Digital BW, The Print

>The 5x7 cards are actually 7x10 pre-scored sheets.
>
>The envelope size I print 3-up on a standard letter sized sheet and
>trim them down with a paper cutter after printing.
>
>So I'm not really throwing anything out of the ordinary at it.

I agree.

>Interesting to hear about the custom sheet size limit. Where did you
>get that information?
>
>James Haney


I don't remember, James, but evidently from the 4800's "Printer 
Guide". I can't find it anywhere else on Epson's site. This Guide 
says on pages 37 and 38 that the cut-sheet sizes you "can use", and 
that the sizes it will "will accept", range from 8 x 10 inches to 17 
x 22 inches. My guess is that we could get away with longer lengths 
by adding something to the output tray (Dan Culbertson has done that 
for the 3000). But I'd worry that stock more narrow than 8 inches 
might not be held inside the printer at precisely the right angle to 
the path of the print head.

To download this Guide go to:

<http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Doc&oid=57105&prodoid=55197363>

Its pages, incidentally, are 7.5 inches wide. 8)
--
Sam


>On Jul 14, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Sam McCandless wrote:
>
>>  I hope the 4800 is at least feasible, James, because from its spec's,
>>  which I might have misunderstood, I thought it wouldn't feed
>  > custom-sized sheets smaller than letter size.

So I misremembered that instead of 8 x 10.

>Which I need in order
>  > to be able to re-print old family photos one-up in their original,
>>  typically small, sizes. So I haven't thought the 4800 was an option
>>  for me. But if it can feed sheets the size of your holiday cards'
>>  stock even one at a time, then maybe it is.
>>  --
>>  Sam
>>
>>
>>>  Last year I did a brisk business making holiday cards for portrait
>>>  customers printing Entrada 5x7 pre-folded stock (188 gsm as I recall)
>>>  as well as letter sized sheets cut in thirds to fit in #10 envelopes.
>>>
>>>  I used QTR with OEM inks in an Epson 2200.
>>>
>>>  This was all well and good, except, no tweaking or creative solution
>>>  could be found to get a stack of sheets to automatically load the
>>>  relatively thick stock.
>>>
>>>  This year I am contemplating getting a 4800 to do the job but I want
>>>  to
>>>  hear from actual users if the printer is capable of printing a stack
>>>  of
>>>  188 gsm paper unassisted. I will be around to keep an eye on things, I
>>>  just don't ever want to go back to setting a timer to be at the
>>>  printer
>>>  at the exact instant required to "ooch" each sheet into the feed
>>>  rollers again.
>>>
>>>  Let me know.
>>>
>  >> James Haney