Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Rose" <pjrose@f...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
> <roy@h...> wrote:
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pmillari"
> <pmillari@y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > As the subject line states, will QuadtoneRIP let you print edge to
> > > edge with the above combination?
> 
> > 
> > The short answer is no, you can't do full bleed borderless prints.
> > 
> > However, I have been looking into the borderless issue.  From what
> I've
> > seen so far the 2200 Epson drivers on both Mac and PC don't allow
> true
> > borderless with sheet paper either.  Apparently the 2100 drivers do.
> 
> Hmmm, I've been having no trouble with borderless printing (color)
> using the 2200 Epson driver in OS X 10.2.4. The only hoop that Epson
> makes you jump through is that after you select the printer option as:
> "Stylus Photo 2200 (sheet feeder--borderless)" in the Page Setup
> dialogue ("Format For..."), you must reselect that option *again* when
> back in the Print dialogue ("Printer..."). You'd think that specifying
> once--in Page Setup--would suffice, but IME it doesn't.
> 
> Phil

Thanks, Phil.  I guess the last time I tried it was on Windows.  On Windows
you can't get to the borderless box unless you have Photo black ink
installed.  I was able to fool it by having the printer off and yes the
borderless seems to be possible.  However, it puts up several warning messages
saying the quality is less than perfect at bottom of page.

I'm curious, do you find the borderless quality substandard?  Have you used
various papers with borderless?  I wonder if there is some "cost" or penalty
for using the borderless driver versus the regular one -- i.e. why two of them?

Roy