The Bleeding Edge

The Epson tech said that I'd done all any civilian could to troubleshoot the nozzle problem with the second replacement 4900, and that all they could do is send me a third replacement. He promised to have an extra inspection done before shipment. I told him to be sure they had a … [Read more...]

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...]