The Death Valley workshop starts Thursday.  I’m heading out tomorrow (Sunday) for a little pre-workshop activity.  I’ll let you know how it went when I get back.

I checked the weather forecast and, while it’s going to be hot the first of the week (with temperatures flirting with 100) a storm front is forecast to move through about the time the workshop starts.  Let’s hope for some good Galen Rowell weather.

I print my photographs using Image Print on my Epson 4800.  It’s a great RIP with terrific ICC profiles for tons and tons of papers.  And it solves one of the most distressing problems with the 4800.  If you want to switch between matte and glossy or luster papers you have to replace the Matte Black ink cartridge with the Photo Black cartridge.  When you do this the printer purges the lines for ALL 8 cartridges, wasting about $75 worth of ink. 

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