Epson 1280 11 by 14 prints

[Steve Dell]

What is the absolute widest coverage attainable with an Epson 1280 using 11
by 14 inch paper? The input paper is Red River Polar Satin and it is exactly
11 by 14. When I print a photo, I have at least 1/2 inch all the way around
the coverage. I've played with the settings in Photoshop CS2 to maximize it
to no avail.

I know that the 1280 can't do "borderless," but I am wondering if there's a
way to get less margin.

TIA

Steve Dell
Tucson

 

[Frank Arthur]

According to Epsons site the 1280 should produce 11" x 14" borderless
prints. Check your manual.

 

[Jim]

What is the absolute widest coverage attainable with an Epson 1280 using
11 by 14 inch paper? The input paper is Red River Polar Satin and it is
exactly 11 by 14. When I print a photo, I have at least 1/2 inch all the
way around the coverage. I've played with the settings in Photoshop CS2 to
maximize it to no avail.

I know that the 1280 can't do "borderless," but I am wondering if there's
a way to get less margin.

Well, you know something that isn't quite correct. The 1280 can create
borderless 11x14 prints with some papers. I also have printed borderless
prints with Polar Satin on numerous occasions.
What you do is find some kind of paper that the driver will allow borderless
prints (but definitely not plain paper), and tell the driver that is what
kind of paper you are using.
Jim

 

[CWatters]

What you do is find some kind of paper that the driver will allow borderless
prints (but definitely not plain paper)

Anyone know why the type of paper matters?

Strikes me as an arbitrary limitation.

 

[Bob Headrick]

Anyone know why the type of paper matters?
Strikes me as an arbitrary limitation.

Actually there is a good reason. Plain paper will tend to curl and
cockle if printed to the bottom. This may become jammed in the output
rollers, resulting in a difficult to remove accordion of paper.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[CWatters]

Actually there is a good reason. Plain paper will tend to curl and
cockle if printed to the bottom. This may become jammed in the output
rollers, resulting in a difficult to remove accordion of paper.

Thanks.

 

[Steve Dell]

I am using Red River Polar Satin. The instructions from Red River tell me to
select Glossy Photo Paper. That doesn't seem to get it done.

Thanks for the dialog.

Steve

 

[Arthur Entlich]

It isn't exactly arbitrary as it may appear.

When the head has to move beyond the edges of the paper, and spray ink
on the edge of the paper, the paper needs to remain flat so it neither
ripples from the ink or just warps due to it's storage qualities.

If the paper tends to ripple or warp, the head can catch on the paper
edge, both damaging the print with black smears of excess ink on the
head surface, and potentially damaging the head as well. As a result
only flat and relatively heavy stock that handles ink without rippling
is "designed" within the driver to work in borderless mode.

Art

 

[Jim]

It isn't exactly arbitrary as it may appear.

When the head has to move beyond the edges of the paper, and spray ink on
the edge of the paper, the paper needs to remain flat so it neither
ripples from the ink or just warps due to it's storage qualities.

If the paper tends to ripple or warp, the head can catch on the paper
edge, both damaging the print with black smears of excess ink on the head
surface, and potentially damaging the head as well. As a result only flat
and relatively heavy stock that handles ink without rippling is "designed"
within the driver to work in borderless mode.

Art

And, quite a few types of paper are not very good at borderless. The Epson
driver is evidently written to exclude the types of Epson paper that may not
make good borderless prints. Epson's actions are not arbitrary at all.
Jim