Canon IPF 6100

[masterhalifax]

Hi All,

After always getting asked for my photos on canvas and resorting to using an external company to print and making their own 'markup' i have been looking in to printing them myself and framing.

I am very handy so i don't see any major issues doing it my self.

I'm looking at getting a Canon ipf 6100 printer, does anyone have any words of wisdom or comments using this printer and doing it my self?

 

[POAH]

External will be less hassel and can get bigger sizes. Largest an a3+ printer would do a canvas is 16x11 inches since you have to wrap 19x13 around a frame.

Can the canon printer do custom sizes longer than 19 inches? If not you'll not be able to feed canvas through.

 

[masterhalifax]

It prints A1 so 24 inch, yes i get about the canvas wrap so will drop to about 20inch width but unlimited length (well to a degree)! Long panoramic!

but if i print on to Photo paper roll i could do the whole 24 inch..

well i have bought it now so we shall see how it goes.

 

[Dave Stone]

To be honest it is probably easier to outsource. You will have to do a lot of canvases to make it worth while. By the time you have bought ink, bars, canvas, varnish, decent stapler, staples, tape etc it all adds up. A 24 inch printer is good enough to do a 20 inch wide canvas allowing for the wrap and enough to grab hold of to stretch. Anything bigger than that and I use a 44 inch printer.