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Every wondered how much ink is used to make a print? Check out this brochure to get the latest per ml ink needed for a range of typical prints on the Canon TM-240 A1 Large Format Printer and the Canon TM-350 A0 Large Format Printer This is the link to this handy PDF: Canon Ink Usage … Continue reading “Canon Large Format Printer Ink Usage”
The Canon PRO-4100S Large Format Printer is the easiest to use professional grade large format photo printers with the perfect balance between productivity and superb print quality for Photo, Fine Art, Proofing and Design, Advertising, Retail and professional Print for Pay applications. Some images printed on the Canon PRO4100S using DS S/A gloss and DS … Continue reading “The Canon PRO-4100S Printer – How good is it?”
This is a new product for us, we thought we should test it first! You can print a poster for maybe point of sale work and put it outside in the rain! So, it’s water resistant and saves costs and time on lamination. The poster we printed was put on the FRONT of the windscreen … Continue reading “Water resistant media from Design Supply”
Just follow the link here to recycle your large format printer cartridges from Canon. Canon Inkjet Cartridge Recycling Programme – Canon UK
Canon Large Format list of paper profiles you can choose are all on the link below! Follow this link to download your paper profiles for the Canon Large Format printer range
General Terms GSM GSM stands for grams per square metre. This is also known as “grammage”. A lower gsm – such as 80gsm – is cheaper and ideal for standard printing. However, a higher gsm like 90gsm will be stronger and longer lasting. If you want to print high quality flyers, posters, and art, you … Continue reading “Guide to Large Format Media”
The basic idea of inkjet printing is that a moving box (the carriage) contains a second box (the print heat) which squirts ink onto a piece of paper. While this is happening, the paper is pushed forward, and the two parts are synchronised to get the right colours in the right place. We’re going to … Continue reading “Large Format Printer Parts – A Guide (Inside)”
The procedure for turning off the Canon TM-200 and Canon TM-300 automatic paper roller cutter and to produce cut guidelines is as follows: Open the printer driver setup window Select the paper source In Paper Source, select Roll Paper. The paper feed method will differ according to the paper settings. Display Roll Paper Options dialog box Click Roll Paper Options to … Continue reading “How to change the cutter settings on the Canon TM-200 and TM-300 after printing”
We’re going to make sure you understand all the large format printer parts in this two-part guide. We’re going to use the Canon TM-200 as a base, as it’s one of the most popular CAD printers out there. However, the information can be applied to many large format printers. The Front (A) Top Cover Open this … Continue reading “Large Format Printer Parts – A Guide (Outside)”
After buying your new printer, it’s important to make sure you get the right paper for it, and take good care of it! Here are Design Supply’s Large Format Paper tips! Storage The biggest mistake we see is people storing their paper horizontally. Doing this can cause the roll to bend in on itself, as … Continue reading “Large Format Paper Tips from Printing Experts”
We all want to make sure that we’re making our offices and homes more environmentally friendly. HP have been putting lots of measures in place to reduce the impact of their large format printers and ink cartridges on the environment. Recycled Parts Disposable plastic cartridges have been a major problem, with around a million of … Continue reading “Making Large Format Printers Environmentally Friendly”
Delivering the best teaching experience at the right price is a priority for schools these days. By utilising large format printing, you can deliver fun, engaging lessons and boost the morale and engagement of your students. Bringing a large format printer in-house is a cost-effective way of taking control of your lessons, decorating your environment, … Continue reading “How Schools Can Use A Large Format Printer”
The Design Supply and Service for Canon imagePROGRAF large format printers is the cost-effective service based on your ink use, and frees you up to focus on the efficient running of your business. With automatic ink replenishment, in-depth monitoring and the highest levels of support and maintenance, the Design Supply and Service is based on … Continue reading “How To Get Your Ink and Repairs Easily”
Canon imagePROGRAF printers are awesome, they’re easy to use and produce amazing prints. However, as with all large format printers, you may sometimes find that what they see on their screen, isn’t what comes out of the printer. Here some common reasons and fixes. 1: Check the paper profile It’s very important to make sure … Continue reading “Four Fixes For Bad Printing Results”
In order to ensure your printer gives you what you need, first time, every time, the Canon imagePROGRAF range design team have certainly covered every angle. Inkjet printers have been the industry standard since the end of the 2010s, due to their environmental footprint and cost-effectiveness. The first inkjet printers were invented after it was … Continue reading “Innovations in Large Format Printer Technology”
