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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Wheathin21 on September 29, 2022, 12:28:06 pm

Title: Ipf8400 wasting 2" of paper when roll printing
Post by: Wheathin21 on September 29, 2022, 12:28:06 pm

I have and ipf8400 that I've been using for art repro. I've been asked to make a decent print run of prints. I sized everything in photoshop to print 4 11x14s or 11x17s off a 44" roll. Its printing just fine, however. After every print, it doesn't pull the paper all the way in. It prints for a little bit then cuts off a 2" strip off the roll then continues to print. I'm printing borderless, actual size in the printer driver, with no scaling in PS. Anyone know how to fix this problem?

Title: Re: Ipf8400 wasting 2" of paper when roll printing
Post by: mcpix on September 30, 2022, 11:31:40 am

That's the way the borderless printing works. It makes the print slightly oversized (i.e 11.3"x17") and then trims the leading edge to get a borderless print. I typically set up a print page that is 1" bigger than the height I need (12" for 11" prints). If you don't make the page size at least 1/2" bigger on both sides, the printer driver will reduce the print to fit. In your case I would create a page size of 12"x44" and then drop my 11" prints on the page and print.