Printing Press Stick

Documents look like they came off of a printing press.

We use this product for color managed proof for our Heidelberg XL105 6/C printing press.

I used this UBS stick for a press event, and I absolutely loved the small size. It was SO easy to clip this onto the materials I was giving to the press. And obviously as most USB sticks are, very easy to use. Certainly recommend!

I use the Epson Hot Press Natural (all cut sizes up to 17x22) for most of my fine art prints. The paper is slightly warm toned and smooth, and has great detail sharpness and color range. It prints well in my Epson 3880 through the rear manual load tray. Handling is much better than other matte fine art papers I've used. It does not flake, so I have found I don't need to brush or blow off the surface prior to printing, and the surface is more durable after printing.

I am currently printing for a photography class, I print all of my own photographs and this is my favorite paper right now to print on. It is also an excellent quality paper for the cost! Enhanced matte has striking quality of color and sharpness and is comparable to Premium Luster. It works great in rendering the darks and lights without losing deatil within the image. Because it is matte, watching the darks from losing detail can be a little difficult, but I find enhanced matte is the easiest to work with in comparrison to thicker papers, such as Hot Press or Cold Press.

I'm an advanced amateur and do a medium volume of printing. Dozens but not hundreds of images hanging on other peoples' walls, mainly 12x18 and 16x24. Epson 3880. After printing on semi-gloss media for years (Harman Baryta and Canson Baryta were favorites), I've recently switched to matte for framed work. I don't adhere prints to the backboard, I mount to a front mat with archival corners, and the gloss papers show the paper's undulations since the print is floating. It's particularly distracting with larger images and with museum glass. I've tested probably 50 papers by printing color wheels, B&W scales, and a handful of challenging images on each paper: same images, same size, same printer. Epson Hot Press Bright is my current favorite. Particularly behind glass or acrylic, the blacks are as black, the colors as vibrant, and the details as sharp as the barytas. In fact, if there's any glare from daylight or artificial light, the HPB is more vibrant because there are fewer distracting glares. It's important to test your prints behind the glazing of your choice if that's how they'll be displayed. Mattes get better behind glass; glossies and semi-glossies get worse. Of the 4 Epsons, I prefer the smooth Hot Press to the stippled Cold Press, and the white Bright to the warmer, creamier Natural, but that's just personal preference. Hahnemuhle PhotoRag Ultrasmooth is very comparable, but 50% more expensive.

I have been using HP5+ 4x5 with Graflex press cameras for the past 6 years. I use my negatives for darkroom printing and also scan them. The tones are wonderful and the film is always consistent. I expose at ISO 320 to get good shadow detail in the final darkroom prints. I use Ilfotec HC (same as Kodak HC-110) for development.

My standard printing paper is smooth-surfaced Epson Hot Press Natural but sometimes I want a more textured surface. Cold Press Natural has become that paper for the majority of those times. I love the substantial feel and the weight of the paper. The not-so-bright natural whites are clean, the blacks are black, colors are radiant and the texture is just about perfect. I just finished a project of printing some of my older photographs done with compact cameras and less than state-of-the-art digital equipment. Although the quality of the photos are excellent for the time, they lack the resolution and sharpness of today's better cameras. To maintain the overall look but hide the imperfections, Cold Press Natural was my choice.

I've been printing my photographs for many years on differing Epson Printers. I've tried various non-Epson inks and papers and combinations of both. The end result has always been the same: Stick with Epson! You cannot beat the color matching and vibrancy of this combination. Now I do realize that Epson inks are expensive, but was it quality or expense the consideration when you purchased your Epson Photo Printer. For most of us, it was Quality! So bite the bullet and always purchase genuine Epson quality inks and papers recommended for your printer to get the very best quality results possible. I have been truly satisfied with my current two Epson Photo Printers. The quality and dependability are outstanding if you stick to the genuine supplies. Otherwise, you are on your own and will eventually end up wasting money on inferior knockoff products that may even ruin your print-head. It's not worth the trouble: Stick with Epson!

Works very well. Can also be used for bulb exposures. Press button to open shutter. You time your exposure and then press button again to close it. Much cheaper way to do long exposures. It can’t do time lapse automatically if your camera does not have that function.