Digital BW, The Print

Would you say that if my paper is 17 (43 cm) wide (call it 'my substrate') and my image is sized to 15.75 inches (40 cm) (call it 'my paper') the difference is 1.25 inches (3.175 cm)= I should set my margins to 0.625 in (1.5 cm) ? make sense ? How did you decide on minimum margins of 1/2 inch?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, anne saint Peter <asp.artist@...> wrote:
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> The front feeder will only take paper 16 inches wide. What I am printing now
> is 14 x 30+ .The substrate has been 15 x 35. I set the paper size for 15 x
> 30 and then set the margins 1 in top and 1/2 sides (margins to match paper
> placement) . And I'm using double sided tape to hold the paper down.
> Truthfully, I have not had much luck with the rear feeder, it always has
> something of its own to add - paper skews and misfeeds.
> 
> Actually, I'm printing Panoramas on metal .....and want a full bleed. I lie
> about the image size to the printer.
> 
> Anne
> annesaintpeter.com
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> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:46 AM, frankg_photo <frankgross@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Thank you Anne,
> > It is encouraging that you have the same OS and it's working for you.
> > I have not tried the Front Feeder nor have I ensured 1/2 inch margins.
> > I have tried 0, 0.13, & 0.25 margins.
> > How do you do this - if the paper is 17 in wide then do you size your image
> > to 16 inches wide ? Or if it's a panorama then size it to 16 in height? And
> > do you additionally set the margin size in the Page setup window to 0.5 in?
> > I'm not clear what you mean by a larger substarte holding your paper - like
> > taping a smaller sheet onto a larger 17 x 35 sheet?
> >
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, anne saint Peter
> > <asp.artist@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Not sure what help this is...I'm printing up 30 + inches on my 3800 using
> > > the front feeder. I am using a larger, 35 inch substrate to hold my
> > paper. I
> > > just reset the image size to the substrate size in the printer dialogue
> > box,
> > > and make sure I have at least 1/2 inch margin around the paper I am
> > printing
> > > on. The image has been oriented correctly (how I want it to print ) in
> > PS.
> > > This has worked in both PS 3 and 5. Using Mac 10.5.8.
> > >
> > > Anne
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:28 AM, frankg_photo <frankgross@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to print an image that is sized to 40cm x 60 cm (23.619
> > inches
> > > > x 15.747 inches) on an epson 3880. Since the image is longer than the
> > preset
> > > > paper sizes (max 17x22), I am cutting off a paper roll and trying to
> > use
> > > > Custom Size Management.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have success printing longer than 22 inches on the 3800/3880 ?
> > > > I am getting the weirdest results with incorrect orientation and only
> > > > segments of the image printing . If you google 'custom sizes 3800 mac'
> > you
> > > > see that I am not the only one, but there isn't a clear solution.It
> > seems
> > > > that PS & the page setup aren't talking to each other nicely.
> > > > Preset sizes work OK.
> > > >
> > > > Using Mac OSX 10.5.8 & CS4. I enter the correct width x height in the
> > > > File>Page setup. It gives itself a name like 'untitled' which I can
> > re-name.
> > > > But in the PS>Print window it shows the orientation reversed. If I
> > switch
> > > > the width x height numbers in page setup (width as height etc) it shows
> > it
> > > > correctly in the PS>Print preview. Either way it doesn't print
> > correctly,
> > > > and not only is there incorrect orientation but it very weirdly only
> > prints
> > > > a segment of the image(like a 5.5 inch).
> > > >
> > > > I read about and changed the unit measurement in my OS>System prefs>
> > Intn'l
> > > > formats> to be US which is how the PS pref is set (both in inches).
> > > > I have tried rotating the image.
> > > > Scaled is un-checked, centered is checked.
> > > > I'm using auto feeder (no roll paper support on this printer).
> > > > I've tried setting all the margins to 0 and also to 0.13 in and also to
> > .25
> > > > I have not set anything on the printer's lcd menu.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have ideas of what may be the problem & solution?
> > > > Other than using a RIP.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > (please email)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > annesaintpeter.com
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