Digital BW, The Print

Martin, 
I follow your thinking. 

But I differ.  I think it would not be too hard to take a 36" wide roll, unroll a 36" length, cut it to that length, take that to a flat surface, get a 36" yard stick, measure, mark paper, hold yardstick to paper and use as a straightedge, cut into 13" wide strips with a rotary trimmer.  

Cutting mat board straight is tough.  300gsm paper will be easy using the right tools.

Rotary Trimmer: 
Go to a Michaels art store or similar and get a handheld rotary trimmer for about $6. They are made by fiskars and others and used by crafters (people who make quilts of fabric and scrapbooks and paper crafts).  These rotary trimmers even have interchangeable wheels so you could make your paper cute on the edge with scalloped edges (grin) or even put a faux "deckle edge" on the strip of paper.  

Use a piece of mat board or foamcore under your paper.They look like a pizza cutter (that could work too) and work wonders if used with a straightedge.  Cheap and efficient.  Keep the rest on the roll for storage. 

That is what I would/will do. 

Regards, 
Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mwesley250@... 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 12:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Panorama Paper


  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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