Category: Inkjet
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Paris by night
If you want to see photos of Paris by night, I have collected some of them on a specific page of my web site. They have been there or quite some time, but some people seems to have difficulty finding them again. So let’s help. Eiffel tower – Tour Eiffel This is the mere symbol…
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Inkjet inks – Pigment or dye-based? A technical comparison
When looking into the details, you notice that the inks used for our inkjet printers are quite different from one brand to the next or from one reference to the next. Let’s check what the competing technologies are and the impact it may have on us photo users.
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Ilford Printasia – Test of the Premium Photo Glossy Paper
Choosing a paper for your photo quality inkjet printer is always a difficult task. It’s even worse because tests tend to require a lot of expensive paper, expensive ink and annoying time. Today, I look into an Ilford paper supposed to combine quality and price: Printasia Premium Photo Glossy Paper.
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Inkjet paper has a surface: Is microporous best?
All inkjet papers were not born equal. For example, their surface can be varying a lot from one paper to the next. Maybe, you thought that the only difference was in the weight of the paper, whether it was glossy and its price. Oh boy! Were you wrong… As a matter of fact, paper manufacturers…
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Inkjet paper weight: Hand, weight, etc.
All inkjet papers were not born equal. Not even all papers. Far from the surface quality, one of the characteristics easiest to evaluate and most important to appreciate a good paper is its weight. But quite often you will hear paper industry specialists and printing experts speaking about the paper’s hand. What is this and…
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Eye of the cat
As all cats, felines from the Masai Mara National Park (Kenya) have fascinating eyes.
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Canon switches to pigments
Epson will have to worry about this. While during a long time Epson was the undeniable champion of ink jet print longevity thanks to its unique pigment-based inks (inherently more durable than dye-based color inks of its competitors), Canon just announced a new professional ink jet printer, the iPF 5000 (MSRP $1,945) using a 12-color…
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How long will your ink jet prints last?
Today, inkjet printers are everywhere outputing photo images. Yesterday, silver-based prints were known for their good permanence (lasting up to a century). But is it the same for the latest inkjet prints? Henry wilhelm (of Wilhelm Imaging Research) is really the expert in evaluating this. The web site contains links to consumer-level articles (e.g. PDF…