What Settings??

[codswallop]

I'm trying to print a photo onto canvas paper using an inkjet printer.Can someone please suggest the printer settings to get a reasonable result?? Thanks.

[Buenchico]

Have you actually got the paper yet? It usually comes with an information sheet showing recommended settings for different brands of printer.

Or can you tell us which brand of paper you're planning on using, and which printer you've got?

[codswallop]

Ruddy heck BC was you sitting on my shoulder.As I had never tried this before,being the cheapskate that I am I went for a "low cost" make.... SCRIPT which had no suggested settings.As usual thanks for your quick reply..

[codswallop]

PS Epson stylus PHOTO RX 425

[Buenchico]

You've not said which printer you're using but I assume that you can choose something like 'matte photo paper' and 'high quality' (which might well be a good starting point). Having looked at a data sheet from the website of a firm making 'professional' canvas papers, I note that their settings (which are actually for Epson papers) suggest knocking the magenta back a bit. That's achieved by selecting the 'manual' colour adjustment option, and then setting 'Magenta' to -5.

That's all little more than guesswork but it might still be a good starting point.

[Buenchico]

Crossed posts - but the fact that you're using an Epson printer confirms that a -5 setting for magenta might well be worth trying.

[codswallop]

Hi Chris to tell you the truth I'm not sure what I should be getting on the canvas paper,should the effect be like an oil painting? If so would a matte paper setting be appropriate or........what? I tried the magenta change but as I said I don't really know what the result should be.I saw the paper in a shop going cheap and being an old codger with nothing better to do with my time I thought that I'd give it a go!!!!

[Buenchico]

Printing many photos onto canvas paper doesn't really do a lot for them. (They just look like photos printed onto rough paper!). You get the best results if
(a) you choose a subject which you'd expect to see on canvas in an art gallery (such as a full face portrait or a landscape) ; AND
(b) run it through some suitable image-processing software first, to soften the edges of the image and/or to add texture to it.

If you're seeking such software (free, of course), GIMP is very similar to Photoshop (but with an equally steep learning curve if you're to get the best from it):
http://www.gimp.org/
Serif PhotoPlus SE is much easier to get to grips with:
http://www.serif.com/free-photo-editing-software/

[codswallop]

Thanks Chris I'll try that later.