Laserjet Printers vs Inkjet Printers

Laserjet Printers vs Inkjet Printers for printing photography – what’s the deal? Why are we even talking about it here? Well, we’re discussing it on MarylandFilms.com because it’s very much related to printing your photography, your storyboards, and your film’s posters. Need I say more?

If you don’t know the difference, inkjet printers use ink cartridges and squirt small dots of ink onto the paper. Whereas laserjet printers use lasers, much like in Star Wars to blow up… errr… No? Okay, Laserjet printers use a technique called “xerography”, which is greek for dry writing. We’re going overly simplify this, because the technical details are way too much for this article, but Laserjet printers produce an image by the scanning of a laser beam across the printer’s photoreceptor and actually melt the toner onto the paper using heat and pressure (there, that wasn’t too painful, was it?).

I’ll be honest here – I’m very much impartial to laserjet printers. I’ve used them since 1995 and have enjoyed their speed of printing and their low-cost of Continue reading Laserjet Printers vs Inkjet Printers


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Celtx 2.0: The Free ScreenPlay Writing Software has been Released!

If you write screenplays, then you need to check out Celtx.com. They’ve just released version Celtx 2.0, which is feature-rich, better performing, and free (which is especially nice in these economic times).

Download it free: http://celtx.com/download.html

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Celtx 1.0 Is Now Available (Free Download)!

If you haven’t tried Celtx yet, then you need to give it a try, especially since they are finally at version 1.0!

Celtx 1.0 Now Available For Free Download!

Well, after 4 years, 1,000,000 downloads, 20 languages, 160 countries, and 250,000 very active users like you, we’re thrilled to announce that Celtx 1.0 has arrived. With 1.0, Celtx is now truly the world’s first full-featured, all-in-one media pre-production software. And, like every other version before it, you can download Celtx 1.0 for free at www.celtx.com.

We’ve added some new features and innovations to 1.0 that we think you’ll find useful and enjoy, like: Continue reading Celtx 1.0 Is Now Available (Free Download)!

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RedRock, Letus35, and P+S Technik 35mm DOF Adapters, Ground Glass, and Lenses Explained

Some friends were asking questions about why their Nikon zoom lens was getting vignetting with their new 35mm DOF Adapter (a RedRock Micro35 M2 unit) and Panasonic HVX200 (actually its an HVX200a).

First, we need to talk about frame sizes, for everyone to properly understand the playing field:
The Academy 35mm frame (the standard 35mm Cinema frame) is 22mm×16mm; The Super-35mm/Silent-35mm frame is 24.89mm×18.66mm; Still photography 35mm (aka “135″)/Nikon FX frame is 24×36mm; and finally the Nikon DX frame is 23.7×15.5mm.

Second, as you may have noticed above, there are two different Continue reading RedRock, Letus35, and P+S Technik 35mm DOF Adapters, Ground Glass, and Lenses Explained

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