Troy Patterson

Educator, Podcaster, Writer, Photographer

Month: November 2026

Printing Woes

Printing Woes

November 10, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The printing woes have hit me. I recently printed a couple of photos for my wonderful wife and they printed out “yuck”. The prints are dark and have a reddish tint. *Sigh.

Now, I have a new computer (a Mac Studio, my retirement gift to myself) that is running a new operating system, (welcome Gold Gate), and hadn’t printed anything yet. I bought the computer in large part as part of my process in pursuing my photography hobby. I bought a couple of 5K monitors that are color calibrated. The idea is that the setup allows me to be color accurate in posting and printing. The posting part is cool. The printing part? Not so much.

I checked the printer in Mac System Settings. Everything seemed correct, but, well, the end result tells me something isn’t good. I deleted the printer and reinstalled it. Prints still look muddy, dark and reddish.

Hm. Check again. Reinstall the printer paying attention. The driver seems to be the correct one.

However, double checking the installed printer shows that it is an “AirPrint” driver, not a native print driver.

So, I try the “Use: | Select Software” button.

I have a Canon Pixma TR7020a for my printer. So, I checked the Canon Website to see if there are any updates. I downloaded the latest driver, well, actually, I had to download a couple of files. There is the Canon Print file, new as of October 1, 2026, but that isn’t really the driver. There is also a “Setup package”, February 18, 2025.

I posted a discussion topic: PIXMA TR7020a prints come out dark and red since upgrading to macOS Golden Gate over on the Canon Community, but no responses so far.

It seems that Apple has removed lots of the printers and/or made substantial changes to the print infrastructure. I really don’t like that it looks like I’m adding a specific print driver but Apple is changing it to the an AirPrint version. Canon is no longer publishing a CUPS version of the printer. The print menu does not provide a color calibration option.

So, I’m now is a position where I can get my photographs to look good on my screen, and on my photography journey site, but I can’t print them.

Weekly Review 20261109

Weekly Review 20261109

November 9, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Decision Desk

I saw a post on Indeed for an “election reporter” through Decision Desk. I applied as I’m interested in politics and the process. I was able to take the job. Essentially, my job was to go to a polling station and wait for the results to be published. Then, as soon as the results were published, I was to relay those results directly to Decision Desk HQ. All of the communication was done through Discord or their website. The process was easy and interesting (plus, I should be getting a little scratch as well). When I arrived at the polling station, there was one other person there to watch the results. After I arrived, one more person arrived. That person was similarly reporting only for USA Today. Instead of sharing electronically, their job was to drive somewhere with the results.

Wedding Season

I got to go to the wedding of a wonderful couple. They were married with a beautiful sunset in the background.

Locus Grove

While awaiting the wedding, I got the chance to take a quick hike through Locus Grove Trails and took some pictures. I haven’t processed them yet, so nothing posted. However, there will be some posted over on my photography journey site at some point.

AMLE Discussion

I got the opportunity to chat with Shawn about the AMLE Conference. Shawn had a terrific time at AMLE. At a session with Rick Wormeli, Shawn was referred to as a “friend”. Rick is also aware of the great work that Shawn is doing in developing AI guidelines for teachers. Who knows, there may even by a ‘thing’ that gets developed.

Shawn also suggested that we reach out to the AMLE state affiliates. Don’t know why I haven’t done that before, but now I have something on my “To Do” list (OKAY, there are already lots of things on the “To Do” list, but now there is one more).

Shawn’s students were wonderful in collecting their award as the AMLE Sound Off winners.

FDR Presidential Library

I also took the opportunity to explore the FDR Presidential Library. Interestingly, the library was actually started during FDR’s second term as the assumption was that the second term would be the last. FDR was Present during a range of interesting times.

I also captured the quote at the entrance of the library, very different than our current administration.

The test or our progress is not whether we add more the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide for those who have too little.

FDR was able to be committed to basic rights and human respect even with a focus on economic needs. Treatment of Eleanor Roosevelt was interesting as well.

Nature Landscape Summit

I registered fort he Nature Landscape Summit. I knew that I would be at a wedding for most of the days (or in the car driving), but I figured that I could catch a couple of the presentations. I did. The ones that I caught were well done and interesting.

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