New Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing Paperback – 7 Nov. 2011

Like all individuals, printing is a hit & miss affair and a subjective subject as to what looks good or doesn't. Like artists you're rarely happy with the final printed result compared to what you have seen on the screen.Well, that was true until I read this book and finally upgraded to a screen that told me the truth about what I was really looking at.This book has made my life so much easier in the studio and my images come out every time, first time the way I envisaged.Soft Proofing on screen did not work for me before, but it does now and I don't waste money on paper or inks which were quiet frankly costing me a fortune. Even my Epson Inks are printing more pages than previously that how good a result I got from reading this book.More importantly I've made more sales of Prints than previously as well. So my advise is get out there, purchase, read and become a wiser & wealthier photographer.

Comprehensive guide for home photo printing.

I have been using Epson printers and Photoshop and , now, Lightroom for a long time. I do belong to a club and enter the usual competitions and have had some success, but this book was a revelation in presenting tips for improvement, right from the taking stage, through all areas of preparation, to the final print. It dispels some of the myths of digital printing and gives a greater understanding of the whole process. Alright, some of the picture taking stage tips will be known to most enthusiasts, but having them reinforced is never a bad thing and someone new to the subject would benefit from the advice.An excellent book, well presented.

Although this may sound odd as I have a Canon printer, this was a good purchase. I'm new to printing my own photos and it's not as easy as I thought, this is the dark art of photography. Surprisingly I couldn't find anything written about using a Canon printer. Rob Shepard writes about the principals of printing in an easy and relaxed way. Through reading this book, although it's aimed a Epson printers, I now understand more of the principals of printing and use it as a guide and hope it will help to improve my approach and attitude to printing.

This book is a collection of chapters, by a number of authors, that set out to cover the business of transferring digital prints to paper. It's a pretty book, with lots of colour pictures, and certainly not a dry textbook. This is both a strength and a weakness. For a casual reader, the book is approachable, and easy to read. But for the more technically-inclined, it's a bit thin on tech detail and practical guidance.Worth the read, but it's going to stay on the bookshelf, rather than on the desk.

Those who send their shots away for commercial sites to murder/perfect are snappers rather than photographers. The skill in post-shoot processing absolutely makes or breaks an image. In the days of film, no serious photographer would surrender the developing & printing processes to someone else (who has no idea or knowledge of what the photographer tried to capture).Whilst this is Epson based, there is loads of generic good practice/information. Written for adults, it presents advanced concepts in a manner that makes it easy to grasp the concepts and issues.Has none of the padded off-subject waffle found in most photography books (which camera/software the author uses/recommends - appalling puns and lame jokes etc)Should be compulsory reading for all photographers.

What a load of waffle. And half of it is not even about printing e.g "Chapter 3: A Good Print Starts When You Take the Picture" - well I'd never have guessed. (This includes such gems as "TIP... If you want the best print sharpness when shooting at slow shutter speeds use a tripod.") There is lots of warbling about "master photographers and "master printers". There are frequent cop-outs to aviod committing to a definite recommendation, e.g. "The papers on the market change quite often" to avoid praising any particular paper (even though a new edition of the book comes out every couple of years). Or "Some photographers use Pro Photo RGB for their color space because they find it works well with Epson UltrachromeK-3 inks, but some photographers find Adobe RGB fits their needs just as well." You would be much better off getting Martin Evening's "Adobe Photoshop for Photographers". It covers everything in this book and much, much more.

Not a bad read, but a wee bit dated, time for an update me thinks.