Print clipping with an Epson 9800 (PSCS2)

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Gary_McMillan
Nov 18, 2006
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I have tried all combinations of Borderless printing (Epson Driver), Scale to fit Media and picture clipping occurs one way or the other.

Example would be:
Create a 24" x 40" image (bitmap & vector, a non mix is the same results) Print with Preview
Page Setup button
Define which printer and its properties (Borderless is here)including paper size. I use roll paper primarily. Here I do a user defined 24" x 40" paper (24" roll paper by whatever 2nd dimension)

Selecting Borderless and no Scale To Media, PS complains that it is going to clip, and it does if I proceed to print.

Selecting Borderless and Scale To Media, PS no longer complains that it is going to clip, but the image is clipped.

The paper size can be defined in 0.01" increments (24" x 40" would be 2400 x 4000)

But regardless it seems to clip.

Actually the same thing happens with my Epson 2200.

What I have discovered is that if I have defined the paper as 44" x 25" on a 44" roll, and print the same picture (24" x 40")in landscape mode (plenty of whitespace, a.k.a. waste) the image prints dead nuts on.

So, I am starting to come to the conclusion that borderless, low waste printing is not feasible.

Is this the Epson driver, PS, or both not playing well together.

Any input or alternative resources would be appreciated.

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Michael_D_Sullivan
Nov 18, 2006
For borderless printing, the Epson print engine enlarges the image size slightly (about 5 percent or a bit less) to ensure that the image is not printed with any white edges due to paper misalignment. I have found on my 2200 that I can minimize the clipping by resizing my image to actual paper size (e.g., 13" x 19", 4" x 6"), and then setting Print with Preview to center the image and print it at 96% of actual size. The clipping dialog still comes up (it will whenever you are printing in the printer’s defined margins), but tell it OK. You can try using 95% if there is still too much clipping.
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Gary_McMillan
Nov 18, 2006
I appreciate the input

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