John McCormick

John McCormick

Cedar Falls, IA

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    John McCormick
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    New Article Announcements & Discussions
    on: March 9, 2021 at 8:39 pm

    Thank you for your review of the Peak Design Travel Tripod.  Like you, I am a fan of their camera straps.  I have I’ve been thinking about purchasing this tripod for some time.  Your review is yet another positive account pushing me toward geting it.  I would be interested in carrying it into some dark locations in the Andes for astrophotography.   I haven’t found any reviews of the tripod for astrophotography.  Does anyone here have any experience with using it for astrophotography?  I also wonder how it holds up to long lenses.  I would like to use it with my Nikon D850 / 500mm PF combination.  I’m not sure how that compares to your Sony a7r iv with a 100-400mm lens on it.

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    Re: The Epson SC-P900 Printer Review
    Reply #1 on: December 8, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    Thanks so much Christopher!  I redid my correction and eliminated the URL.

    Kevin, I will have a look at my paper to see if it has a slight wave.  I was successful loading half a dozen matte 7″ x 10″ 10 mil greeting card paper.

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    Re: The Epson SC-P900 Printer Review
    Reply #2 on: December 8, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    Agh.  I tried to edit my long post about paper feeding to correct “top (front)” to “top (rear)” and the post disappeared.  Anyway to retrieve it?  Perhaps someone has it in an e-mail notification.

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    Re: The Epson SC-P900 Printer Review
    Reply #3 on: December 8, 2020 at 4:22 pm

    I am new to the world of color inkjet printing coming from over 40 years in the darkroom where 90% of my work was black and white.  I have had my SC-P900 printer for a bit over three weeks.  I have been very pleased with prints I made for an upcoming exhibit.  I still have a lot to learn.  Your comprehensive review of this printer is a lovely contribution.  It deserves several reads.  Thank you for all your efforts in creating your review!

    One area in which I am confused is the choice between using the top (rear) paper feeder and the front paper feeder.  The folks at Red River paper recommend that the front feeder be used for papers 13 mil and thicker.  You recommend the front feeder for papers 19.7 mil and thicker.  In his reviews of the P700 and P900, Keith Cooper of Northlight Images puts all the fine art papers through the top (rear) feeder.  So, certainly a wide range of opinions.

    I have been following the guidelines in the Media Loading Section of the Epson user’s guide which gives a list of papers for the rear paper feeder and a list of papers for the front paper feeder.  I have reproduced those lists at the end of this note.  I notice that each Epson paper is in just one of these lists.  And the lists are missing some Epson papers such as Baryta.  I have not experienced the problem you mentioned loading the front feeder.  I have only used Epson Hot Press and Cold Press papers there.  I have experienced problems with the top (rear) paper feeder when loading multiple sheets.  Following Kevin Raber’s suggestion in his P700 review, I had thought of leaving a small stack of glossy or luster paper in the printer so my wife could easily make prints from her iPad/iPhone.  The printer fails in loading from this stack.  It works well for a single sheet.

    I welcome further thoughts from this forum on loading media.

    John

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    Media Loading Capacity from the Epson SC-P900 online user’s guide

    Rear paper feeder
    Plain paper
    Epson Bright White Pro Paper
    Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy
    Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss
    Epson Photo Paper Glossy
    Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy
    Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte
    Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster
    Epson Presentation Paper Matte
    Epson Presentation Paper Matte, Double Sided
    Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets
    Epson Proofing Paper White Semimatte

    Front paper feeder
    You can load one sheet of posterboard or other thick media 0.02 to 0.059 inch (0.51 to 1.5 mm) thick in the front paper feeder. You can also load one sheet of the following types of media:

    Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper
    Epson UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper
    Epson Watercolor Paper Radiant White
    Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper
    Epson Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured
    Epson Hot Press Bright
    Epson Hot Press Natural
    Epson Cold Press Bright
    Epson Cold Press Natural

    John McCormick
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    Re: icc profile for Blurb
    Reply #4 on: November 5, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    Would it be possible for someone versed in creating icc profiles for printers to create a Blurb book of icc profile charts and then use the printed book to measure a profile?  I’m new to digital printing so pardon my ignorance.