Digital BW, The Print

Tim & Martin -

I just joined yesterday for the purpose of learning how to do this 
(printing 12"x84" panoramas) since they cost around $300 a piece on 
silver paper. 

Did you get it to work? Are the same size options, menu selections 
available on a 1280? Also, are you printing color or b&w? What paper?

thanks,
andy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., mwesley250@e... wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> When you enter a length value in the Epson driver under the "User 
> Defined" paper size it will not accept a number larger than the 
> maximum listed. I went through the PiezoBW manual and it looks like 
> paper size is under the control of the Epson driver.
> 
> However, on the Epson side I noticed that while my 1200 is limited 
to 
> 44", if I put my Epson 1270 or 785 in "Roll Feeder" or "Banner" mode 
> I can then go to the "user defined" paper size and specify a length 
> up to 129"!! No way to test this out at the moment. This would make 
a 
> 13" roll option more interesting for the newer generation of 
printers.
> 
> So with the 1270 on up we can start printing our 13" by 129" 
> panoramas! If there is some paper available. You really would have 
to 
> roll feed this since trying to hand feed a 129" sheet into a 1270 
> sounds a little tricky. Even 44" may be a problem.
> 
> I am also assuming that with the other ink set, MIS, Spectratone, 
> Lyson, etc. length is also limited by the Epson driver. Someone let 
> us know if this is not true.
> 
> In any case, the ability to print a 13" by 44" panorama on the 
> desktop is a huge leap for producing panoramas! Consider the 
> difficulty of  printing and processing at this size in the darkroom.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tim Spragens" 
> <t.spragens@c...> wrote:
> > I wonder, Martin. I remember in the PiezoBW information that the 
> > paper length was no longer limited. If set longer, does the Epson 
> > driver refuse it? I assumed it would just truncate the print, 
> rather 
> > than disallowing a lenght over 44". I've got a roll of Epson 
paper, 
> but 
> > it is too wide for the 1160, so no way to test for sure.
> > 
> (snip earlier)