Canvas Printer advice

[Phill Fenton]

Hi John

I had disappointing results when I first tried printing on canvas with my Cadet. However, Peter suggested to me that if you increase the number of passes you’ll get much more vibrant colour. I haven’t yet gone back to trying canvas prints – but suggest you try increasing the number of passes and/or speak to Peter for advice 😀

[Chris Wool]

well my view is,
you can produce very good prints from the versaacmm but 4 colour.
some photographers will not be to keen as a 6 colour with a good profile will produce better skin and shadow tones, that to them will be make or brake.

then there are the 8 colour types that are better still, all depends on you customer.

chris

[Adrian Yeo]

quote Phill:

Hi John

I had disappointing results when I first tried printing on canvas with my Cadet. However, Peter suggested to me that if you increase the number of passes you’ll get much more vibrant colour. I haven’t yet gone back to trying canvas prints – but suggest you try increasing the number of passes and/or speak to Peter for advice 😀

Sorry to hijack, but how many passes would you suggest for the cadet? Just got mine and started playing with the canvas late last night. Was a mixed bag of results! 😕

[Martin Oxenham]

Make sure you use the right material as some of the stuff sold as canvas is not canvas at all just cloth.
We buy ours from Grafityp its got a glossy surface and is quit thick. We just use vinyl profiles and the results are the same as vinyl. Just to be sure we then give them a coat of Clearsheild with a brush which takes minutes and drys very quick. We’ve done prints from customers photos and they are very very happy, but not sure what a studio would consider good quality,
Although I did show one to a photographer and she said they were finished on the back neater than the ones she uses now.

[Steve Vallis]

quote John Wilson:

Ok I’ve got a versacamm sp300 at the moment but not sure if the inks and printer is good enough to produce high quality canvas prints

Would I be better going for a pigment printer or just stick with the versacamm?

Anyone able to give advice on this?

Cheers 😀

I print a lot of canvas prints for professional portrait studios, and get great results using a Canon ipf9000

[Lee Ballard]

We have done a fair amount of canvas on the JV3, 6 colours, most recently using metamarks canvas and have had good results.

[David Rogers]

I produce a fair amount of ‘canvas style’ prints. (Cadet)

The more textured side of our ‘black-out’ roller blind material works a treat.

Has a weave similar to the real deal, yet prints as good, if not better than standard vinyl. No need for overprinting or liquid laminating either as colours are vibrant & glossy.

Have also done a lot of fabric (polyester) prints. Not as vibrant due to the saturation of the ink – but still a very pleasing end result.

Dave

[Andrew Bennett]

quote David Rogers:

The more textured side of our ‘black-out’ roller blind material works a treat.
Dave

I’m intrigued David, OT but whats that then please?

[David Rogers]

quote Andrew Bennett:

quote David Rogers:

The more textured side of our ‘black-out’ roller blind material works a treat.
Dave

I’m intrigued David, OT but whats that then please?

My parent company is a blinds firm – so I do a fair amount of custom printed patterns, logos & pictures onto roller blind fabrics…one of the reasons we bought the Cadet.

The black-out is nearly identical to a 450gsm banner – but lightly textured both sides & designed to not curl up/in at the edges (sort of a ‘hang flat’ idea) and let zero light through – and is a good deal whiter & take the ink really well.

Close-ups on another thread.
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … highlight=

Dave

[Andrew Bennett]

Thanks for that David.
an eye opener.