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Firefox and its Color Management Quirks
2022-06-24 07:19:05 UTC
When it comes to color management, Firefox has a quirk, which will affect users who use Firefox with a monitor that has any kind of ICC profile other than sRGB applied. This is typically the case for wide gamut monitors and any monitor that is calibrated and profiled using color…
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Scanner Profiling on a Budget
2022-06-21 09:19:00 UTC
For some of my recent printing and paper tests, I have been using my office scanner to scan and evaluate results. To achieve neutral scans, in my recent test of the PRO-1000’s black and white mode I have been using a grey card as reference for color temperature corrections. However…
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Large Panoramic Prints with the PRO-1000
2022-06-10 08:03:34 UTC
So far I have limited my prints to maximum size of A2 (42x59,4cm or 16.53x23.39”, with a printable area of 41.32x58.60cm or 16.27x23.07”). Only in some rare instances I felt limited by that, since I was not able to produce true 40x60cm prints, a common size for framing, and only…
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A Guide to the Internal Color Calibration of Canon Printers
2022-05-29 05:29:00 UTC
In this post I wanted to shed some light on the internal color calibration feature that is built into many of Canon’s professional photo printers. While Canon user guides explain how such calibrations shall be performed, I was not able to find good documentation explaining the concepts and recommended workflows…
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Testing the Black and White Photo mode of the PRO-1000
2022-05-26 07:19:00 UTC
When it comes to printing black and white images with the PRO-1000, you have two options: first, you can use the normal color mode with an ICC profile. Second, you can use the printer’s dedicated Black and White Photo mode (henceforth “BW mode”), which is an available option in the…