December 2006 Archives

I'm sure I posted before on this, but I always have a hard time finding all the instructions in one place to do this. Here are the steps:

1. Buy Red River 68lb Glossy Paper. It is very good stuff and not expensive. I use the 68lb Glossy that's precut in 4×6 and 8×10 sizes
2. Read Canon Starter Guide on the Red River site for the settings in short
3. Install the Red River Profiles in c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\colors for detailed instructions, Red River i9900 Help tells you the settings
4. In Photoshop CS2, choose File/Print with Preview, select Show More Options/Color Management
5. Source space should be document (I use ProPhoto RGB as this has the widest gamut and supports 16bit colors from .CR2 Canon Raw files, but for most cameras, Adobe RGB)
6. In Print Space, select the profile _RR 68lb UPGloss Cani9900 Fine
7. Render Intent is Perceptual and select Black Point Compensation
8. Get the latest drivers from Canon for the i9900 so it can use colors properly
9. Select Page Setup and then Printer... and find the Canon i9900, click on Properties to get the Printer Driver Settings
10. In the Main dialog, select Media Type Glossy Photo Paper and press the Set.. button next to it and set Quality to Fine
11. Now select Color Adjustment Manual and press Set... button and make sure Enable is NOT selected and Print Type is set to None

You get something pretty close to what's on the screen assuming you've calibrated your monitor before hand. Good luck!

Argh, how strange. Adobe doesn't use the native fonts of Windows, so you have to download a separate font pack for Adobe to read documents that don't embed (which is most of them!) at Adobe Reader 7 and below or for Adobe Reader 8.0

Fujifilm: Support & Contact Center: FinePix F10
. I have a now old FinePix F10 and an F11, here is where to get the drivers, these guys for some reason need a dedicated USB driver to plug unlike Canon which just looks like a hard drive.

Tong Family Blog: good piece on filters was something I needed again, now that got the 10-22 lense and the 100-400, its time to make sure that the lenses stay protected. Fortunately, they all use the same 77mm filter so I can swap. The net of the piece is that you should B+W even though it costs more, but if you can't afford it Tiffen is OK. Really cheap filters are terrible. BTW, Nikon filters are good, but apparently folks don't like Canon, so you've been warned. B&H has most of them and pricegrabber has some good user reviews. Also mpire show quite a few of these on auction for less. The typical one seems to be the B+W 77MM MRC UV 010 Haze Filter.

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