Comments on: Taking Up the Canvas on the HP Designjet Z3100 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/ "Life imitates art - so watch out!" Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Marc Roman Bravo http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/#comment-30 Marc Roman Bravo Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:29:05 +0000 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/#comment-30 Thank you very much, Brad! My bosses are counting on me to master this printer for photographs as well as signage & banners--asap. The whole attic office is now wallpapered with test prints ;) I appreciate your sharing of your experience Thank you very much, Brad! My bosses are counting on me to master this printer for photographs as well as signage & banners–asap. The whole attic office is now wallpapered with test prints ;)
I appreciate your sharing of your experience

]]> By: Brad http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/#comment-29 Brad Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:20:34 +0000 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/#comment-29 Hi, Marc. I have obtained excellent results with several different canvas brands on my Z3100, including Breathing Color and Epson PremierArt. I settled on Breathing Color Chromata White exclusively for all my art jobs because it is affordable, it profiles well on the Z3100, it is certified archival and it doesn\'t use any optical brighteners. For utility jobs (placemats, banners, etc.), I use Breathing Color Economy Canvas. It sounds like perhaps the surface coating of your Kodak paper is not compatible with the Z3100 ink. Paper makers may claim \"inkjet compatible\", but this doesn\'t guarantee the paper works with every inkjet printer. A paper might work well with dye-based ink might and fail miserabily with pigment-based ink. I find this is more pronounced with glossy paper, less so with matte paper. We have 3 HP printers that all use the HP Vivera pigment-based ink, including the ZZ3100. I tried some Kodak glossy photo paper and the ink just wiped right off! While you can be confident that HP-branded paper will work properly with HP printers, you must be prepared to waste some money if you want to use non-HP papers. The first step is to be sure the paper is designed for pigment-based inks. For example, I took a gamble on Epson Exhibition Fiber satin finished sheet paper because it is designed for pigment-based inks and I heard good things about it. Luckily, it produces outstanding, photographic prints on the Z3100. I also get outstanding results with Epson Premium Luster on rolls. Cheers! Brad Hi, Marc.

I have obtained excellent results with several different canvas brands on my Z3100, including Breathing Color and Epson PremierArt. I settled on Breathing Color Chromata White exclusively for all my art jobs because it is affordable, it profiles well on the Z3100, it is certified archival and it doesn\’t use any optical brighteners. For utility jobs (placemats, banners, etc.), I use Breathing Color Economy Canvas.

It sounds like perhaps the surface coating of your Kodak paper is not compatible with the Z3100 ink. Paper makers may claim \”inkjet compatible\”, but this doesn\’t guarantee the paper works with every inkjet printer. A paper might work well with dye-based ink might and fail miserabily with pigment-based ink. I find this is more pronounced with glossy paper, less so with matte paper.

We have 3 HP printers that all use the HP Vivera pigment-based ink, including the ZZ3100. I tried some Kodak glossy photo paper and the ink just wiped right off!

While you can be confident that HP-branded paper will work properly with HP printers, you must be prepared to waste some money if you want to use non-HP papers. The first step is to be sure the paper is designed for pigment-based inks.

For example, I took a gamble on Epson Exhibition Fiber satin finished sheet paper because it is designed for pigment-based inks and I heard good things about it. Luckily, it produces outstanding, photographic prints on the Z3100. I also get outstanding results with Epson Premium Luster on rolls.

Cheers!

Brad

]]> By: Marc Roman Bravo http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/#comment-27 Marc Roman Bravo Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:34 +0000 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/08/taking-up-the-canvas-on-the-hp-designjet-z3100/#comment-27 We just got one of these printers Monday. Can you recommend a canvas brand? Also photo paper sheets? I got a pack of Kodak ultra (5 star) gloss 11x17 & the printer doesn't like it. My little canon home printer likes it, but the z3100 puts some kind of lines across it that can only be seen in light at a certain angle. I would never sell anything with lines like that. The sample paper roll from HP worked great, but we're going to need sheets. We just got one of these printers Monday. Can you recommend a canvas brand? Also photo paper sheets? I got a pack of Kodak ultra (5 star) gloss 11×17 & the printer doesn’t like it. My little canon home printer likes it, but the z3100 puts some kind of lines across it that can only be seen in light at a certain angle. I would never sell anything with lines like that. The sample paper roll from HP worked great, but we’re going to need sheets.

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