rapata
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Post by rapata on Apr 25, 2020 19:25:16 GMT
I have some DIY canvas print kits, where you print your own image on the supplied canvas sheets and mount them on the plastic frames.
I chose a couple of Black & White photos, which printed very crisp and with good contrast on glossy photo paper in my Brother MFC680 printer.
The kit says to choose Best quality for printing but when I printed on the canvas they came out dull and flat. I realise that the nature of the canvas will take away some of the crispness, but does anyone have experience printing on canvas and any tips?
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 26, 2020 0:51:00 GMT
Pauline,
Sorry no help from me. I printed on cotton a few times 15 years ago, but was using digital files of watercolor paintings and so crispness was not an issue.
We have several canvas prints in our home done at Costco and London Drugs and they do a great job for a reasonable price.
That does not help you much, but figured I'd mention that.
Good luck,
Clive
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Post by BuckSkin on Apr 26, 2020 4:24:23 GMT
I have the Brother MFC-J870
I have never had any experience with printing canvas.
That being said, have you tried this: I may not have the exact wording correct --- when you access the Brother print dialogue, there is a button for "Advanced" or somesuch; in the window that opens, there are several options to adjust saturation and such; you might play around with those sliders to see if that helps.
Of course, the big problem with figuring out how to adjust to what you want will cost a sheet for each test; you could run out of canvas before you found a recipe that worked.
The big-box store printers had to do the same thing before turning loose on their customers.
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Post by rapata on Apr 26, 2020 19:06:55 GMT
Thanks for the tips, I will try boosting the saturation etc. but dont want to waste the canvasses.
I think if I start with a picture with some 'artistic' techniques applied they might work.
These were some kits I impetously bought at a Christmas show a few years ago and finally decided to do something with them. In future if I want canvas prints I'll use Costco or Shutterfly.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 27, 2020 3:42:00 GMT
Let us know how they turn out. The sheets are probably too expensive to do a bunch of tests.
If you have ACR in your PSE, perhaps you can open them and increase "clarity." Perhaps you could do 3 or 4 adjustment versions and reduce their size and put them in one image and then print, so you'd see 3 or 4 adjustments in just one canvas. Might work.
Good luck
Clive
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Post by BuckSkin on Apr 27, 2020 5:43:41 GMT
Perhaps you could do 3 or 4 adjustment versions and reduce their size and put them in one image and then print, so you'd see 3 or 4 adjustments in just one canvas. Clive I am going to put that back in my mental archives for the next time I need to test a print. I would eventually have thought of it myself, but who knows just how many sheets and how much ink I would have wasted before the epiphany came... |
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Post by hmca on Apr 27, 2020 17:09:33 GMT
Great suggestion, Clive!
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Post by Sepiana on Apr 27, 2020 17:54:58 GMT
I have some DIY canvas print kits, where you print your own image on the supplied canvas sheets and mount them on the plastic frames. I chose a couple of Black & White photos, which printed very crisp and with good contrast on glossy photo paper in my Brother MFC680 printer. The kit says to choose Best quality for printing but when I printed on the canvas they came out dull and flat. I realise that the nature of the canvas will take away some of the crispness, but does anyone have experience printing on canvas and any tips? Pauline, I have no experience printing on canvas. However, I have read about this suggestion to address the problem you are having -- adjust the Vibrance slider in the Raw Converter in Elements. (You also have Lightroom; you could use it). If you have Photoshop, you can create a Vibrance adjustment layer. If not, you could try this workaround in PSE -- Vibrance Adjustment Layer. |
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