How do I print onto roll paper?

jacken

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« on: November 23, 2016, 09:00:07 PM »

How would I set up Ultimate to nest images onto roll paper? I have a 24" roll in an Epson 7880.
How do I set it up so that images are nested (placed) continuously along the length of the roll? Or does it just print "pages" of the 24" width?


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Fred A

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2016, 09:42:14 PM »

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How do I set it up so that images are nested (placed) continuously along the length of the roll? Or does it just print "pages" of the 24" width?

John,
You need to use User defined size. Set roll width to 24.02 and the length of the page to whet you need/want.
How many images at what size (s)?
Example: If you wanted 9 8 x 10s, you would need a minimum of about 32 inches long

Fred


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jacken

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2016, 10:00:23 PM »

Thanks. I was hoping I wouldn't have to do the maths. If I've got a load of various sized prints that would be a step I'd rather not take. What happens if I load up lots of images? One of the settings is 24x36" if I set it to Roll Paper (Banner) won't it just continue after 36" - presumably with a bit of a gap?


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Fred A

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2016, 10:25:43 PM »

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What happens if I load up lots of images? One of the settings is 24x36" if I set it to Roll Paper (Banner) won't it just continue after 36" - presumably with a bit of a gap?

What happens is that Qimage Ultimate keeps adding images . Let's say 8 x 10 prints. It keeps adding 8 x 10s fitting as many as it can on the page size you mad. When it is fujll, it starts page two and keeps adding 8 x 10s until page two is full, and then page three.

Best plan is to invoke Preview print, and look for yourself.

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2016, 05:23:26 AM »

There are multiple ways to do this, keeping in mind that all printer drivers require that you specify a length. Length cannot be open ended (infinite), else there is no way to define a page and no way to get a page preview. If you are printing 30 8x10 prints on a 24 inch wide roll for example, you know you can fit 3 across and each row will take up 10 inches of length. With 3 across, you'll have to use 100 inches of roll length. So one way to do it would be to set the width to 24 (24.02) inches and the length to something like 120 inches (you can use any value longer than you know you'll need so that all will fit on one page given the printer's required top/bottom margins). When done adding prints, you can right click on the preview page and use the "Remove white space" option and it'll trim your job to a single page with no white space wasted at the end.

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Fred A

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2016, 12:48:58 PM »

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If you are printing 30 8x10 prints on a 24 inch wide roll for example, you know you can fit 3 across and each row will take up 10 inches of length. With 3 across, you'll have to use 100 inches of roll length. So one way to do it would be to set the width to 24 (24.02) inches and the length to something like 120 inches (you can use any value longer than you know you'll need so that all will fit on one page given the printer's required top/bottom margins).

You might have to turn on Borderless to accomplish the 3 8 x 10 side by side.
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jacken

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2016, 12:57:45 PM »

Thanks Mike that's very helpful.
Do you know whether I need to set Roll paper to Banner (whatever that means)?
Thanks Fred for the reminder.


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Fred A

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Re: How do I print onto roll paper?

« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2016, 02:04:48 PM »

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Do you know whether I need to set Roll paper to Banner (whatever that means)?
Thanks Fred for the reminder.

Many printers have size length limits.
You can set Banner mode and override the limits.
It is what it implies.
Downhill ski run. A banner that is pasted across the Finish line Might be 30 feet long. As long as you have plenty on that roll, make your Banner.

Fred


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