Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale"
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> 
> I recently posted some observations re coating prints made with the
Epson driver with 
> glop using QTR and an issue I came across re different image sizes.
> 
> Well it turns out that the Epson 2100 driver for Mac (UK version) is
off - QTR is spot on 
> (tests done with A4 paper, image 3x5in, centred).  If you print an
image with the Epson 
> standard driver your print will be lopsided on the page.  If you
print using the Epson No 
> Margins driver your image will be very nearly perfectly centred (1mm
off) BUT will be 
> bigger than it should be (3 1/8 x 5 1/8").  
> 
> The only annoying thing about QTR is that it seems to prevent you
from using the top and 
> bottom (portrait) 1.5cm of the page if A4 centred is selected. 
> 
> The Epson driver for Mac in the UK really is a piece of crap.  On
top of the issues noted 
> above, it won't let you print black only when a Photo Black
cartridge is installed - it uses 
> all the inks.  I know the 2200 driver does not have the BO problem -
what about the points 
> I note above?

The 2200 Epson prints perfectly centered images--without any excluded
top/bottom segments-- if the driver version called "Stylus Photo 2200
(Standard--Minimize Margins)" is used. This driver version is not to
be confused with the one used for borderless printing (that's called
"no margins" for the 2100?), which Epson calls "Stylus Photo 2200
(Sheet Feeder--Borderless)". Yes, the 2200 borderless option does
print with somewhat expanded image size--something Epson does in order
to help ensure  that the print will actually be borderless. IMHO,
Epson goes too far in this regard (I print a 4x6" image scaled down to
3.85x5.775 in order to minimize the amount that the driver "trims" off
my image.

Phil