Digital BW, The Print

I did this to try some highly recommended Epson papers and it may not be worth the savings, depending. A large "T" square (I use a sheetrock cutter's for the size and price), a sharp knife and a cutting pad (I use a piece of mat board but cardboard will probably work) are all you need. But before you do that I suggest that you try to flatten the roll first and that can be tricky because you have to roll it backwards while handling the printable surface and it's pretty easy to make those little half-moon creases, so it requires a lot of care. I tried to re-roll the whole roll on the Epson core, but that wasn't tight enough to take out all the curvature. Finally, I made a special rolling core with a piece of 1&1/4 inch plastic pipe to which I taped a few sheets of plain wrapping paper as protection for the Epson paper - that worked for each cut sheet before use, but by that time I had put so much effort into that I decided it wasn't worth it and just switched to back cut sheets (Kayenta, as the price and quality are right for me).

Frank
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 From: "roleiman" <simsedg@...>
Subject: Possible to cut Epson paper rolls?

Friends I print on an Epson R2400. The maximum stock width is 13". For 
my best, I print on Epson UltraSmooth 13x19 which rings in at $4 per 
sheet. Unfortunately, the narrowest roll stock is 17". There is a 44" 
roll that, cut in  3 13" segments would give me 150 feet, at around $1 
less per foot. And it would be more econmical because there would be 
no waste in the length as there is with the pre-cut stock. Any 
suggestions as to how to get this cut professionally. I have a chain 
saw. I am looking for something a bit more accurate. Thanks