Canon eService for imagePROGRAF printers, the cost-effective service based on the customer ink use, frees customers up to focus on the efficient running of your business. With automatic ink replenishment, in-depth monitoring and the highest levels of support and maintenance, imagePROGRAF eService is based on billing you for for the millilitres of ink you use … Continue reading “Design Supply & Service Agreement for Large Format Printers”
As energy prices continue to rise, we’re all checking our consumption. Thankfully, the operating power of a Canon TM-200 printer is actually incredibly low, so large format printer owners can rest at ease when it comes to running costs. For example, the operating power of the Canon TM-300 is just 69W or less. That’s only … Continue reading “Low Energy Costs With Our Large Format Printers”
Customers are busy gearing up for the Christmas period, and whatever your line of business you will almost certainly want to make displays, posters and advertising items as noticeable as possible. And what better way than to create them all, quickly and easily, in-house with a Canon imagePROGRAF GP series printer and our free Canon … Continue reading “Print your own vibrantly coloured or personalised wrapping paper”
The new Canon GP series are the ideal machines for producing beautiful, eye-catching images on posters, backlit film, wrapping paper…you name it! The new ink set, including the Fluorescent Pink (FP), are all pigment based and therefore formulated to be highly water and UV resistant…however the FP ink is slightly less durable than the other … Continue reading “How Long Will a Large Format Print Last?”
Canon Direct Print Plus is an awesome, time saving tool that allows you to quickly and easily batch print on your large format printer PDFs, HP/GL2 CAD files, TIFF and Jpg. A “Shortcut Print” option enables you to set up basic ‘hot folders’ on your desktop to speed up your workflow by simply dropping your … Continue reading “Batch Print on your Large Format Printer”
Preparing your printer for a break is an often overlooked part of maintenance. If you don’t take the right steps, your inks could dry up and the parts could misalign. Should I set my printer in standby mode or should I turn it off during holidays? Ink circulation systems, print heads and heating / cooling … Continue reading “Preparing Your Large Format Printer for a break”
Brrrrr…It’s starting to get chilly! Time for a reminder that now is a good time to colour calibrate your large format printer, as all printers can be affected by changes in their environment. Changes such as seasonal temperature and humidity may cause the colour representation to change slightly. We know how important it is for … Continue reading “Calibrate your Large Format Printer”
If you are looking for a new A1 printer to produce bright, eye-catching posters, photos and banners? Not sure if the Canon GP-200 or the HP Z6 is the printer for you? Here are just a few things to consider. 1: Did you know that the HP Z6 cannot be used on a desktop? It … Continue reading “Canon A1 GP-200 – Super Bright Printing”
The Remaining Media Estimation function on a Canon imagePROGRAF printer is a fantastic tool, it uses the media thickness and roll rotation to estimate how much media is left on the roll. If you don’t have enough on the roll to complete the print-run, it’ll tell you. But we haven’t abandoned the older and highly … Continue reading “Remaining Media Estimation function on a Canon imagePROGRAF printer”
When printing onto thicker medias using a Canon imagePROGRAF PRO series printer, some customers may experience thin lines on their image as the roll gets used up. This is generally due to the fact that the paper that’s closer to the central core has much more curl. This tight curl leads to resistance the pull … Continue reading “Printing onto thicker medias using a Canon imagePROGRAF PRO series printer”
Saving paper with a Canon Large Format Printer A question from one of our customers! We get loads of these and it is all part of our commitment when you buy from us. How to save paper when printing with a large format printer? “One of the draughtsmen seem to have it sussed you need … Continue reading “Saving paper with a Canon Large Format Printer”
Dust reduction is an often overlooked part of large format printer maintenance. Keeping your machine as clean as possible will ensure that prints remain perfect every time. The automatic cutting of certain medias, such as canvas, can result in dust and debris collecting inside any large format printer and lead to premature printhead failure. One … Continue reading “Dust reduction for your large format printer”
Once installed, relocating your large format printer has traditionally been a labour intensive and high waste exercise if the printer needs to be heavily tilted. This involved draining valuable ink from the printer’s system into the maintenance cartridge, thereby making it unusable and expensive! This would typically be the case when moving machines between sites, … Continue reading “Relocating your large format printer”
