Epson R2000 after it died; sad to say, Epson is no longer carrying the R2000.
My prints on the Pro 100 are desaturated, and a little on the dark side. ...
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Any ideas what would cause a Canon Pixma Pro-1 printer to produce a significantly substandard print in comparison to the Pro-10 or Pro-100?
After a discussion here about the current state of Ink Jet vs C-Type, I decided to try out some ink jet printers and got prints from Canon's full line of professional desktop photo printers. While ...
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Why are my printed photos coming out smudged and crazy looking?
I just got a new Canon Pixma Pro-100, which came with a few sheets of luster paper. I calibrated the printer, and printed 2 sheets looking sharp. Then, I printed one photo... it came out pretty good: ...
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Do photographic printers employ "Printer Steganography"?
Nowadays, many printers implement printer steganography, a technique used to mark the print with tiny "yellow dots".
I want to know if any printers used to print photographs also employ this ...
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Why am I getting a cyan cast on Epson Claria printer only in the highest-res print mode?
I use an Epson R260 (Claria 6-color dye) printer with a continuous ink system supplied by Echostore.com for proofing. I use generic storebrand Staples photopaper for this. It's not super-white; it ...
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Why do my prints look different from what I see on my computer monitor?
I haven't printed any of my photos yet but I decided to give it a try. I am thinking of getting a printer of my own but before that I wanted to see how they would look. So, I simply printed one at the ...
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How to handle changing between different types of black ink? (Epson Stylus Photo R2880)
I have an Epson Stylus Photo R2880. This printer has two types of black ink. One for glossy papers, and one for matte papers.
There is not room for both in the printer - they both share the same slot ...
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How do I align properly for border prints?
I know it will never be perfect but is there a standard method for aligning a print head so when I want to print with a border it's as squared up as possible? I use an Epson R2880. For example if I ...
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What should I select for my first photo printer?
I want to buy my first photo printer. Here is the situation:
I am an amateur, I do not take pictures to sell them, so printer will be only for my personal use and to display the photos on my walls
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Do I need to calibrate my monitor to match my printer?
I just purchased the Canon MG8220 all-in-one photo printer. To get the most accuracy with my photo prints, do I need to calibrate my monitor to match the printer? I am running OSX Lion on a 2011 iMac ...
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Why are the "MG" Canon printers better for photography than the "MX"?
Looking at consumer level printers, but wanting to get the best bang for my buck, I noticed that Canon has two separate lines of all-in-one printers. The "MG" line they advertise as "Photo All-In-One" ...
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What should I look for in a printer for photos?
I want to get a printer which prints color to show off some of the shots I've been getting. However, I'm not sure what to look for in terms of image quality.
(I don't care about cost much or about ...
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How do I color calibrate a printer?
I know there are devices for calibrating monitors and I've heard of similar devices being used for printers, but how does that process work? What does the device do with the printer to calibrate it?
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How do current home photo printers compare to prints from a studio?
I am looking for a printer that can be used at home for printing photos. I am not expecting very high quality prints, but want ones that can last for a couple of years without much color loss.
And ...
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Laser Printers: Widest Pantone Gamut?
Which laser printer models have the widest Pantone color gamut? -- old or new models are acceptable.
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What's the best mobile/portable photo printer out there?
I'm currently comparing Polaroid CZA10011 PoGo Instant Mobile Printer and Canon SELPHY CP800 Black Compact Photo Printer (4350B001). I was wondering whether there's a photo printer out there that is ...
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How can I make Digital Negatives on a Canon 9500 II printer? [closed]
Digital negatives are used in making contact prints with an inkjet printer. How can I do this with a Canon 9500 II printer?
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What's the best Polaroid camera and model right now?
Of course, it should be able to print pictures without an external printer.