GDS | Graphic Design Supplies Ltd offer a carefully chosen range of fine art inkjet media rolls to suit our customers digital inkjet print quality requirements whilst looking after their budget too.
Our GDS Matt Smooth Fine Art Paper is a smooth digital art paper designed to suit the needs of photographers and artists using digital photographic inkjet machines who want to achieve fine art quality. This paper mimicks smooth water colour art paper and provides excellent image sharpness and optimum colour graduation. Made from 100% cotton GDS Matt Smooth 300gsm is a versatile smooth, white, heavyweight, all purpose, matt paper which feels great in the hand and with what we call excellent ‘ping’! quality. A very accommodating best seller. Perfect for fine art reproduction, wedding and emotional or life photography and limited edition prints.
This paper is particularly well placed to stand as an alternative to Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm. To see the comparison between Fine Art Smooth 300gsm and the Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm see HERE.
If you are looking for a specific paper for fine art photographic reproduction give us a call on 01625 613548 and we will be happy to help and provide samples even if the product isn’t listed on our GDS website.
WHAT PAPER & MEDIA TYPES YOU CAN USE ON THE CANON PRO-4000 PRINTER…?
GDS stocks a huge range of paper and media in rolls and sheets and we know exactly what fits your Canon PRO-4000 Printer.
The Canon PRO-4000 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-4000 can print onto roll paper or you can individually load paper sheets to use sheet media. We much prefer roll feed and we should be able to supply a variety of rolls in your chosen media type.
The Canon PRO-4000 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 on your PRO-4000 printer. You will usually find a ‘near enough’ media setting on the Canon PRO-4000 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, PermaJet, Fotospeed etc…
Canon themselves have launched a full range of Canon branded PRO-Series media in theirBeyond Imagination PRO-Series Range–CLICK HEREfor a full list.
WHAT GDS RECOMMENDS FOR YOUR PERFECT CANON PRO-4000 PRINTS…
GDS offers a basic ‘tried & tested’ range of our own brand medias which will give great results and superb value for money when printing on the Canon PRO-4000 printer.Our PRO-4000 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:
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- 90gsm GDS Uncoated Paper– basic uncoated plain paper with no frills – will take very light ink loads for every day printing
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- 112gsm GDSTracing Paper– where translucent prints are needed for overlays
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- 110micGDSDouble Matt Film– a polyester translucent film with water resistance and anti-rip robustness
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- 100gsm GDSMatt Coated Paper– perfectly smooth for that higher quality presentation feel and client presentation of light ink coverage prints
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- 120gsm GDSMatt Coated Paper– a heavier feel for smarter prints or heavier designs – great for when the prints might be handled more often
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- 165gsm GDSMatt Coated Paper– smart looking poster paper with a robust feel, capable of handling heavy inks loads for full coverage and images
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- 180gsm GDSMatt Coated Paper– similar use as the 165gsm but some customers prefer this slightly heavier weight
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- 190gsm GDSSatin Photo Paper– a lovely sheened surface without too much glare – the sharpest most vivid colours and a really professional result
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- 190gsm Gloss Photo Paper– same as the Satin but this one has a very high gloss surface
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- 230gsm GDSMatt Coated Paper – a perfect robust poster paper – ideal for art-shop prints and wall presentations
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- 250gsm GDSStudio Matt Photo Paper– a high quality matt photo paper for full coverage prints and superb images
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- 260gsm GDSSatin Photo Paper– probably the most popular roll ever for the Canon PRO-4000
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- 260gsm GDSPolyester Canvas– a great value woven canvas roll – very popular with educational departments
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- 300gsm GDSFine Art Smooth– a subtly textured, natural white, super heavyweight, archival fine art paper- mimics watercolour paper
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- 300gsm GDSFine Art Textured– a highly textured, natural white, super heavyweight, archival fine art paper – mimics textured watercolour paper
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- 320gsmGDSPolyester Canvas– a slightly heavier woven canvas roll – popular with the personalised prints market
WHAT PAPER SIZES FIT THE CANON PRO-4000 PRINTER…?
The Canon PRO-4000 (44″) printer can take rolls up to 44″ wide / 1118mm 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-4000, BUT NO REASON WHY NOT!)
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 841mm -this is available in a few product ranges and is the exact width of the long side of A1 or the short side of A0
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- 914mm – this is readily available in nearly every product range – it is oversize so when printing A1 or A0 scale drawings. You would have a small margin
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- 1067mm -this is available in a few CAD products only
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- 1118mm – this is not generally available in CAD ranges
GRAPHICS PAPERS FOR PRESENTATION, PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK AND DISPLAY
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- 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
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- 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
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- 914mm | 36″ -oversize A0 / A1 so you can print your design with a bleed and then trim to fit a frame, or use the full size
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- 1067mm | 42” – more popular than 44” and available in most photo and presentation ranges
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- 1118mm | 44″ – the widest size roll that the PRO-4000 can handle, available in most art paper ranges
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- A4, A3, A3+, A2,A1 Sheets
