Digital BW, The Print

Actually the 9600 has a much longer length limit than 44" when using even 
the Epson driver, I do long prints color and qtr on the banner setting all the 
time. But not this length.

What we are exploring here is the way the rip QTR is handling the file 
throught Photoshop .  I have done many Qtr prints in the 60" length but when it 
comes to this more extreme length something is happening and I don't know 
what my limit is. Pixel count could have something to do with it.

Roy wrote me a couple of weeks ago that people from this list told him the 
limit was 100 feet, which is far, far, beyond the 12-15' limit that I want to work 
with.  I wish I knew who that was so I could ask him. This could be an issue for 
a lot of people who do monochrome panoramas and want to sell them for an 
installation.

John





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Graham" <
gebilwil@n...> wrote:
> The Epson driver/OS combination has a 44 inch limit---actually I think the 
limit varies a 
> bit with printer and OS, and it is a well discussed problem.  There is a paper 
discussing 
> this on the Epson site someplace, and a search here or on wide format will 
probably find 
> something.
> 
> Anyway, a traditional solution is to tile the image in a software that 
implements this.  
> Illustrator comes to  mind.  There is a file uploaded on the Epson 4000 
group that 
> discusses how to do this.
> 
> Also, does the current 9600 firmware/software have a banner option?  That 
supposedly 
> works on the 4000 with "pseudo tiling" in Photoshop.
> 
> Scott
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
> <deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> > The entire file size of this print is 105 megs ( small in larger scheme of 
things).
> > The way  I tried it last night was 24"x 180" @ 160 dpi  ( pixel width was 
3840 - 
> > pixel height was 28800 pixels}.
> > 
> > Should I try reducing this further? You think it  might be a limitation with 
> > Photoshop? The problem with doing anymore tests is that it wasts  a lot of 
ink 
> > and it takes forever, but I might have to keep doing tests and changing 
> > settings. I'm just not sure what to attempt. I've written Roy but I actually 
don't 
> > think he any experience with large format printers and panoramas.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" <
> > dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> > > Regarding not printing from PhotoShop:
> > > 
> > > Could this be an issue with the total number of pixels? I seem to 
> > > recall that there was a limit on some versions of PS that would not 
> > > allow you to print correctly. 30,000 seems to come to mind, but I might 
> > > be wrong.
> > > 
> > > Also a cheaper paper suggestion: Hahnemuhle ArtProof. Still not 
> > > extremely cheap, but if you are working with the other papers in that 
> > > family, a good color match and it seems to hold just as much ink as the 
> > > other coated papers.
> > > 
> > > As far as the rest goes... sorry, can't help.