I’d say most printers are compatible.
Most newer printers come with rear feed slots to help with the thicker materials.
Really wouldn’t know, I do know that there are some images on GADC that would fetch a nice penny 
Committee should have a auction on eBay 
Ask your canvas printer (if you use one) what colour profile they use on their printers.
Then use the same colour profile in photoshop or your editor of choice to get exactly what you see on screen
I had custom icc files created for canvas, photo paper and printable vinyl for my epson 9800 they print out perfect 99.99% of the time, i need some good scenery up here in manchester.
Yes I have found similar when I have printed stills from my DSLR.
I have had a quick search and found this.
https://www.colourphil.co.uk/prints-appear-dark.shtml
I have noticed oin lightroom an option for soft proofing, but have never understood it so maybe I will have a look and see.
I do also have options on my monitor for Adobe RGB I think. Can’t remember, but will have a look.
Quite an interesting topic and one I would also like to explore.
My local lab (bit more expensive than the high streets and online) use FUJI Frontier equipment.
I edit all my images using the colour profile for these (different ones for different papers) which are available here all I make sure is that the lab do not add and correction to the images I send them (they have a habit of doing that).
If you have a local printer and images are coming back not matching what you have produced on screen its worth having a chat with them for advice.
I work for a repographics company as an engineer and I run into this issue of darker images than what is displayed on the screen of the pc (especially at estate agents) the main issue you have is once the image is printed there is no longer a backlight behind the image like there is on a screen, therefore will look much darker on paper (to prove this I usually place the paper image on a window so that the daylight acts as a backlight) you can get specialised monitors that can be calibrated but these are rather expensive. Best bet is to lighten the image in post edit and re print just do it in stages until you are happy with the outcome. Hope this helps 
Looks great Steve 
Looks amazing Steve and I think you chose the right photo for it.
Thank you guys 
Nice Steve, did you print this yourself?
Thank you mate, yeah all printed at home and framed.
Nice job Steve what printer have you got ?
