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100% templates @ Epson 7600


Travis

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I'd sure like to output long templates (VWA limits to 125 inches) at 100% for our shop to work with. Template prints fine on our standard 22x34 print size, but leaves border gaps between pages even when margins are set to zero.

I set up a custom paper size (23 x 120); everything looks good on screen but won't print. After clicking print, the timer/info box just flashes across the screen, a print file is created that the driver chews on for 30 seconds or so and then gives up.

Any ideas?

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Actually, the PC limits print page lengths to 125 inches.

A mac is based on pixel resolution. This is explained in a few different places in the print section of this message board. A low print pixel resolution can print a much longer page than 125" and much longer than 1200 dpi prints on a Mac.

When you get the problem with the driver giving up, open the print center and look to see if it reports a open -ps stream error or something like that in the print center. You'll need to immediately switch to the print center after you click OK in the print dialog.

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Thanks, Katie, for being redundant just for me.

In addition, I learned from Epson that OSX places a limit of 80" in any direction on "System-managed" printing. I set the page size to 79" and everything printed just fine. Epson also advises that a 3rd-party RIP, that bypasses the System, might be a solution.

I'll do a little further investigating, but 79" will suffice most of the time.

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Ricardo,

I could not be more pleased with both printers. Epson pays a great deal of attention to the Mac market (unlike some other printer/plotter vendors we've dealt with) because they see the two (Mac and Epson) as the ideal graphics solution. The drivers have so far performed flawlessly under Panther, tho there are a few tricks to getting colorsync to work correctly. Print quality is so much better than any plotter as to not be a fair comparison at all. We run all our "plots" at 360dpi: they're sharp and crisp with accurate line weights. At full photo quality (2400dpi on both printers), you need a loupe to find dots.

You'll do well to hook up with an Epson ProGraphics dealer--we use PictureLine (www.pictureline.com) here in Salt Lake City.

By the way, I've called Epson tech support two or three times with questions and always been able to speak to a knowedgeable "live" person.

Best of luck -Travis

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