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Niki Dinov

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Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« on: April 14, 2011, 03:59:30 am »

When I print on canvas the print is 1 cm (for picture of 50 cm) shorter than than the image.
When I use paper there is no problem.
Any piece of advice?
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Re: Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2011, 05:58:50 am »

Try setting canvas in your paper settings and then select canvas on your media selection on the printer.
See if that helps.

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Re: Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2011, 09:03:49 am »

Dear Dan,

I've tried setting paper selection "canvas" and "no paper selection" - the result is the same.
Also I've printed from Photoshop and from EFI RIP.
Again the same problem.
I also entered in the service menu and printed the check pattern - on paper it was exactly 50.8 cm, on canvas 1 cm shorter.
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Re: Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2011, 12:13:54 pm »

Sorry did not understand your response. Is canvas selected in both places?
Driver and printer. That fixes it when printing in Lightroom.
« Last Edit: April 14, 2011, 12:49:35 pm by Dan Berg »
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Re: Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2011, 12:22:17 pm »

Learned from the Yahoo Wide Format Printer group.

Under the paper configuration in the driver adjust the feed rate. For the Breathing Color 800M I found +35 worked, on the Lyve I have it set at +42. Somerset Velvet and BC's Elegance Velvet don't shrink printing or laminating.

This seems to work for me, the canvas is laminated after printing so the shrinkage also takes that into account. I save each of these setting as a custom setting in the print driver. The alignment of the print layout is also important since it appears that the canvas only shrinks in one direction against the warp. Your mileage may vary with alternate canvases.

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Re: Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 12:05:19 am »

Dear Dan,

In Photoshop the driver was set Velvet Fine Art because that's the instruction from Hahnemule.
In the Rip I have preinstalled workflow.
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Re: Problem when printing on canvas and Epson 9900
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 03:40:14 am »

Some drivers, RIPs compensate automatically for the length differences happening with canvas on specific printers. It is baked in on the media presets so you have to use the media preset identical to the canvas used. In other drivers, RIPs you can adjust that compensation for the canavas you use. In some drivers, RIPs there isn't a compensation and you have to change the aspect ratio of the image in Photoshop etc to create the right length. In my Canvas Wrap Actions for PS there is a last step where you can change the image length if the driver doesn cover it.

met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst


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http://www.pigment-print.com/dinklacanvaswraps/index.html

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