Digital BW, The Print

Some time ago I bought aan Epson 4800 and I'm now trying to figure what is the easiest way to deal with roll paper. I'm sure it's pretty straightforward but one way or another I can't get my head around it.

Currently I have 4 panaromas. Each is to be printed on the same height (17" roll) but with different lengths. I've the option to print via Photoshop, Lightroom, Qimage or directly via QTR.

Off course I can set the paper size manually in the epson driver or in QTR for each image. But isn't there a way in which I only set the heigth and let the software automatically adapt the length?  

Joost

Try printing with "Qimage" software, the versatility for paper utilization is amazing!!  It will help you fit multiple prints on whatever size paper you're using.   And the quality of prints can't be beat!!

You can download a trial at  www.ddisoftware.com

I'm not affiliated with them, just a happy customer!!

John

From: horstenj 
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:06 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [Digital BW] variable page size on roll paper?


  
Some time ago I bought aan Epson 4800 and I'm now trying to figure what is the easiest way to deal with roll paper. I'm sure it's pretty straightforward but one way or another I can't get my head around it.

Currently I have 4 panaromas. Each is to be printed on the same height (17" roll) but with different lengths. I've the option to print via Photoshop, Lightroom, Qimage or directly via QTR.

Off course I can set the paper size manually in the epson driver or in QTR for each image. But isn't there a way in which I only set the heigth and let the software automatically adapt the length? 

Joost





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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John K Stacy" <John_K_Stacy@...> wrote:
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> Try printing with "Qimage" software, the versatility for paper utilization is amazing!!  It will help you fit multiple prints on whatever size paper you're using.   And the quality of prints can't be beat!!

Thanks John. 

I already had downloaded Qimage. Indeed I can define any paper size. But as far as I have mastered it for now, I can only define SHEET sizes. I'm printing on ROLLS, so width is fixed but length is variable. My question is if I need to adapt the paper size (width AND length) for every print batch. Can't I tell Qimage that I'm printing on rolls and that it figures out itself what the length should be given the size of the image?

Joost

horstenj schreef:

> Thanks John.
> 
> I already had downloaded Qimage. Indeed I can define any paper size.
> But as far as I have mastered it for now, I can only define SHEET
> sizes. I'm printing on ROLLS, so width is fixed but length is
> variable. My question is if I need to adapt the paper size (width AND
> length) for every print batch. Can't I tell Qimage that I'm printing
> on rolls and that it figures out itself what the length should be
> given the size of the image?
> 
> Joost

Joost,

Qimage can't.
It has been discussed before in the Qimage forum but Mike didn't bring 
that feature. It could be that the nesting structure needs to be 
rewritten as the print page size is then no longer fixed.
It would be a nice feature, many RIPs have it.
If Qimage also got a hot folder system with the possibility to create 
different hot folders based on the job/session recalls then that print 
page fill feature would be even more helpful. Think about remote loading 
of files and printing. Prints ready when you get home from a shooting 
session. Not my kind of jobs though.

I have not tried this out: if you make the print page very long and you 
shut Auto cutting off, compact nesting selected in Qimage,  then it may 
be possible to move the paper backward on the printer's panel menu after 
the job and cut it then "manually" with the panel commando within the 
original print page length. Creating a new leading edge for the next 
job. The HP Z drivers allow that I think. Not the same of course as you 
can not repeat that job after job without manual corrections.

-- 
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