I like to make a lot of my own artwork and design elements such as rugs for the Newport since it is so easy.  Printing on fabric is also something I've tried with good results overall.  I bought some specialty papers from The Crafty PC to try, and they ended up being great materials.

First is the Velour Card Stock.  I am trying my hand at needlepoint and punchneedle embroidery for rugs, but I also have found images that I want to reproduce as exact as possible.  Printing on paper creates a good look but the paper is often shiny.  Printing on fabric doesn't necessarily achieve the right texture for rugs, either.

Here's an example printed on fabric and then adhered to felt.  The rug is a print of JCPenney's Floral Vine Rug by Chris Madden.  I had to pump up the color in PhotoShop to make up for the color loss when printing on fabric.

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Here's the same image on the Velour Card Stock.  In this instance, I used the original (not color-corrected) image.  Much better texture and very close to the coloration of the actual rug (I have this rug in my real life house).

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Unlike fabric printing which requires ink jet printing for the best results, you can put these specialty papers through a laser printer.  The color isn't as vibrant when you use a laser printer, but that is easily remedied by pumping up the color in a photo editor before printing.  If you can, I would suggest using an ink jet printer because the color is just richer overall.

I also bought Fuzzy Paper and Adhesive-Backed Velour Paper.  They both have similar surface texture, though the Fuzzy Paper is slightly thinner than the Velour Card Stock.  I haven't printed on the latter two yet, but I am guessing they will have similar properties as the Velour Card Stock.

The other type of paper I bought really isn't a paper.  It's called Art Canvas.  It's a flimsy material that has a texture like canvas.  It was difficult to get this to load in the ink jet printer and the color streaked.  I had amazing results with the laser printer, though.  The artwork is Plum Tree Panel III by Rodolfo Jimenez.  The material is thin, so I've backed it with white paper to show off the colors.  I recommend sharpening the image in PhotoShop before printing since the canvas texture blurs it slightly.

It looks just like a painted canvas.