Digital BW, The Print

>I think I know there's no way to use the Epson drivers, say on a
1280, to print longer than 44 inches, but perhaps with one of the
several RIPs being used for other purposes, even if only on a
Mac?

My impression is that panormic prints might be getting
increasingly
popular, and I'd think a length limit would be a frustration in
that
context. Is there a conventional size or, more likely I guess,
ratio
for panoramas?<

If the Epson driver allows it then there's no practical limit in
Qimage (Windows). Practical in the sense that at 30 cm width
printed to the edge you could print a 360 degrees panorama of a
50 mm Voyageur panorama camera that has a 1:6 ratio image. Total
length then 180 cm = six feet. Don't think there are MF panorama
cameras with longer focal lengths or 35 mm's with the same ratio.
The scanback panorama cameras are a different category and so is
the LF panorama group.

That leaves the question where to get a scanner that scans 36 cm
film.

Ernst