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Dear readers, you will have noticed that Alan, the founder and original owner of Photoopia.com has not been posting new posts for quite some time. The reason is not his laziness or loss of enthusiasm. It’s much more prosaic, the reason is his health condition. Alan is now spending all the necessary time treating a … Read more
Do you really need a photo printer? Photography has become an integral part of our lives – as cell phone cameras have gotten better, so has our ability to capture important moments. Because of this, the demand for a convenient way to print photos has increased along with it. Luckily, the world of photo printouts … Read more
When choosing a home or office printer, most people look primarily at the price, while a minority look at print speed and ink consumption. Almost no one, however, takes into account the DPI value. This determines the quality of the resulting print. What is DPI? DPI stands for dots per inch, the number of dots … Read more
With the high price of printer ink, you can be sure that ink manufacturers are making a good amount of profit when you buy their products. If you want to save your money, you should try to make sure that you don’t waste the ink and that you extend the life as long as possible … Read more
Your printer is an expensive machine used regularly and is susceptible to damage if it is not cared for. When you have a printer, you have to care for it, and an ideal way how to care for your printer is to get a dedicated printer stand. If you don’t have a printer stand, your … Read more
What does ADF stand for on a printer? The acronym ADF stands for automatic document feeder, a device on a printing machine that will bring a photo, a sheet of paper, or another small document into the printer, so you do not have to insert it manually. The automatic document feeder can hold several documents at once … Read more
Night street photography can be a mystery for many. Nightlife anywhere in the world is a fascinating subject to photograph. And most times the sad part is that we won’t see the beauty in front of us until someone else comes into our home towns, or cities, and shoots what they see from their perspective. … Read more
Let’s face it – life is hard. Between rent, food, clothes, phone bills, car payments, medical expenses, etc., most of us have our plates full without leaving any room for luxuries. We don´t want to pay for something that is of poor quality or durability. We want to be able to know what we are … Read more
What are the smallest margins that should be adhered to when printing on a printer? How big the margins should be on a printed page is a bit of a battle between reading comfort and space saving. While we don’t want to include too much white space in our prints, some minimum margins are necessary … Read more
Collated printing is useful when you are printing multi-page documents that you plan to assemble later into a bound or unbound publication. What is collated printing? Collating means arranging sheets of printed paper in the desired order. This will ensure that when printing more than one copy of a multi-page document, the printer will print … Read more
The word photography has its roots in two Greek words, “photos” (light) and “graphos” (to write). So, photography is the art of writing with light. We can trace the history of photography back to the early 1800s. It is considered the first art form to be developed for mass production. When starting with photography, once … Read more
The shutter speed controls how long the film/sensor is exposed. Therefore, shutter speed has the most impact on how the image depicts motion. What is Shutter Speed A camera’s shutter speed is one of its most important controls. The shutter speed, also known as the digital sensor’s exposure time to light or openness, controls how … Read more
