How to Protect Your Inkjet Prints

Moab Master, Les Picker, demonstrates how to use Moab Desert Varnish to protect your inkjet prints from scuffing, scratches and fingerprints.

The spray is 100% invisible and has no sheen whatsoever. There are sprays on the market that do this, but we decided it was better to leave the visible look of the print as-is.

When should you use it?

You can technically spray a print within 15 minutes after the print comes out of the printer, however I would wait a day. Pigment inks have a glycol that needs to evaporate 100%, and 99% of it is gone within a few minutes of printing. It is that last 1% that I would like to be sure about. The spray dries very very quickly, like 20 minutes. I would print, let sit for a day, spray, package up later that day. That means one day after your print is printed.

How to feed cut sheets of canvas through your printer

Here is a quick rundown of some ideas if you are wanting to print on cut sheets of canvas, such as our Moab Ansazi Canvas:

1) With the adjustable paper guide in place, slightly back off the guide about 1/4 of an inch away from the canvas. This allows the printer to wiggle the media into place.

2) Be sure to use the recommended paper path for canvas on your printer. Most printers do not allow you to use bulk, or cassette paper paths. Most printers require you to use a manual one-at-a-time feeding process.

3) Be sure to use the correct media type in your printer driver, in addition to icc profile. The media type instructs the printer to accept the proper thickness for the media, as well as it instructs the printer on how much ink to place on the media.