Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Greer" 
<digitalblackandwhitetheprint@...> wrote:
>
> 4800 Margin Problems – Please Help!
> 
> Yesterday I received a new 4800 to add to my small stable of other 
> printers which also includes a R2400. Everything went fine until I 
> tried to print a few photos at my standard portfolio print size. My 
> process is to use Photoshop CS2 to upsize my image to 12.2" x 18.3". 
> I then add a 20px keyline border around the image, increase the 
> canvas size to 13" x 19" and add a copyright line on the bottom right 
> corner, outside the margin of the keyline. This configuration worked 
> fine on my R2400 where I was using 13" x 19" cut sheets, but I've 
> failed in my attempts to create the same prints on my 4800. 
> 
> On the 4800, the short side of the paper (the last to leave the 
> printer) has a 16mm non-printable margin. On the leading short side 
> that margin is only 6mm. Because of this, the bottom portion of my 
> photos is not being printed. I've tried this with borderless turned 
> on and off as well as used a multitude of different combinations in 
> the print settings. In some cases, in CS2 Print with Preview, the 
> whole image is showing up fine in the preview window, but with the 
> Print Preview that comes with the Epson software enabled, that bottom 
> edge is always showing up as being cut off. Can anyone help me out 
> and offer any advice as to how I can correct this problem and get 
> started using this magnificent machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob Greer
> http://www.robgreer.com/
>

Rob,

Unfortunately this is just the way the printer works -- the Pro printers are different
from the desktops printers.   With sheets you must have a larger margin at the
bottom of the paper.  Actually, your numbers are a little off: top and sides are .13 in,
bottom is .56 in or 3mm and 14mm respectively.  You should be able to just fit your
12.2 x 18.3 image on a sheet of paper, but it won't be centered.  Increasing the
Canvas size isn't recommended because something must be cropped off and then
you are leaving it to the driver to pick what gets cropped.

I think the choices are reducing your standard size a little, or trying out roll paper.
The roll paper restrictions are different than for sheet paper.

Roy