Digital BW, The Print

Andy,

I have not printed anything claose to that long myself. In the 1280 
Epson driver you are limited to a maximum length of 44". My 
understanding is that using the Piezo driver you set the paper size 
in the Epson driver to whatever width you want and the length at the 
44" max. Then in Photoshop you size your image to that width with 
whatever length you need. When the Piezo driver prints the image it 
will print to the image length set in Photoshop and ignore the 44" 
Epson driver limit.

Like I said I have not tried it, but I read it on the Piezo list a 
while back. Maybe someone else can pitch in from experience and you 
might want to post the question on the Piezo list.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., buckwiet@y... wrote:
> Tim & Martin -
> 
> I just joined yesterday for the purpose of learning how to do this 
> (printing 12"x84" panoramas) since they cost around $300 a piece on 
> silver paper. 
> 
> Did you get it to work? Are the same size options, menu selections 
> available on a 1280? Also, are you printing color or b&w? What 
paper?
> 
> thanks,
> andy
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., mwesley250@e... wrote:
> > Tim,
> > 
> > When you enter a length value in the Epson driver under the "User 
> > Defined" paper size it will not accept a number larger than the 
> > maximum listed. I went through the PiezoBW manual and it looks 
like 
> > paper size is under the control of the Epson driver.
> > 
> > However, on the Epson side I noticed that while my 1200 is 
limited 
> to 
> > 44", if I put my Epson 1270 or 785 in "Roll Feeder" or "Banner" 
mode 
> > I can then go to the "user defined" paper size and specify a 
length 
> > up to 129"!! No way to test this out at the moment. This would 
make 
> a 
> > 13" roll option more interesting for the newer generation of 
> printers.
> > 
> > So with the 1270 on up we can start printing our 13" by 129" 
> > panoramas! If there is some paper available. You really would 
have 
> to 
> > roll feed this since trying to hand feed a 129" sheet into a 1270 
> > sounds a little tricky. Even 44" may be a problem.
> > 
> > I am also assuming that with the other ink set, MIS, Spectratone, 
> > Lyson, etc. length is also limited by the Epson driver. Someone 
let 
> > us know if this is not true.
> > 
> > In any case, the ability to print a 13" by 44" panorama on the 
> > desktop is a huge leap for producing panoramas! Consider the 
> > difficulty of  printing and processing at this size in the 
darkroom.
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tim Spragens" 
> > <t.spragens@c...> wrote:
> > > I wonder, Martin. I remember in the PiezoBW information that 
the 
> > > paper length was no longer limited. If set longer, does the 
Epson 
> > > driver refuse it? I assumed it would just truncate the print, 
> > rather 
> > > than disallowing a lenght over 44". I've got a roll of Epson 
> paper, 
> > but 
> > > it is too wide for the 1160, so no way to test for sure.
> > > 
> > (snip earlier)