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URGENT printing on to canvas
Hi there everyone
Finaly got my mimaki jv3 130sp II prints fine and runs fine too.
Problem has occured that when printing on to canvas (solvent Canvas) the result is less than poor.
Comes out very dull and colourless.
The machine is running in 2×4 is this the problem.
The test image is 300 dpi cmyk
have tried as rgb and cmyk and also as jpgs and pdf
result is the same
Please can anyoen help as this was supposed to be my main source of business.
Thanks
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10 Replies
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Not trying to be facetious, but are you printing on the right side? We had some solvent canvas which printed exactly the same way you are describing. Turns out I was printing on the wrong side. DOH. Turned it over, and it printed lovely.
Cheers,
Jamie. -
in my opinion it will be down to the type of solvent canvas you are using rather than any profile issues……….
been through the whole process with the JV3 and only find the Oce canvas acceptable and the Kernow coating canvas the best [available from Europoint] pm and send me the file and I can show you the difference using any profile you choose!…
obviously I haven’t tried all the suppliers canvas however there are big differences with the ones I have tried……
Cheers
Andrew
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On the roland you have to slow the heads down to print on canvas, otherswise it does not lay down enough ink into the weave. Results are dull and lifeless.
Just a thought.
Cheers
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Thanks everyone for the replies.
Like i said before i have uniform solvent canvas
But which side is the print side.
Is it the smooth side or the ruff side.
cheers
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It’s the smooth side. Should look whiter than the uncoated side.
I haven’t seen the Uniform product, but Metamark’s has little
flecks in the uncoated side, which looks slightly beige.Cheers,
Jamie. -
Jamie mate your a life saver and everyone else on this board
worked a treat
cheers
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I print regularly onto canvas on my cadet plus and get a fantastic finish though I did have to try out a few different canvas types before getting the perfect finish, as said by Shane i slowed my heads down as to fill the weave in the canvas.
I use Metamarks Art canvas on one side you have a coated side and the other is just natural canvas, I would highly recommend this canvas, expensive but perfect finish.
As you said above when I first started printing on my cadet I contact all the suppliers I purchase from and asked them to send me out sample metres to test print onto, I found this to be a very worth while test as there were quite a few that gave out terrible print quality, I think allot of the quality is down to the different types of printers and the profile settings though.
Hope this helps
Dave
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Going to try the Metamark one now 😀
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I have only tried the Grafityp Canvas. we did not event have a profile yet it printed good. It was a little dark in places but other than that it was spot on… as i said, i had NO profile and never tweaked anything… Since then i am sure grafityp will give you required profiles "if" needed.
note: i was using a grenadier…
only 2-3 weeks ago i have learned europoint now do a canvas also…
i heard this at the recent Oracal Wrap course i attended and had good reports on the media by those attending. -
the jv3 prints fine, however metamark does two canvas’ from memory, one prints really well but a bit glossy but the other is greenie when printing black… the dicksons canvas works well and shiraz rip has profiles.
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