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  1. Update: A local printer tech (DC) suggested cleaning out the paper transport path to get at little bits of foam that have been contaminating the paper path and creating smudges. I used a somewhat thick but flexible plastic 8.5 x 11 sheet with a piece of paper towel taped over it and soaked with windex -- as much windex as I could get on there without the paper towel disintegrating. I inserted this from behind the printer (4880) and did my best to get at the trouble spots, taking care not to leave any paper towel shreds inside the printer. Worked great, I just have to repeat every few months.
  2. Love my 4880, the thing has been a workhorse. Lately though I have been having recurring problems with irregular streaks and smudges (not pizza wheels). The smudges are always black. I have cleaned the print head and capping station. My gut is the streaks are decaying foam rubber than has gotten sucked into the rollers.

     

    Does anyone have a tutorial on how to disassemble the 4880 and clean the innards beyond the capping station and print head?

     

    Note: I have adjusted the platen gap and paper thickness with no impact on smudging.

     

    Thanks.....

  3. <p>Love my Profoto softboxes but even on the lowest power setting they put out a LOT of light. I have used 3x3 foot sections of trash bag to dial down the lighting output but found a hint of green tint as a result, from the plastic. Does anyone know what is the classic solution to this problem? I have a 3x4' softbox and a 5x5' Octobox. Thanks in advance!</p>
  4. <p>Not familiar with the V1, but your kit seems sensible. The more I travel and the more comfortable I get, the more the long lenses stay in the bag or at home. Just spent a week in Cairo, used the 70-200 VR II once, the 28 1.4 almost never came off the camera (a D-3 with F-4 backup).</p>
  5. <p>Hi I am starting to see 1-2 percent of my RAW files show up with file corruption problems. They open in LR4 as thumbnails but I can't edit and they will not convert to ACR.<br>

    The problem is not card-related as I have swapped cards.<br>

    Any ideas? I have a wedding tomorrow and if it stays at 1-2 percent I can live with that until I can get it fixed. Thanks!</p>

     

  6. <p>Can't say enough nice things about Lightroom 3. </p>

    <p>Recently I thought I'd take advantage of a slow day to start converting the NEF archives from my D2-X days into ACR, to improve future prospects of being able to get access to my files. </p>

    <p>I notice that the resultant files seem smaller, maybe an average of 8 MB per file (these are 12 bit RAW originals) instead of 10 MB per image.</p>

    <p>Anyone have any thoughts on what if anything I'm losing?</p>

    <p>Thanks!</p>

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