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Thread ID: 79214	2007-05-12 06:58:00	Canvas Printing	Poppa John (284)	Press F1

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549284	2007-05-12 06:58:00	Hi All. Has any one printed onto canvas? The type that you would 'Paint' a picture on , in Oil or Acrylic? If so how did it come out? What printer did you use? Thanks PJ fo Maryann.	Poppa John (284)
549285	2007-05-12 07:25:00	Hi PJ, I have tried printing on various thicknesses of paper stock with the success being more limited as the stock got thicker or rougher. Probably not much thicker than 120 gsm before you encounter problems on a standard desktop printer. I think from memory that 180gsm didn't work at all. You could try printing some trial pieces of canvas to see what the results are. 80gsm is the thickness of standard A4 office paper from "The Warehouse" The smoother the canvas the better.	winmacguy (3367)
549286	2007-05-12 09:45:00	Hi PJ, I have tried printing on various thicknesses of paper stock with the success being more limited as the stock got thicker or rougher. Probably not much thicker than 120 gsm before you encounter problems on a standard desktop printer. I think from memory that 180gsm didn't work at all. You could try printing some trial pieces of canvas to see what the results are. 80gsm is the thickness of standard A4 office paper from "The Warehouse" The smoother the canvas the better. Thanks. We normally use cheapo 80 for general stuff, with better quality otherwise. I believe we have tried 120 but not 180. I suppose we should go & get a small pack & try it. What puzzles me with the canvas is, with it being sort of flexible, how does the printer feed cope with it? On MY cannon i550 there is a height adjustment on the inktank holder. I assume that this is to raise for thicker paper/card. However in none of the cannon help is there any mention of this, nor does it give maximum paper thickness. Don't know about Maryann's EpsonRX510. PJ	Poppa John (284)
549287	2007-05-12 09:48:00	180 is getting thick for an inkjet. I had an HP that would take it, but it also had a direct paper feed from the back so that the paper stayed flat. I had moderate success with 'canvas' embossed card where the canvas weave effect was not too heavy.	Shortcircuit (1666)
549288	2007-05-12 09:57:00	While PJ was starting this thread and replying, I found the pad of 'Fredrix' medium texture canvas pad, acrylic primed. Cut it to 6 x 4....used 'Heavyweight Mat' (something like that:confused: )...and put it through Epson. Because canvas is quite textured, the colours of the photo bled quite alot. It looks quite abstract and even though I only had it set for 'photo' and NOT 'Best Photo', the ink is still very wet. An interesting experiment. :)	Maryann (2010)
549289	2007-05-12 10:01:00	Yes, I think canvas might be too 'real', I think you can still buy the pads of canvas embossed paper from art shops if you are keen to try.	Shortcircuit (1666)
549290	2007-05-12 10:42:00	I've been using a lot of Kaskad brand 225gsm Linen or Smooth in a Canon i865 without any problems. Unfortunately Warehouse Stationery no longer seem to stock it locally. Another option could be adhesive carrier sheets for feeding light weight fabric through the printer. I have some "Celcast" brand.	PaulD (232)
549291	2007-05-12 12:40:00	The problem with embossed papers or textured papers is that you need pressure to get a decent print. And pressure is something that an inkjet cant do and is embossed papers are very obsorbent and the ink tends to spread. The grain of the paper and the bulkness of the paper is more important then the weight of it when running through printers. You can buy 350gsm paper which is thinner then some 180gsm paper. Always think grain	plod (107)
549292	2007-05-12 23:39:00	Hi pj. Is this a one-off or are you planning repeats. I think Digitalmax recently offered to print on something like canvass at reasonable costs.	Scouse (83)
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