New Canon Profiles Posted

The Polar Matte profile for the Canon Prograf iPF5000 is now up.

For the Canon Pro9000, profiles for Aurora Fine Art White and Natural, as well as Dourian Art have been posted.

New Canon iPF5000 Color Profiles Posted

A few more Canon iPF5000 color profiles have been posted.

Premium Matte
GC Matte
Denali SemiGloss
Denali Gloss
Polar Arctic Satin
Polar Arctic Gloss

Coming soon Polar Matte

Color Management Explained

Here is a good, and detailed explanation of color management. The articles cover color profiles, intents, and workspaces. A basic understanding of these articles will help you to better grasp what you need in a capture to printing workflow.

Enjoy

Hat tip to the Imaging Insider blog for this post

UltraPro Gloss PLUS 18 cents/sheet

We have a super sale on the PLUS weight of our popular UltraPro Gloss. Until our supply runs out, 8.5x11 100 sheets is now only $18 (normally $38). Stock up now on this professional quality high gloss, compatible with all inket printers.

Order here

Epson 1400 Announced

The newest Epson inkjet printer will replace the workhorse Epson 1280. We had hopes that the Japanese version of this printer, the PM-G4500, would make it to our shores. Like the other "Hi-Definition" printers using Claria inks, the 1400 will have individual ink tanks.

Because dye inks do not offer multi-decade long print life, the 1400 will not be for photo enthusiasts looking to keep their prints many many years. However, the 1400 will be great for other projects such as greeting cards, calendars, portfolios, marketing materials, and promotional items like mini-books and book marks.

Some highlights about the 13" wide Claria dye ink printer as listed by Epson:

• Print 13x19 enlargements fast
• Amazing color and detail on glossy and matte papers with Claria dye-based ink
  Up to 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi and ink droplets as small as 1.5 picoliters for the finest detail
• Automatic color and lighting correction for high quality photos
• Direct printing onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs
• BorderFree® photos in more sizes (4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 8.5x11, 11x14, 12x12 and 13x19)
• Beautiful, 12x12 prints - great for scrapbooking projects
• Convenient, individual ink cartridges
• 8 x 10 Photo Print Speed:1.8 Minutes per Sheet 4 x 6 Photo Print Speed:46 Seconds per Sheet
• Color Resolution:5760 x 1440 optimized dpi
• Black and White Resolution:5760 x 1440 optimized dpi
• Paper Handling Support:Envelopes
• Max Media Size:Sheet (13" x 44")

Big Sheets for the Epson 3800

As we mentioned in an earlier post, Red River has a great selection of large sheet for the Epson 3800. The list covers all major media types including satin, glossy, semigloss, and even a Linen surface.

Check out the list of 16x20 and 17x22 sheets we offer here

On another topic, a great use for your Epson 3800 is greeting card printing. Like any Epson printer, you can create a custom paper size to match one of the three greeting card sizes we offer. The top sheet tray will hold about 15-20 cards at a time and the Epson 3800's feed mechanism seems pretty robust. Stick with glossy and matte papers 64lb. and below and feeding should be consistent.

Our 3800 home page is now up here. Be sure to contact us directly if you have any specific questions.

Photoshop B&W Conversion Tools

Russell Brown is Adobe's Creative Director - and a real genius at Photoshop in his own right. His website www.russellbrown.com has all sorts of Photoshop actions, tools, and tutorial videos for free. You could get lost in all of the information but it is certainly worth a look.

One particularly cool action is a black and white conversion action. This single action converts your color file to B&W using about a dozen techniques and allows you to choose which you like best.

From Russell's site:
"Run this simple Adobe Photoshop Action and see a variety of ways to convert color images in to fine black and white images. This Action includes techniques from Nikos Kantarakias and Tom Neiman."

If you are not familiar with Photoshop actions then you need to be as they truly unlock much of the program's potential. Use the included help files that came with Photoshop to see how to load and use them - its not hard!

Download the action here

Download the tutorial movie here (recommended) 6 megabyte file

Epson 3800 Profiles Posted

All 16 profiles for our Epson 3800 compatible media are now available over on our main site here.

There has been some mention on the printing message boards of 16x20 and 17x25 sheets of paper for the 3800. Red River already has nine different products that come in 16x20 so that is pretty well covered. As for 17x25, that will be a little harder to keep as a stock item. If you or any friends are interested in that size, please email us from our contact page and place a vote for the 17x25 size.