Digital BW, The Print

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)