I got the images for the show printed on the first replacement 4900 using the USB port. I printed about 20 sheets of 17 x 22 Epson Exhibition Fiber paper, using the manual feed port in the top rear of the printer. I had a lot of trouble with my previous 4900 not liking the way I … [Read more...]

My 4900 started acting strangely about a month ago. The deep blues were rendered as magentas. At first I thought it was a color gamut mapping error, but the soft proofs looked good. After a while, I thought to run a nozzle check. I had been lulled into a false sense of security … [Read more...]

Tuesday afternoon about 4:30, I lost Internet access. A call to my ISP, AT&T, verified that the link itself was open. I immediately suspected a DNS problem. I tried to ping Google.com, but the DNS lookup failed. Suspicions confirmed, but was the problem with my local DNS … [Read more...]

Starting in February of 2009, I started posting in my other blog, The Last Word, a newly-created category called “The Bleeding Edge.” The entries were about my struggles with the computer technology involved with digital photography, and some computer technology that was highly … [Read more...]