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After days of trying to print with Aperture to my Epson R200, I wasn't have much success. I followed all the rules, change the setting in the Epson R200 perfences to Photo RPM, and turn off color management. Back in forth etc. Print borderless was usless and I was having color banding issues and my prints looked horrible. I tried everything!

Untill i did more research.

Conclusions to all of the headaches and sleepless nights...

For some reason when you add the Epson R200 to your printer set up using the "plus" key it adds the wrong drivers and wrong color proflies. It says it's it but it isnt'.
You have to delete the one you added "normally" and go about it another way.

1. System Pref - Printers and Util
2. click add printer with plus sign
3. more printers
4. choose Epson USB under the drop down menu
5. click on the Stylus photo .....
6. under drop down menu for Page setup choose "Sheet Feeder Borderless"
7. Go back to Aperture and follow all the normal rules of printing.

MY LIFE HAS CHANGED.

well may be not too much but i've got consitent good looking real bona fide borderless printing now on my trusty R200.

I'm excited and I can finish the christmas gifts that I had in the works!

Posted by Michael Shivers at 08:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The lead article in the magazine "Federal Computer Week" which is a publication for Government-Business Techonolgy has an awsome header that I would love to quote.

"There is one reason above all others for agencies and departments to consider shelling out money for Vista, the newest version of Microsoft Windows: There are currently no Vista viruses".

WOW this is the most stupid thing I have ever heard of. There is already a known virus for Vista, and Microsoft has already released a patch. Guys.. it's Windows for crying out loud! Of course it is going to get about 10 viruses the first week of release to the public in January. I just can't believe this guy wrote this, and that is his main point for upgrading. I mean at least point out something else besides this!!!

If one wanted to update five computers in their office to the new version of Vista, it is going to cost you a couple of grand. Upgrade ten computers to the newest version of Mac OSX, for $400 . While Vista for one license will cost you $450.

Word from the wise... don't upgrade to Vista :)

Posted by Michael Shivers at 03:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

a colorful chalet, originally uploaded by mdshivers.

This is one my favortie chalets in the village of Huemoz, Switzerland. Its not perfect by any means and by the look of it one wonders if anyone lives there. There are huge cracks growing up the walls of the house and the paint is a little old and flakey. But it doesn't matter. It's probably been there longer than the U.S. has been the U.S. and will probably last for long time to come.

The house just symbolizes a lot of the values you learn when you live in Europe or when you stay there for a period of time. People just don't tear things down to build something new. They work with the old, they fix the old, they keep the old.

Something that we should take to the heart. We're a bit busy at always trying to find the new thing in life, the new fix, the new building.

Posted by Michael Shivers at 03:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My mind is starting to think in the blog format... kinda the way I post photos on flickr. Just got to find a computer when i have those thoughts.

lots of video work has been done and put to rest. excited, tired and glad that it is over. In the process of that several week fiasco, i got some reading glass. you can check my flickr blog on that.

So I've entered into the four eyed world when i am in front of the computer. Kinda weird- and still getting use to it.

As far as the video projects, I worked with the Atlanta News FOX 5 on a medical piece dealing with injecting stem cells into the heart with the outcome of revitalizing the dead cells from a heart attack. Pretty cool stuff- i shot some footage of the operation and other B-Roll stuff and they used it in their news piece.

Then I collaborated with the ACC (American College of Cardiology) and filmed some intro's and did some audio recording for a breaking news piece about Pfizer and their wonder drug torcetrapib, Pfizer's experimental pill to raise good cholesterol, touted as one of the most important medicines in a generation. Well it got yanked out of research and is going no where.
Go to http://www.cardiosource.com/ and click on the Dec. 5th video. I also shot the Dec. 8th video too.

After all that I shot some footage for a news story about the stem cell heart research video for a company (gosh totally forgot the name at the moment) that creates health news stories and then sells them to news affiliates across the country. I was helping out another videographer and the News company and asked him to get the footage from me. Do I get the short end of the stick? Probably. Do I get credit for it? Probably not. Do I care? ehh.... i guess that is how it goes in the industry. If they want more footage they'll come directly to me and I make more contacts.

Also in the midst of all the video stuff.. I am trying to revamp a few websites and trying to get a new one up for a local Swiss author. Its fun... but busy!!

anyway i'm here :)

Posted by Michael Shivers at 04:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)