Russell Brown has created three new video tutorials on printing from Photoshop to several popular "semi-pro" printers from Canon, Epson, and HP.
Each video is roughly eight minutes long, and focuses on properly setting up color management and obtaining and using the right paper profiles.
Apple has released two new tech notes on their support site detailing issues with OS X Leopard.
The first note summarizes some printer setup and driver installation issues, a problem when a Canon inkjet printer with built-in scanner does not scan in Leopard, an issue where a shared printer no longer appears in your printer list after waking the computer from sleep, and an error that occurs when printing to a HP LaserJet 1200 printer.
The second note discusses using and troubleshooting problems with Time Machine.
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Epson has posted "Public Beta" drivers for many of their newer Professional Epson Stylus Pro printers.
These Leopard-compatible drivers provide enhanced functionality as well as the potential for 16 bit/channel printing. Included are drivers for the Stylus Pro 3800, 4800, 4880, 7800, 7880, 9800, 9880, and 11880 Series printers.
Download from the Professional Imaging Public Beta Leopard Printer Drivers page on the Epson site.
Epson has posted a FAQ detailing the release schedule of full-featured Macintosh OS X 10.5 printer drivers for their Epson Stylus Pro printers.
These "full-featured" drivers allow professional photographers and graphic artists access to the 16-bit color printing subsystems built into Leopard, giving prints better color and tonal accuracy.
HP also recently confirmed that customers will not need to download or reinstall any additional printer software, as full support for nearly all of their printers is built directly into Leopard. New versions, if needed, will appear via Software Update.
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I try not to simply post items found on other blogs, but this tip is too good not to share. As you may know, Leopard adds a spiffy new miniaturized Print Preview to its Print dialog.
By default, however, it's not shown and you have to click the "expand" button to make it appear. And you have to expand it in every application in which you want to see it. But by changing a single system preference, we can make every print dialog start out in the "expanded" mode.
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