Printing question: I have the Canon Pro 200 printer, perhaps some other Hoggers have the same printer. I want to print, mat, and frame some of the photos I have taken. My question is...

leftyD500 Loc: Ocala, Florida

I have the Canon Pro 200 printer, perhaps some other Hoggers have the same printer. I want to print, mat, and frame some of the photos I have taken. My question is, using my printer, can I print the name of the butterflies on the bottom edge of the mat board itself? If so, can you please direct me to information on how to do it? It is regular mat thickness, not double matted. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Does the mat go through the printer?????
I think for most printers they will not because of the thickness of the mat.

leftyD500 Loc: Ocala, Florida

I was hoping that the mat would go through the printer but am leery of a jam.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

leftyD500 wrote:

I was hoping that the mat would go through the printer but am leery of a jam.

I think it won't even feed. WAY too thick.

leftyD500 Loc: Ocala, Florida

Longshadow wrote:

I think it won't even feed. WAY too thick.

I am afraid that you are right, thanks for responding.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Only your printer manual knows for sure…

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

leftyD500 wrote:

I have the Canon Pro 200 printer, perhaps some other Hoggers have the same printer. I want to print, mat, and frame some of the photos I have taken. My question is, using my printer, can I print the name of the butterflies on the bottom edge of the mat board itself? If so, can you please direct me to information on how to do it? It is regular mat thickness, not double matted. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Anything you print with dye based inks will fade.

This printer has no facility to handle thick media. Maximum paper weight is 380 gsm.

Specs on B&H Web Site

Boris77

leftyD500 wrote:

I have the Canon Pro 200 printer, perhaps some other Hoggers have the same printer. I want to print, mat, and frame some of the photos I have taken. My question is, using my printer, can I print the name of the butterflies on the bottom edge of the mat board itself? If so, can you please direct me to information on how to do it? It is regular mat thickness, not double matted. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Print on adhesive backed paper, or on treated transparent acetate.
Used to get products from Office Depot; no idea who sells what now.
or Print on anything you can/want and adhesive it on. Properly applied Rubber Cement lasts a long time.
Back in the day I was involved with art shows, no one printer printed on mats. The fine artists did calligraphy.
Boris

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Boris77 wrote:

Print on adhesive backed paper, or on treated transparent acetate.
Used to get products from Office Depot; no idea who sells what now.
or Print on anything you can/want and adhesive it on. Properly applied Rubber Cement lasts a long time.
Back in the day I was involved with art shows, no one printer printed on mats. The fine artists did calligraphy.
Boris

Some of the better Epsons will print on mat board up to 1.5mm thick. They have a "straight through" paper path and an adjustment lever that accounts for the thickness.

Rubber cement is NOT an archival adhesive and should never be used on any part of an assembly going into a frame under glass.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

burkphoto wrote:

Some of the better Epsons will print on mat board up to 1.5mm thick. They have a "straight through" paper path and an adjustment lever that accounts for the thickness.

Rubber cement is NOT an archival adhesive and should never be used on any part of an assembly going into a frame under glass.

Agreed. The Epson printers can also be used to print Direct-To-Plate Photogravure plates.