Shortly after Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 4s, I got an e-mail from Verizon. It said that, although my Droid X has eight months to go on its contract, I could buy my way out of the rest of my obligation for 20 bucks if I change my phone to the 4s. I went for… [Read More]
Further thoughts on the Epson 4540
When I did a nozzle test, I was surprised to find that there are four sets of black nozzles, and one set each for cyan, magenta, and yellow. It looks like the printer is optimized for black-and-white (as opposed to color) speed. Given my application, that makes perfect sense. The printer does a credible job… [Read More]
Epson WP4540 OOBE
The printer arrived in a very large box, but the container was much smaller than that of a high-function laser printer. It was also much lighter. Unpacking and hardware set up was pretty simple: snap a few parts together and play the usual Epson “see if you can find all the blue tape” game. I… [Read More]
Cutting the laser printer cord
For 25 years, I’ve always had a laser printer at my disposal. I got my first one, the original Hewlett-Packard LaserJet, in 1984. I was handling the technical integration between Rolm and IBM at the time, and I was writing a lot of memos. I used an IBM PC and Microsoft Word for that. Rather… [Read More]
The big lighting giveaway
In my last post, I talked about some really bad lighting in a couple of movies from the 60s. Lighting has improved a lot since then, but there’s one place where, even today, almost nobody gets it right. Picture a scene. The hero and heroine are sitting by a window. He’s telling her some terrible… [Read More]
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