Make+3+Inch+Core+Adapter

=How can I make an adapter for the IPF8000 instead of buying an adapter for 3 inch core roll paper?=

One way to do this is detailed in [|this article].

A poster to the Wiki writes, "I found an even better solution with some papers (e.g., Canon Photo Pearl). They have a plastic cup that you can just put on the roll without sawing anything. They look like the smaller blue 3"adapter that came with the Roll Feed Unit for the Canon IPF5000. I found that all of the Canon 3" core papers had that thing, you can achieve the same results by cutting as stated in that article but this is somewhat nicer and easier.

First image: This piece came with my roll of Canon photo pearl 260gsm and Fine art extrasmooth (Note: those are European names). The smaller part fits 2" core easily (I have a roll of pearl photo loaded this way in the printer now; it's even faster than replacing those 3" blue caps Canon supplied):



Piece connected to gray thing:



Differences between Canon blue 3"core adapter and piece supplied with 3"core roll:



I also purchased roll holder set, it came exactly packaged as with the Roll Feed Unit with same pieces. Price paid was about $60 a little bit too much but worth it if you are changing papers all the time. Usually I leave one all-round paper on one set and change the finer papers on the other.