The photographic process is not complete unless one learns printmaking. I have done traditional b&w chemical prints and loved the process. It was high time to do some color printing. Despite the cost of inkjet inks, the convenience and excitement of printing at home lured me to find a great deal off craigslist. Did a 120 mile roundtrip to bring home a like-new Epson stylus photo 2200, a little older model but got good reviews from http://luminous-landscape.com, it can print 13×19, and also takes roll paper, just what I needed for a start.
I was ready for some confusion regarding profiles and color management, but found some help from this link: Photoshop CS3 - Print with Colour Management
Without wasting much paper, my initial tests found that workflow-1 (with “No Color Management” in the Print dialog) works better than workflow-2 in the above link. In workflow-2 when I use “Photoshop Manages Colors” with the correct printer profile and no color management in the printer driver, the result is significantly darker, losing much of shadow detail.
). Great clinic and a nice doctor. Got x-ray done, didn’t seem to be a tooth problem but rather a gum infection. Got the dreaded anesthesia injections and doc attempted to remove the infection and deep clean the tooth. Out came an array of tools that looked like miniature pneumatic drills, and a vacuum cleaner as well. I could see blood getting sucked up the tube. Doc actually cut the gum and sucked the bad stuff out. The infection being strong was neutralizing the effect of anesthesia and the deep cleaning process started to hurt. Pretty much felt like being strapped on a torture table.