Printing inkjet on canvas?

Hello!
i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Has anyone experience?

Suggestion on the brand/model of substrate to print?

Thanks!!! :)

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[mfk]

i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Ask the source of that information how they did it.
From experience ink tends to wick through the fibres
of canvas.
You can print onto transfer material then transfer
to canvas (such material is often used for DIY
T-shirt printing).
Or you can use your inkjet to produce photo
stencils for silk screen printing.
For an intro to fabric printing try
http://www.cjenkinscompany.com/category_s/21.htm

"[mfk]" wrote in message

Hello!
i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Has anyone experience?

Suggestion on the brand/model of substrate to print?

Thanks!!! :)

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[mfk]

Strange as it may seem, a number of the Inkjet Photo Paper makers supply Photo Canvas, onto which your Inkjet will print.

In your case why not try Epson?

So any strange suggestions about intemediate materials are not needed.

Roy G

Roy G

"[mfk]" wrote in message
| Hello!
| i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson | 7880 on canvas.
|
| Has anyone experience?
|
| Suggestion on the brand/model of substrate to print?
|
| Thanks!!! :)

Real canvas ... at best, not very likely ... I've tried an artist's "canvas" paper and had miserable results. BUT ... I've used several different brands of photo canvas supplied by both the printer makes -- Epson, HP, Kodak -- and paper makers like Hanemuler and others with great success. Norm

On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:57:11 +0100, [mfk] wrote:

Hello!
i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Has anyone experience?

Suggestion on the brand/model of substrate to print?

Thanks!!! :)

A company called "Magiclee" produce specality inkjet papers and canvas. Stunning results if you use one of their profiles.

Another equally good product is from a company called "breathing color". Google up the site locations.

On Nov 9, 11:22 am, "Norm Dresner" wrote:

"[mfk]" wrote in message

| Hello!
| i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson | 7880 on canvas.
|
| Has anyone experience?
|
| Suggestion on the brand/model of substrate to print?
|
| Thanks!!! :)

Real canvas ... at best, not very likely ... I've tried an artist's "canvas" paper and had miserable results. BUT ... I've used several different brands of photo canvas supplied by both the printer makes -- Epson, HP, Kodak -- and paper makers like Hanemuler and others with great success. Norm

Canvas is linen covered with gesso (a mixture of titanium white, ground gypsum rock, and rabbit-hide glue), otherwise referred to by masons as plaster of Paris -- trick is to adapt specially formulated inkjet cartridges containing artist's "oils", some like to further build up in texture through adding imaginative things like sand or Styrofoam.

[mfk] wrote:

i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Yes. Epson's Pro line of printers are designed to print
on fine art media, including canvas that is coated
for inkjet printing. Both Imagekind and RedBubble use
Epson printers to make the canvas prints they sell.
If you don't mind spending a few dollars, you can
buy a print to sample the quality. (Just to add a
lousy attempt at self-promotion. ;)

If you want to learn more, go to Epson's website
and look around -- at the Professional stuff,
not the home and business printers. They sell
at least two types of canvas.

Some of HP's high-end printers may also be able to
print on canvas, and you can take a look at their
models, too.

If you don't have a printer that you are sure
is designed to print on canvas, be careful.
You can easily damage your printer and you may
definitely void your warranty (according to an HP customer service rep I had asked). Photo printers can handle
photo paper, which is about 10 mils thick, but are
not rated for anything thicker than that. Just now
I measured the samples of Epson canvas. One is 16 mils
and the other is 20 mils.

Jay Ts
http://jayts.imagekind.com
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[mfk] wrote:

i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Yes. Epson's Pro line of printers are designed to print
on fine art media, including canvas that is coated
for inkjet printing. Both Imagekind and RedBubble use
Epson printers to make the canvas prints they sell.
If you don't mind spending a few dollars, you can
buy a print to sample the quality. (Just to add a
lousy attempt at self-promotion. ;)

If you want to learn more, go to Epson's website
and look around -- at the Professional stuff,
not the home and business printers. They sell
at least two types of canvas.

Some of HP's high-end printers may also be able to
print on canvas, and you can take a look at their
models, too.

If you don't have a printer that you are sure
is designed to print on canvas, be careful.
You can easily damage your printer and you may
definitely void your warranty (according to an HP customer service rep I had asked). Photo printers can handle
photo paper, which is about 10 mils thick, but are
not rated for anything thicker than that. Just now
I measured the samples of Epson canvas. One is 16 mils
and the other is 20 mils.

Jay Ts
http://jayts.imagekind.com
http://jayts.redbubble.com

Thanks you all for your answers. I must buy an Epson 7880 because i print positive for screenprinting, but i've heard about the canvas..so i thought the possibility to print also them :)

I'll visit the Epson in the Professional section..

Thanks!

As has been mentioned, there are a number of canvases made for inkjet use, which contain a special surface which accepts inkjet inks. Epson makes one, and there are a number of 3rd party paper suppliers which offer similar products.

The main problem is they tend to crack or craze if stretched or folded in any manner (such as when mounting on stretcher strips.). The canvas usually sued for these types of applications is rather fine and thin to be flexible and lie flat.

You can prepare primed (gessoed) canvas for inkjet use as well, although the results may take some experimentation to get the way you wish. Golden paints makes a white and clear inkjet undersurface surface which is painted on with a foam brush. It takes a few coats to get it even and the correct thickness. It sells for about $10 for 4 ounces as I recall. They suggest further coating the finished work with another product to keep the fading to a minimum.

Art

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[mfk] wrote:

Hello!
i've read that's possible to print with an inkjet printer like Epson 7880 on canvas.

Has anyone experience?

Suggestion on the brand/model of substrate to print?

Thanks!!! :)

Arthur Entlich ci ha detto :

As has been mentioned, there are a number of canvases made for inkjet use, which contain a special surface which accepts inkjet inks. Epson makes one, and there are a number of 3rd party paper suppliers which offer similar products.

The main problem is they tend to crack or craze if stretched or folded in any manner (such as when mounting on stretcher strips.). The canvas usually sued for these types of applications is rather fine and thin to be flexible and lie flat.

You can prepare primed (gessoed) canvas for inkjet use as well, although the results may take some experimentation to get the way you wish. Golden paints makes a white and clear inkjet undersurface surface which is painted on with a foam brush. It takes a few coats to get it even and the correct thickness. It sells for about $10 for 4 ounces as I recall. They suggest further coating the finished work with another product to keep the fading to a minimum.

Art

Hello,
thanks for the reply!