-
which canvas do you use for prints
Hi Folks,
We have some large prints that we need to do on canvas, Unfortunatly the stuff we have tried looks very dull, we have used some before on our old machine which was great but do not know where it came from.
Which do you use to get vibrant colours?
cheers
Ian
-
16 Replies
-
I’ve started using APS’s canvas materials
Matt and Satin and supplied in 760mm wide
Not too bad but I’ve used them because they are the only company that I can find that supplies profiles for the material and 760mm wide
-
Grafityp do an excellent one and prints with vinyl profiles.
-
I’ve tried a few in my time and my customers liked the Fredrix the most.
-
Europoint have just introduced a new product, it has a fine grain, and colours come out fine, they sent me a sample, and I have just bought a roll. worth a look.
Peter
-
quote Martin Oxenham:Grafityp do an excellent one and prints with vinyl profiles.I would agree with that one. Have tried quite a few now, but the LCAN canvas just blows all the others away. I am using it on a Cadet, and the colours produced are just brilliant!
(any discounts Nigel??? lol)
-
quote Martin Oxenham:Grafityp do an excellent one and prints with vinyl profiles.yes i third that! been using it for some time now keep about 5 rolls in stock here they get it from belgium in full width rolls and cut them in half if you need smaller we usually use the canvas profile in versaworks for it. resonably priced too if you buy it in bulk.
-
Paul, exactly what profile did you select as I don’t see a ‘canvas’ one by default?
Pete
-
We too use graphtyp LCAN canvas and it is by far the best we have tried. I used the versaworks profile with great success, but when I re-installed the versaworks program I lost the profile and havent been able to get another copy! I have been using generic banner ever since and they still look great.
-
Cheers, I don’t even have a Generic Banner installed! Am I doing something wrong here? I see about 16 profiles, a few are of the Generic Vinyl type but nothing about banner hummmm, any ideas guys?
Pete
-
Oh I installed version 2.6.1 I think and then upgraded to 2.7 (latest version). SP-300v is using latest firmware revision, can’t remember exact version but defo latest as of today 🙂
-
Banner profiles are called PVC or SPVC
-
quote Peter Edwards:Cheers, I don’t even have a Generic Banner installed! Am I doing something wrong here? I see about 16 profiles, a few are of the Generic Vinyl type but nothing about banner hummmm, any ideas guys?
Pete
We use the profile called MAC7 Matt artists canvas (PCM) on versaworks ver 3.00 , have you set your versaworks to check for updates? as i recall seeing an option there for profiles that you can tick, that may give you the missing profiles.
hope this helps.
-
Sorry about the slow reponse 🙂 Did the update and yes am using the MAC7 one as well now, great looking canvases now, chuffed.
Only problem I get now is the chap that stretches them (he subs his print work to me) is complaining the canvas cracks, anybody else noticed this? I’m using the LCAN stuff from Grafityp?
-
Has this canvas got like a white coating like the Shil canvas?
-
Hi Jason, Hummm, not sure as its the only canvas I’ve seen or ever worked with. Its slightly shiny the one side where you print on and then has a more material feel on the back if that makes any sense! Anthing inparticular I should be looking at?
-
Sounds like its similar to the sihl I tested. I found it cracked also when being stretched. Try get your hands on a sample of the Fredrix canvas. Thats what I use now and has a more natural feel to it and doesn’t have the same coating as the Sihl I tried.
Log in to reply.