Category: Printers

  • Inkjet paper weight: Hand, weight, etc.

    All inkjet papers were not born equal. Not even all papers. Far from the surface quality, one of the characteristics easiest to evaluate and most important to appreciate a good paper is its weight. But quite often you will hear paper industry specialists and printing experts speaking about the paper’s hand. What is this and…

  • Eye of the cat

    Eye of the cat

    As all cats, felines from the Masai Mara National Park (Kenya) have fascinating eyes.

  • Color and wind

    Color and wind

    A few images I shot last weekend while the sun was shining in the French Vexin (near Paris). Green hair Before the flight Colors

  • Canon switches to pigments

    Epson will have to worry about this. While during a long time Epson was the undeniable champion of ink jet print longevity thanks to its unique pigment-based inks (inherently more durable than dye-based color inks of its competitors), Canon just announced a new professional ink jet printer, the iPF 5000 (MSRP $1,945) using a 12-color…

  • Masai Mara – landscapes 2

    Masai Mara – landscapes 2

    Even more landscape images from the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya (Spring 2006). Savanah after the rain

  • All about counterfeit money (dollars and the United States Secret Service)

    All about counterfeit money (dollars and the United States Secret Service)

    On the web site of the United States Secret Service, you will find a very deep article about money, banknotes and counterfetied banknotes, describing american dollars of course. But, more generally, this information is also applicable to countless other currencies. If you find a similar article about Euro banknotes, thanks to inform me in order…