Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> Update,
> 
> Wanted to fill you in on the final outcome last night with my panorama printed 
> out of Photoshop and qtr.
> 
> After I set up the qtr 2.2( new version) I was able to complete my project.
> 
> QTR functioned beautifully. My final print was 20"x170" ( 14 feet long) on 
> William Turner rag. This is as large as Photoshop would let me go. It took 
> several hours to complete. I lost count. I used the slower qtr setting. The file 
> was sent to the 9600 at 170 dpi in greyscale 2.2. The resolution was just fine 
> and the tonality was quite smooth. I normally use at least 240 dpi but this 
> worked.
> 
> I tried the new version of PS CS2 and found no difference in its ability to 
> handle larger files on my Mac. My final pixel count was 3400 pixels by 28900 
> pixels = 32,300 total pixels I assume?
> 
> It was nice not having to  tile out of Illustrator and keep the control of qtr. But 
> apparently for anything longer ( please no ) I would have to use Illustrator or 
> buy Studio Print which I should have anyway.......
> 
> John

The Photoshop limit was a real surprise to me.  Although PS CS can make
and edit files larger than 30000 pixels in width or height, you can't print them.
(The limit is for the width and height in pixels not the sum).   So you can
go as large as a 30000x30000 pixel image.  But once you step over to 30001
pixels you lose the Print command as well as a bunch of other functions.
No printing seems pretty drastic to me.   

But it does appear that you can save as a TIFF file, read it into Preview and
print from there.

BTW, from Epson literature it looks like the 7600/9600 are limited at 15meters
or about 49 feet.

Roy