Printers

Wide-Format Printers from Epson Aimed at Small Businesses

The Epson WF-7520, WF-7510, and WF-7010 can print documents up to 13" x 19". The 7520 and 7510 can also scan documents that are as large as 11" x 17".

New Printer Promises Accurate Color, Fast Output, Media Flexibility

Graphic design agencies in the market for a new printer may want to investigate the $4,599 Xerox Phaser 7800. Its 1200 x 2400 dpi output can include high-quality comps, small-run projects, and more.

Best of the Blogs: November 4, 2011

This circumnavigation of the blogosphere includes posts about fonts (best, worst, and missing), color correction (Photoshop curves and/or levels), paper (handmade and mill run), printers (desktop and press), color calibration (monitor and printer), and an impressive if controversial demo of photo-deblurring technology. Plus, job hunting tips and product how-tos.

New Photo Printer Includes Five Shades of Monochrome Inks

The Canon Pixma Pro-1 Professional is a $1,000 printer with 12 ink channels. It can output a 13"x 19" print in 260 seconds. Ink tanks that are two-and-a-half times larger than those in previous Pixma models means you don't have to replace inks as often.

Three New Canon Photo Printers

These new printers wouldn't stand up to the output needs of a photo studio, but they may fit the bill if you're looking for an inexpensive, secondary photo printer.

New Epson Printers Are Affordable Workhorses

Epson has added four models to its WorkForce series of printers. As you can tell by the name, these printers aren't intended for fine art or gallery photos, but they're handy for freelancers and small shops that don't want to use their fancy printers for mundane documents.

Print Your Own Hi-Res Package Mock-Ups

Epson's Stylus Pro WT7900 "Designer Edition" adds an EFI RIP to the Stylus Pro WT7900 to give you the ability to match PANTONE colors when outputting high-resolution prints for packaging and other projects.

Epson Introduces New Photo Printers

Epson says that its $300 Artisan 837 and $200 Artisan 730 printers can output photos that resist smudges, scratches, water, and fading. The recommended ink set (Claria Ultra Hi-Definition ink) lasts up to four times longer than lab photos.

Two New Canon Pixma Printers

The Pixma MG5320 and Pixma iP4920 are both photo printers. You can print to the MG5320 wirelessly.

Best of the Blogs: July 7, 2011

Mega-retailer Target meets tiny Hamilton Wood Type; Acrobat Pro X users get testy; photographers are called idiots; Photoshop warps girls' minds; and the Web is doomed. Read these and many other interesting tidbits culled from the past few weeks of design, graphics, and photography blog posts.

New Color Laser Printer Fits Into Tight Places

This printer's name--"HP LaserJet Pro 100 color MFP M175nw"--is almost larger than the machine itself. It costs $349 and can copy and scan as well as output laser prints.

Ben Long Teaches You Black and White Photography

Black and white photos can be far more effective than color photos. But creating high-impact grayscale images isn't as simple as checking a box in Photoshop. In this course, Ben Long teaches you the fundamentals of this medium.

Ben Long Teaches You Black and White Photography

Create Custom Photo Layouts in Lightroom 3

Harness the new print options in Adobe Lightroom 3 for creating your own layouts, with customized background colors, borders, identity plates, watermarks, and more. Then output your photo layouts to print or to electronic files.

New 13-Inch Epson Printer Delivers Glossy Photos

The Stylus Photo R2000, a 13-inch inkjet printer from Epson, accepts paper, canvas, and other media, some types as long as 44 inches. The company says that the eight-color ink set and high-gloss pigments combine to produce vibrant, archival prints.

HP Opens New Graphic Arts Experience Center

The Atlanta-based center is designed to be a sales hub and training facility for graphic arts customers.

New Epson Printer Bundles

The new "Designer Edition" bundles combine Epson Stylus Pro printers with an EFI RIP so you can create color-accurate CMYK comps, proofs, and mockups, alongside RGB photographs.

Turn Your iPhone Images Into Art

Cell phone photography is so ubiquitous that it's easy to dismiss, yet with the help of a creative approach and a few apps, cell phone photos can be at home on gallery walls. Read on for advice on subject matter and camera handling, the best apps, post-app processing workflow, and printing suggestions.

Canon Rolls Out Two New Large-Format Printers

The new 44-inch imagePROGRAF iPF8300S and 24-inch imagePROGRAF iPF6300S are both 8-color large format printers that support Canon's LUCIA EX ink set.

Pick the Right Resolution for Printing Photos

When you print photos yourself, you'll get the best results with the correct resolution. This guide helps you figure out what that means--and no, the answer isn't "as high as possible".