We get contacted a lot by customers wishing to produce a good quality bespoke wrapping paper products on their wide format digital inkjet printers. We’ve trialled both uncoated and coated papers for print quality, gift ‘show through’ and for the ‘behaviour with sticky tape’. There’s always a compromise between choosing a high quality, heavyweight paper to give the very best print results and selecting a paper that can be easily handled, folded, wrapped and taped down successfully.
We’ve come up with the ultimate compromise – this paper is a premium quality, matt coated inkjet paper produced for GDS by Canon with the following features:
- Lightweight – light enough to be held down with sticky tape
- Good opacity – enough to hide the present underneath
- High quality, smooth surface – a lovely feel in the hand to produce a quality product
- High colour brightness and superb vivid colours
- Instant dry – very good smear resistance – great if you’re offering a bespoke ‘while you wait’ gift wrap service
- Suitable for solid fills with full colour intensity. We recommend this paper for digitally printing gift wrap and wrapping paper with a repeated design – for a full colour photo image or a heavy ink load you may find that this paper ‘cockles’ slightly with the weight of the ink.
WHAT PAPER & MEDIA TYPES YOU CAN USE ON THE CANON PRO-2100 PRINTER…?
GDS stocks a huge range of paper and media in rolls and sheets and we know exactly what fits your Canon PRO-2100 Printer.
The Canon PRO-2100 12 colour Photo Printer can print on a very wide range of media from basic papers, to presentation matt, heavyweight matt, satin or gloss photo paper, backlit film, canvas, fine art papers, roller banner, self-adhesive, vinyl and even outdoor banner to name the most popular.
The Canon PRO-2100 can print onto roll paper or you can individually load paper sheets to use sheet media. We much prefer roll fees and we should be able to supply roll paper in your chosen media type.
The Canon PRO-2100 takes rolls on both 2″ or 3″ inch core (the core is the tube in the centre of the roll) and you will find blue core adaptors that come with the printer. These can be clipped on to the spindle to fill out the 3 inch core rolls.
You don’t have to use Canon-branded papers. You will usually find a ‘near enough’ media setting on the Canon PRO-2100 media list on the printer display, but you can also use the Media Configuration Tool to download more Canon-branded media types or to custom build your own specific paper setting. Likewise, you can also download ICC profiles for this printer if you choose to use fine art brands such as Innova, Canson, Hahnemuhle, etc.
WHAT GDS RECOMMENDS FOR YOUR PERFECT CANON PRO-2100 PRINTS…
GDS offers a basic ‘tried & tested’ range of our own brand media which will give great results and superb value for money when printing on the Canon PRO-2100 printer.Our PRO-2100 paper range should give you a paper product that is suitable for any of your print jobs. Furthermore, we can supply any branded paper or media roll you require for any specific print job. Our most popular papers are:
- 90gsm Uncoated Paper– basic uncoated plain paper with no frills – will take very light ink loads for everyday printing
- 112gsm Tracing Paper– where translucent prints are needed for overlays
- 110 micron Double Matt Film– a polyester translucent film with water resistance and anti-rip robustness
- 100gsm Matt Coated Paper– perfectly smooth for that higher quality presentation feel and client presentation of light ink coverage prints
- 120gsm Matt Coated Paper– a heavier feel for smarter prints or heavier designs – great for portfolios or when the prints might be handled more often
- 165gsm Matt Coated Paper– smart-looking poster paper with a robust feel, capable of handling heavy inks loads for full coverage and images
- 180gsm Matt Coated Paper– similar use as the 165gsm but some customers prefer this specific 180gsm weight
- 190gsm Satin Photo Paper– a lovely sheened surface without too much glare – the sharpest most vivid colours and a really professional result
- 190gsm Gloss Photo Paper– same as the Satin but this one has a very high gloss surface
- 250gsm Studio Matt Paper– a high quality matt photo paper for full coverage prints and superb images
- 260gsm Satin Photo Paper– probably the most popular roll ever for the Canon PRO-2000
- 260gsm Polyester Canvas– a great value woven canvas roll – very popular with educational departments
- 300gsm Fine Art Smooth– a subtly textured, natural white, super heavyweight, archival fine art paper- mimics watercolour paper
- 300gsm Fine Art Textured– a highly textured, natural white, super heavyweight, archival fine art paper – mimics textured watercolour paper
WHAT PAPER SIZES FIT THE CANON PRO-2100 PRINTER…?
The Canon PRO-2100 A1 size (24″) printer can take rolls up to 24″ wide / 610mm and up to 90mt long (15cms diameter).
Here is an overview of the standard sizes of wide format paper rolls and sheets and the size of prints you can use them for. Sizing varies between traditional CAD sizing where true ISO sheet size is required from rolls and graphics sizing which is almost always oversized to allow designs with a bleed for trimming. Where a roll accommodates two sizes you can print both by simply turning your print to landscape.
CAD PAPERS FOR TECHNICAL DRAWINGS (not usually associated with the PRO-2000, but no reason why not!)
- 297mm – this is available in only a few product ranges and is the exact width of the long side of A4 or the short side of A3
- 420mm -this is available in only a few product ranges and is the exact width of the long side of A3 or the short side of A2
- 594mm -this is available in more product ranges and is the exact width of the long side of A2 or the short side of A1
- 610mm – this is readily available in nearly every product range – it is oversize so when printing A2 or A1 scale drawings you would have a small margin
- A4, A3, A2, A1 Sheets
GRAPHICS PAPERS FOR PRESENTATION, PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK AND DISPLAY
- 432mm | 17″- oversize A2/A3 so you can print your design with a bleed and then trim to fit a frame, or use the full size
- 610mm | 24″ – oversize A1/A2 so you can print your design with a bleed and then trim to fit a frame, or use the full size
- A4, A3, A3+, A2,A1 Sheets
