Digital BW, The Print

Steadman,

You're absolutely right about the Epson roll adapters for the desktop 
models. I unfortunately bought the roll adapter for my 1270 and I 
doubt its ability to handle even Epson's paper! Probably fine for 
mass producing family snap shots off a 4" roll but not for heavy 
papers.

I thought about cutting 13" X 36" strips off of 36" wide rolls but 
you would need a good cutter. I don't think that the desktop printers 
would tolerate much variation in paper width if you couldn't get a 
straight cut.

I might be able to do it with my mat cutter. A 36" Rotatrim would be 
better but cost about $365. Of course you could buy a Rotatrim 99" 
DIGITECH CUTTER for about $1,000 and get just about anything you 
wanted out of any current rolls or sheets. Aside from the cost there 
is the old where do I put it when I'm not using it issue.

I would just as soon have a paper in a 13" wide roll I could cut at 
any length with the 20" Rotatrim I already have.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Steadman Uhlich" 
<steadmanuhlich@k...> wrote:
> I think the best cost effective solution is buy the roll, cut off 
the 36 inch length and hand feed it.  Roll adaptors made for photo 
(lightweight paper) are probably not built to handle a heavy 
roll...longterm.  also, skip the roll adaptor...save more money for 
more paper!
> 
> Steadman
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: mwesley250@e... 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y... 
>   Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:03 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Panorama Paper
> 
> 
>   Earlier the issue of panorama paper was brought up by John 
Brownlow 
>   (Post #46) and I don't want the thread to die out without an 
answer. 
>   While there are art paper options for the big printers in rolls 
there 
>   is a need for Panorama sized paper for the desktop models.
> 
>   In checking around the web I have not turned up anything at all, 
>   nothing.
> 
>   Does anyone know of any quality paper that is being sold in say a 
>   13X26 or longer size? Or better yet 13" or 17" rolls? (Epson 
makes 
>   the Photo Paper in 4" and 13"(?) rolls I believe but this is not 
my 
>   idea of quality paper. Jump in if you disagree.)
> 
>   If not, is there anyway to special order from any of the major 
>   manufacturers/suppliers like Crane, Hahnemule, Arches, Legion, 
>   Brightcube, Lyson, Hawk Mountain, Lumijet, etc..?
> 
>   This is a tough one because while there are roll adapters for the 
>   desktop printers they definitely were not designed for a nice 310 
gsm 
>   paper so there is no obvious motivation to supply rolls!
> 
>   But if there were 13" and 17" wide rolls of art paper you could 
just 
>   cut off the length you wanted and hand feed it. That way you 
could do 
>   1:2, 1:3, 1:4, or 1:?  panorama's as desired.
> 
>   Any ideas on how to get something like this?
> 
>   It would be really great to have a 12" by 36" B&W print matted 
and 
>   framed up on the wall!!!
> 
>   Martin
> 
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