I'm envisioning guerilla style public mini-exhibitions in places of informal gathering. Probably as good a tool for building community as it is for developing one's skill at presentation. Really great idea. Thanks.
Me = doesn't everyone already do this??? My new motis operendae is write about stuff I do that I think is obvious to everyone else... I guess I am a strange bird..., correction, I know I am or should.
Makes sense, Keep it up! I kinda do it but in folders on my desktop, and i look at them a lot, but its different to have a bunch of print groupings on the wall, etc.
That’s brilliant! The magnetic board idea is really good. I have a huge floor to ceiling pin board that’s as big as a wall, that I built back in dyework/wearables days. After I retired from production, I T-pinned Simpson’s Strong Ties on it in strips, and tried different Amazon magnets until I found a bunch I liked. It’s where I compare prints. Or just enjoy them. I also covered a couple of the strong ties with close to wall colored, off white cloth, for hanging finished work on other walls. I wish I could cover the big pin board with some magnetic sheet material without borders. The pin board is actually 2 big pieces of foam insulation taped together and covered with a mid gray king size sheet. It’s not organized for display like your board. Unfortunately, at the moment I’m trying to get my new P7570 to recognize photoshop/print instead of telling me my settings don’t match the printer. Which settings? It’s like trying to get a useful answer out of the Delphic Oracle! Frustration level is high. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to print anything but a nozzle check again.
In my experience when you get that type of error with the printer it is related to paper size (it could be other things that are highly dependent on your print workflow) but paper size will do it every time if you even have a small difference in the paper size (width) loaded versus the paper size specified in the print driver. This even happens to precut sheets that are supposed to be "letter size" but are somewhere more than 3mm out of spec when measured.
Thanks! I will try that. I'm just trying to print my longtime trial "kitchen sink" image - a bunch of mixed things - colors, B/W, fades. gradations, photo, graphics, and, because it was such a mashup, a kitchen sink I dragged off of some online source. I use it for testing/comparing sample papers. I figured it would help me see differences between the P5000 and the P7570 inkset. It's so basic - white borders all around, US letter size sheet. I'm even using Epson UPPPM to keep it simple, instead of my favorite Moab and Hahnemuhle. l'll check exact sizes - although basic US Letter in Photoshop and on the printer seems like it ought to match.
Ps... two things: 1) Try a mini-exhibit rather than just a space to compare prints, trust me, it's a blast treating a small space you can reconfigure in a flash in this way. 2) I LOVE my Canon Selphy and Fuji Instax printers as a way to be a bit looser and more care-free at low expense when making small prints for this purpose. Heck all the photos and prints I made for this first "mini-exhibit" are out of cam Jpeg and printed via my phone after sucking them off the camera. No complicated software or other stuff to mess with. Stay tuned, I have a draft of "having fun and the value of play" newsletter in the works.
I'm envisioning guerilla style public mini-exhibitions in places of informal gathering. Probably as good a tool for building community as it is for developing one's skill at presentation. Really great idea. Thanks.
Great idea!!!
GREAT frickin’ idea! thanks!
Me = doesn't everyone already do this??? My new motis operendae is write about stuff I do that I think is obvious to everyone else... I guess I am a strange bird..., correction, I know I am or should.
Makes sense, Keep it up! I kinda do it but in folders on my desktop, and i look at them a lot, but its different to have a bunch of print groupings on the wall, etc.
That’s brilliant! The magnetic board idea is really good. I have a huge floor to ceiling pin board that’s as big as a wall, that I built back in dyework/wearables days. After I retired from production, I T-pinned Simpson’s Strong Ties on it in strips, and tried different Amazon magnets until I found a bunch I liked. It’s where I compare prints. Or just enjoy them. I also covered a couple of the strong ties with close to wall colored, off white cloth, for hanging finished work on other walls. I wish I could cover the big pin board with some magnetic sheet material without borders. The pin board is actually 2 big pieces of foam insulation taped together and covered with a mid gray king size sheet. It’s not organized for display like your board. Unfortunately, at the moment I’m trying to get my new P7570 to recognize photoshop/print instead of telling me my settings don’t match the printer. Which settings? It’s like trying to get a useful answer out of the Delphic Oracle! Frustration level is high. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to print anything but a nozzle check again.
In my experience when you get that type of error with the printer it is related to paper size (it could be other things that are highly dependent on your print workflow) but paper size will do it every time if you even have a small difference in the paper size (width) loaded versus the paper size specified in the print driver. This even happens to precut sheets that are supposed to be "letter size" but are somewhere more than 3mm out of spec when measured.
Thanks! I will try that. I'm just trying to print my longtime trial "kitchen sink" image - a bunch of mixed things - colors, B/W, fades. gradations, photo, graphics, and, because it was such a mashup, a kitchen sink I dragged off of some online source. I use it for testing/comparing sample papers. I figured it would help me see differences between the P5000 and the P7570 inkset. It's so basic - white borders all around, US letter size sheet. I'm even using Epson UPPPM to keep it simple, instead of my favorite Moab and Hahnemuhle. l'll check exact sizes - although basic US Letter in Photoshop and on the printer seems like it ought to match.
The P5000 was not quite as picky.
Ps... two things: 1) Try a mini-exhibit rather than just a space to compare prints, trust me, it's a blast treating a small space you can reconfigure in a flash in this way. 2) I LOVE my Canon Selphy and Fuji Instax printers as a way to be a bit looser and more care-free at low expense when making small prints for this purpose. Heck all the photos and prints I made for this first "mini-exhibit" are out of cam Jpeg and printed via my phone after sucking them off the camera. No complicated software or other stuff to mess with. Stay tuned, I have a draft of "having fun and the value of play" newsletter in the works.