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Piezography
BW - Panorama Printing - Tips and Tricks PANORAMIC PRINTING ISSUES: 1 - CREATING A CUSTOM PAPER SIZE TO ENABLE PRINTS LONGER THAN 44 INCHES 2 - EPSON CUSTOM PAGE SETUP PROBLEM / WORKAROUND 3 - LIMITATIONS / PROCEDURE FOR CENTERING A PANORAMA PRINT 4 - CAVEATS CONCERNING THE EPSON 3000 PRINTER 5 - EPSON 1200 - BANNER MODE (possibly other future printers) SOLUTIONS: 1 - CREATING A CUSTOM PAPER SIZE TO ENABLE PRINTS LONGER THAN 44 INCHES Read the section in the Epson Printer manual that came with the printer about creating and using custom paper sizes. Create a custom paper size that is as wide as the paper you are using and 44 inches long. The Epson Page setup only allows you create a paper length of 44 inches. When our software sees the magic number 44, the image length is examined and if the image is longer, then the plug-in keeps printing until one of 3 things happen: a - the print finishes normally - or b - the ink runs out - or - c - the paper ends prematurely. Back to Top 2 - EPSON CUSTOM PAGE SETUP PROBLEM / WORKAROUND All the Epson page setups are very similar for creating custom page sizes. We have noted one problem here on some models. After you have created a custom page size, the very first time you select and use this new page size, the Epson page setup may revert back to a default size, ruining the print. To ensure that this will not happen: a - First create the custom page size and then exit all the way out of the Epson Page Setup screens until you are back in Piezography or Photoshop. b - Second, reenter the Epson Page setup screens, and select the new custom page size you have just created. c - Begin printing. This only happens the very first time after you created the new custom size, so you do not need to do this in the future. Back to Top 3 - LIMITATIONS / PROCEDURE FOR CENTERING A PANORAMA PRINT a - Centering the image width is not a problem assuming that you are using paper that is wider that the image. For Piezography BW Ver.5.x and below, select the "Center" option in the Epson Page Setup, and for Piezography BW Ver.6.x and above select "Center" on the Plug-in box. b - Centering the image along the length of the paper is a problem. There no way for our plug-in to know the length of the actual paper, as the Epson page setup will only allow a paper length of 44 inches. There are a few common sense rules that one can use to ensure a satisfactory print. c - Add some extra white space to the top (portrait) or left (landscape) of the image in Photoshop so that the initial printed edge is not too close to the actual edge of the paper. You add this white space to the image by increasing the "Canvas Size" in Photoshop. d - Make sure that you cut your paper length a few inches longer than the image length so that the trailing edge will not be too close to the actual end of the paper. The Piezography BW Plug-in assumes that if you are sending a 96 inch length image, then the paper is at minimum, 96 inches plus the top and bottom printer margin defaults. Having a bit of extra paper at the end is a good thing. e - Trim the left and right margins to be equal once the print is finished and out of the printer. Back to Top 4 - CAVEATS CONCERNING THE EPSON 3000 PRINTER In our testing, most of the Epson 3000 printers can mechanically print images longer than 44 inches without a problem. However something happens right at the end of the 44 inch length and the printer firmware somehow doesn't print the very last bit of data before receiving the next rows of data for that part of the image beyond 44 inches. This results in a band right at 44 inches and 88 inches etc... There is nothing we can do about this, and it seems to be a function of what version of firmware is in the printer. We tried everything we could to overcome this. Back to Top 5 - EPSON 1200 - BANNER MODE
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