My Camera Equipment

Here's a quick summary of the equipment I own. I'll put more here later.

Canon EOS-5 (European/Japanese version of the A2E)
Canon 28-105/3.5-4.5 zoom lens
Canon 50/1.8 prime lens
Bogen-Manfrotto 3205 (Black model 3001) Tripod Legs
Bogen-Manfrotto 3262QR Ball Head
HP Photosmart Film Scanner (old version)
Some Cokin and Tiffen filters

Epson Stylus Photo 870, Windows 2000 Professional, and Adobe Photoshop

It's now 28 Nov 2000. Of course I'd get new stuff. But what I'm really here to say is that I had major problems getting the Epson 870 printing from Adobe Photoshop 5.5 under Windows 2000. It may have something to do with the Canon PowerShot S100 Digital Elph software also installed on the machine (Still Image Service). Here's what I did to get printing working:

Close Photoshop if it's open
Make sure the printer is not attached to the computer
Stop the Still Image Service ''StiSvc'' by going to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services and clicking stop on Still Image Service
Plug in the printer and turn it on
Now you can start Photoshop
Disable/Uncheck ''Printer Color Management'' in the Photoshop Print dialog - This solves the ''-36 Disk...'' error
Disable ICM profile in the printer (not sure if this is necessary)
Disable/Uncheck ''Enable advanced printing features'' from the ''Advanced'' tab in Printer Properties. (Open the Printers folder, right click on the 870, select Properties, Click the Advanced tab, uncheck that box. Also not sure if this is necessary)
You might want to decrease the amount of available memory to photoshop under preferences. This enabled me to print under PhotoDeluxe (another Adobe program).
Note that if you want to be able to plug in a digital camera and have it automatically recognized by the machine, you're gonna have to restart the Still Image Service.

I'd better mention the dreaded Epson 870/1270 Orange Shift problem (see this link too). Hey, Ilford paper is pretty cheap at B&H Photo. You may want to look at the Epson x7x Printer group on yahoo. Finally, Amazon.com, Onvia.com, and Buy.com seem to have decent prices on ink. Probably best to check CNET Shopper for the best prices today.