Pro-10 Print Settings - You can print edge to edge on Fine Art paper ?

[ianm2k4]

I have a Canon Pro-10 printer. It is known that in the printer settings if you set the Media Type to a fine art paper then the driver enforces a 30mm margin on the print. So if you try to print from Lightroom but have 10mm margins it refuses to print until you change something.

Now I can get around this by setting the Media type to a photo paper so I could print edge to edge on a fine art paper.

My question is;

As I can set the paper size in the Page Setup dialog, I have colour managed by Lightroom and I use the correct ICC profile for the paper/printer, does this Media Type setting actually do anything in respect of the print? I have printed some canvas prints and I can see no difference in the print quality?

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

ICC profile controls color. Media type controls how the ink is laid down. It's been my experience that as long as you select similar surface types everything comes out fine.

[ianm2k4]

Thanks. Thats what I thought also.

This explains it...

http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Professional-Photo-Printers/Will-Pro-10-print-borderless-on-fine-a...