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A Different Printer Option For Photographers
Using The Konica Minolta magicolor 2350 EN Color Laser Printer
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • May 01, 2005 • 0 comments

Photos © 2004, David B. Brooks, All Rights Reserved

From the earliest days of the digital darkroom it became progressively clear that the color ink jet would become the dominant printer for photographers. Dye sublimation printers still persist, but mostly as either snapshot or event photographer printers. The one digital printer that is familiar to office workers, but...
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A New B&W Inkjet Option; Using An Epson R800 Or R1800 With B&W 100 Percent Carbon MIS Ink
Scanners & Printers
David B. Brooks • Feb 01, 2008 • 2 comments

I had just about given up on ideal black and white inkjet printing and settled for the printer company compromised solution, which first appeared with the Epson R2400. Like other photographers who do both color and black and white, I'd tried and failed using a converted, dedicated black and white printer using "independent" inks. That solution proved too...
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Acer ScanWit 2740S
An Affordable 35mm Scanner With Digital ICE
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Jan 01, 2002 • 0 comments

Acer is not a familiar brand within the digital photography realm, but it is an internationally established maker of personal computers and computer peripherals, including an extensive line of scanners. This newest model Acer...
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All-in-One Printers; Versatile, But Good Enough For Photographers?
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Jon Canfield • Jan 01, 2010 • 0 comments

I decided to take a look at two new AiO devices, the Canon PIXMA MP980 and the HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One to see how they did with photo printing and scanning—two functions that any photographer needs.
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ArtixScan 4000tf SilverFast Ai 6.0
Microtek And LaserSoft Offer The Latest Advances In Film Scanning
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Mar 01, 2003 • 0 comments

All I need do is look at my oldest archive files from 35mm scans going back over a decade to realize how much scanners and their software drivers have progressed. The first 35mm film scanner I tested cost as much as a new car, was half the resolution...
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Canon Bubble Jet S9000 Photo Printer
New Six-Color Wide Format Ink Jet Produces Quality Images Fast
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Oct 01, 2002 • 0 comments

Canon Bubble Jet has been a mainstay of personal computer color ink jet printing from the beginning. After what seemed like periods of mercurial enthusiasm supporting digital photography in the past, Canon has made a major commitment with new six-color...
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Canon CanoScan 2700F
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Jan 01, 1998 • 0 comments

Of all of the devices you can connect to a computer to make digital photography possible, I find a scanner is the most essential if existing film images are to be used. Like many individual photographers, I want a scanner that will digitize my images to...
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Canon i950 Photo Printer
High Res, High Speed, And Easy To Use
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Peter K. Burian • Sep 01, 2003 • 0 comments

Whether you shoot with a digital camera or scan conventional photographs, a high quality photo printer is an essential accessory. Fortunately, prices are dropping even though ink jet printers are becoming more and more advanced. The Canon i950 Photo Printer offers the best of all worlds:...
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Canon PIXMA PRO-1: A New 12 Pigment-Ink, 13x19” Printer
Equipment Reviews, Scanners & Printers
George Schaub • Apr 06, 2012 • Published: Mar 01, 2012 • 10 comments
The new Canon PIXMA PRO-1 is a 13x19” pigment-ink printer that makes fine quality prints in a price range that could be considered quite fair for what you get ($999). Aimed at avid photographers and enthusiast printmakers, as well as pros choosing to do their own mid-size prints, the PIXMA PRO-1 fills a void left by HP’s abandonment of the category and directly challenges Epson. The printer offers ease of use, solid performance, 12 ink cartridges, and all in all seems to improve upon 13” printers of the past. Our tests were aimed at determining if the PIXMA PRO-1 could be a solid contender in its class and if there were upgrades or new workflow techniques that would differentiate it from the competition.
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Canon S600 Bubble Jet Printer
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Nov 01, 2001 • 0 comments

Not everyone with a camera needs or wants a dedicated photo printer, but more and more computer users with cameras could use a good letter-size printer that also makes good photographic prints. Canon's newest S600 Bubble Jet printer has...
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Canon's i9100 Photo Printer
Newest 13x19 Ink Jet Is A Serious Contender
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Feb 01, 2003 • Published: Feb 01, 2004 • 0 comments

In the weeks before I requested the loan of their newest top of the line photo printer, I'd been hearing good things about Canon's photo ink jet printing from possibly the most critical of sources, my contacts in the color management business.
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Canon's i9900 Photo Printer
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Joe Farace • Nov 01, 2004 • 0 comments

Photos © 2004, Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

Let's leave the suspense to Alfred Hitchcock: Canon's i9900 Photo Printer is the best desktop ink jet printer in its price range that I've ever used. The i9900 makes big, beautiful prints, is quiet, offers...
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Canon's i9900 Photo Printer
Reaching A New Level Of Ink Jet Performance
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Oct 01, 2004 • 0 comments

Photos © 2004, David B. Brooks, All Rights Reserved

In the last year, the quality and performance levels of dye-based photo ink jet printers have made great strides. Now you can add Canon, with their new 13" wide i9900, as a manufacturer that has pushed the...
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Canons CanoScan LiDE 80 Flat Bed Scanner
Scanners & Printers, Test Reports
David B. Brooks • Jan 01, 2004 • 0 comments

When I read this press release headline, "Canon launches world's first film scanning capable, bus-powered 2400x4800dpi CIS scanner," I was intrigued. Then learning that the CanoScan LiDE 80 also features 48-bit color depth, only requires...
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Canon’s CanoScan 9950F
An Impressive Flat-Bed For Those With Mixed Scanning Needs
Scanners & Printers
Jon Canfield • May 01, 2005 • 0 comments

Canon's new flat-bed scanner, the CanoScan 9950F boasts an impressive feature set that will appeal to photographers who either shoot film or have a collection of film that is waiting to be converted to digital. In this review I'll take a look at how well the scanner performs and whether it earns a place in the digital darkroom.



The 9950F is the...
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