Customers often assume that in order to print A3 posters, that they need to manually feed single A3 cut sheets. If you have a lot of A3’s to print, this would a long and tiresome job, not to mention expensive. However, just as half A0 is A1, half A2 is A3…so you can actually print … Continue reading “Canon TM-200 and printing A3”
Couple of tips for you, if you’re doing a print for the first time on a Canon TM-200 A1 printer or the Canon TM-300 Tick the box as below “preview before printing” Will show exactly how your print is going to look on the roll. Further down you can see on the tab “layout” There’s … Continue reading “Canon TM-200 and Canon TM-300 Layout tool”
DS Matt polypropylene 205mic / 130gsm. Size 610mm X 4.5m 3″ core ( with core adaptor) Canon TM- 200 or Canon TM-300 profile setting: 205mic / 130sgsm Polyprop = if there is a dedicated Polypropylene setting then use that otherwise either Photo Satin, PVC banner or Heavy weight coated DS PE-coated Professional Universal Photo Satin … Continue reading “Canon TM-200 and TM-300 profile settings for our free media packs”
Here are some tips on canvas printing on the Canon TM-200 and TM-300 This is an economical solution, so it takes some fiddling, but other clients of ours and our tests have delivered good results. The 12-colour option adds another £2K plus to costs hence why we find this solution fits clients looking for a … Continue reading “Canvas printing on the Canon TM-200 and TM-300”
The Canon TM-300 and Canon TM-200 can print jobs that are up to 3.2 metres on the roll. Using the print driver, go to the page setup tab, select the “size options” button at the bottom of the page and this will allow you to add custom sizes that are up to 18 metres. For … Continue reading “The Canon TM-300 and Canon TM-200 can print jobs that are up to 3.2 metres on the roll”
Minimum PC specification: • Windows 7/8/10 – 32bit. • 100Mbs Ethernet. • Intel Celeron, Core-Duo, Core-2-Duo or 2.8GHz Hyper-Threading (HT) or AMD Dual-Core processors • 2GB RAM • High speed 7,200rpm Serial ATA (SATA) HDD with minimum 2GB for applications and 20GB free for images. Suggested PC specification: • Windows 7/8/10 – 64bit. • … Continue reading “PC requirements for the Lei scanners with Canon TM-200 and TM-300”
Here is a useful how to guide to help you print A1 posters on your Canon TM-200 or Canon TM-300 printer. Design Supply How to print posters
To help with roll loading, something that many customers have found difficult when using the “traditional” top loading large format printers, the Canon have designed and built the TX and PRO series with easy access front loading to help prevent awkward lifting, stretching and possible injury. Not only that, but the TX and PRO series now … Continue reading “Canon Large Format Printer TX and PRO series Auto Features”
Not only do you get the obvious items with your brand new Canon imagePROGRAF TM printer, but also an amazing array of free software tools and applications created to make design, print, operation and cost analysis incredibly simple. Here are just a few… PosterArtist Lite – Create professional posters in four easy steps—now supports the … Continue reading “Canon imagePROGRAF TM printer amazing array of free software tools”
The Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2100 wide format printer comes equipped with a handy basket to catch your beautiful prints as they are cut from the paper roll. But not all papers requirements are the same when it comes to media handling and workflow. Some papers are very delicate and therefore can be damaged easily if they are … Continue reading “Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2100 with a handy basket”
Canon TM-200 and Canon TM-300 can handle a huge variety of different print applications due to their long-lasting, UV and water-resistant, pigment Inks. They also come with an impressive list of pre-installed media profiles. CAD plain papers down to 75gsm Photo Gloss & Satin papers from 170gsm to 280gsm Tracing papers and Clear films for … Continue reading “Canon TM-200 and Canon TM-300 Media options”
The Canon TM-200 A1 printer is truly remarkable, and even at entry level the whole TM series is no exception. But why should you consider trading up to a TM from your previous Canon model? How about the UV stable and water resistant inks enable you to explore new avenues of print use? The small footprint … Continue reading “Canon TM-200 A1 Printer UV stable and water resistant prints”
Paper and inks are valuable, so if you are unfamiliar with monitor calibration fear not! With a Canon imagePROGRAF PRO series printer such as the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2100, you can say goodbye to trial and error time-wasting on colour compensation. Instead, you can print multiple thumbnails on a single page with varying colour settings via … Continue reading “Canon imagePROGRAF PRO series image perfection”
Printers that are specially created for Wide Format Printing are used by many in the fields of architecture, engineering, construction, and graphics. These printers are used to produce technical documents of a large format such as design plans and blueprints. The ability to produce Wide Format Prints is required by large firms, small studios, and … Continue reading “What Is The Need For Wide Format Printing?”
