Pano printing issue

[KeithR]

I am having difficulty printing a few long images (pano). I stitched and cropped the images in LR. They are sized to print on 17" wide media. I make sure that there is between 1" - 1.5" minimum on all sides. There is usually more on top & bottom. I've tried printing through LR, PS and Epson Print Layout (EPL). All show the same full image in the previews so that I know the layout on paper is correct. The issue is that it only seems to print about 25% -30% of the middle of the image, the entire length of the media. Windows 10 - 64, printers are Epson P800 & P900. LR & PS are subscription so up to date as is EPL. What can I do to make sure the entire image gets printed as it appears in the print preview? I am going to post this on other forums to make sure this gets viewed.

[BobShaw]

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[dgberg]

I am having difficulty printing a few long images (pano). I stitched and cropped the images in LR. They are sized to print on 17" wide media. I make sure that there is between 1" - 1.5" minimum on all sides. There is usually more on top & bottom. I've tried printing through LR, PS and Epson Print Layout (EPL). All show the same full image in the previews so that I know the layout on paper is correct. The issue is that it only seems to print about 25% -30% of the middle of the image, the entire length of the media. Windows 10 - 64, printers are Epson P800 & P900. LR & PS are subscription so up to date as is EPL. What can I do to make sure the entire image gets printed as it appears in the print preview? I am going to post this on other forums to make sure this gets viewed.

The only thing I can think of that can cause this is a wifi connection. Large files have been known to choke on a wifi connection. USB or Ethernet is always best.
Also what is your exact print size and your custom page size setting?

[KeithR]

Both printers are connected via USB. Always have been. The custom print size is 17" x 42".
I cut the paper to 39″ assuming a 1.5″ boarder on each end (as top and bottom could vary, depending on the image). Since the paper came off a roll & I knew that it would not feed well from the top (rear in Epson parlance), I attached a 3″ scrap cut from a 17″ wide paper in order for the paper feed into the printer. The custom size was then made to be 42″long x 17″wide. The print would begin printing exactly where I wanted it to begin, but as I stated, only the middle of the image would get printed. For example: the image is 14″ x 36″. It starts printing 4.5″ in (on the left hand side of the image) and continues to the end, leaving a 1.5 ” boarder on the right hand side (the full 36″ of the image). However, what is missing is ~4″ from the top & bottom of the image.

[degrub]

is there a print margin/area set on the printer console config itself ?
is it remembering a previous print ?

just some ideas.

[tsinsf]

I had problems similiar to this printing from Mac OS, LR, to Epson 3880. The ultimate fix was when I replaced my six foot USB cable with a high quality one. Perhaps try changing your USB cable.

[dgberg]

If you click zoom to fill in Lightroom does anything change in your print preview?

[sharadn]

I had a similar issue and deleted and reinstalled the print driver and as I remember this sorted it out. The attached 3” leader may also present a problem to the printer. I am also printing panoramas on a P600 with a roll adapter and it works fine.

[dgberg]

Can you screenshot your Lightroom print setup and preview?

[wjakub@rochester.rr.com]

This was my experience if I recall correctly.  My printer is an Epson SC P900. My print came out similar to what you described. I think that I was printing from PS. I had specified a custom print size for a 17"x30" print.
What I discovered that although I had done everything correctly in PS the printing menu of the P900 didn't "get the message". I had to make sure that the "printer menu" was set up for the custom size. I only had that issue once.

[kers]

Maybe it is this.
Adobe - at least wit PS,  has a limit to the amount of pixels in lenght it will print ; i think 30.000  pixels is the limit.
so about   300dpi 240 cm

[mearussi]

When this happens to me it just means that I got width and length reversed in the paper settings. The width of the paper always comes first so it would be 17"x30". If you reverse it to 30" x 17" it will just part of the image even though the preview looks good.