Printing On Canvas

[elwoodsusanm]

I have some inkjet printable canvas. An Epson 1400 photo printer. What media setting would you choose for printing? I had it set to Archival Matte thinking it might be a good choice but it took 10 attempts before my printer would accept the canvas!:eek: I have been advised to set for thicker paper but that choice is not an option When eventually it did print it was excellent BUT that was only a free sample.. I have 3 A3 sheets which I have bought in anticipation and do not want to start spoiling them!:(

Any light shed on this matter would be most appreciated

[cats4jan]

Maybe it's time to contact Epson for some guidance.

Do you have one of the front loading printers? Those don't work as well on odd things as top loaders do.

I have used the canvas product made by Avery #3277 in my Epson R800 and it fed and printed just fine. The R800 is top loading - maybe that was a factor in my success.

[deedeeO]

I've used the Office Max Premium Coated Canvas with my HP 8750, and used my Premium Photo Paper setting at Maximum DPI and it worked fine. I did have to tweak some of the color settings because the canvas paper is not white.... but the results were very very presentable!!!

[elwoodsusanm]

:confused:My printer is top loading only and the canvas is from Crafty Computer Paper.

[pixlbandit]

While I haven't had trouble getting Fredrix inkjet canvas to go through my Canon Pixma 4200, I have read that some people have more luck getting canvas to feed right in their printers by attaching a lead sheet of about an inch or inch and a half wide to the front end of the paper--underlapping the paper strip 1/4 -1/2 inch and then taping it in spots along the top edge. The idea is to give the canvas a ramp so that the printer feed mechanism can grab and pull in the paper and the canvas will follow. Note that you will also have to add an equivalent blank amount to your image size front end or where it prints will start with the lead paper and not the canvas. Before putting canas through my printer, I tried 'printing' a blank document so that I, at least, wasn't wasting ink. (I had tried to pry information out of Canon tech support beforehand, but they would not help me--was PO'd! So, unless Epson specifies heavier paper for your printer specifically, they may not give you any more information either). Good luck.
Vicki

[jcforman]

I've used the Office Max Premium Coated Canvas with my HP 8750, and used my Premium Photo Paper setting at Maximum DPI and it worked fine. I did have to tweak some of the color settings because the canvas paper is not white.... but the results were very very presentable!!!

I also have an HP 8750 but now I need to find out where to get printable canvas. Searched Office Max and found nothing. HP has it for their 9000 series (would this work in a the 8750?).

[elwoodsusanm]

http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/products-Artist-Canvas_105.htm

[deedeeO]

I also have an HP 8750 but now I need to find out where to get printable canvas. Searched Office Max and found nothing. HP has it for their 9000 series (would this work in a the 8750?).

Apparently it is not online....I found it by accident in the Office Max Store.
I also have the fine art paper from HP (purchased it before reading the fine print that it was only compatible with their 9000 series or higher (which is OK, because I am planning on upgrading...but for fun I was going to try their canvas on my 8750....just have not had the time to do so. I will let you know:)

[jcforman]

Thanks elwoodsusanm .. nice site.

Thanks Denise, please let me know how it turns out.