Archive | October, 2005

Caring for Your Printer

With greeting card season on the way, you will no doubt use lots of paper in your printer. We have tips and accessories to help keep your printer feeding reliably, especially if you use 2-sided papers. Check out the article here

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ICC profiles section updated

New and updated profiles are available here. More profiles are in production for the Epson R2400 and R1800. Profiles for recommended greeting card printers are in the works with Epson R300 / R320 now available. If you are new to profiles in general, we have an excellent series of tutorials here.

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Canon ChromaLife Discussed

Canon’s new ChromaLife ink system is now shipping in a few new printer platforms. The most notable thing about this system is the 30 year lightfastness claim. Add to that a 100 year album life claim, 10 year gas fastness claim, and improved resistance to heat and humidity, and you have a ready made fight [...]

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New Epson Printers

Epson announced two new 6-color dye based printers including an upgrade to the excellent R320. They will offer a nice option for printing greeting cards, business printing, and work where long lasting prints are not important. Read more about them here

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Best Printers for Greeting Cards

We have posted a revised list of inkjet printers recommended for printing cards. With so many printer choices available today, its no wonder we get asked to recommend machines daily. It is all too possible to get a printer that does one job great, but fails in other tasks. Hopefully, you will find this information [...]

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Print Your Own Calendars

Its time again for printing calendars. Red River is now shipping our 2006 calendar template pack for Photoshop. Its a convenient way to set up and print calendars using 8.5×11 sheets of paper. We have three options to get you started: 50lb. Premium Matte Pack – includes the template CD and 50 sheets of 50lb. [...]

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