Epson 4800 and 4880 Printer Margins.

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FWIW

I have now found out why the Epson 4800 and 4880 printers have a
mandatory 1/2" margin on one side of a cut sheet. Probably applies to
other Epson printers as well.

It seems that the sheet is picked up, fed and held, by holding the
sheet with rollers, until the last 1/2" of paper needs to leave the
printhead area into the drop area. Then the sheet is fed out by a
suction mechanism that has the suction supplied by the fans. Thus the
increase in noise from the fans while the sheet is finally being fed
out and dropped in the drop area.

Did anyone here know this?

Thanks
Bob AZ
 
Can't speak about these specific printers, but in general, Epson
printers don't hold the paper as stable toward the very end of the
page, so it can shift or lose alignment. Or sometimes the page is a bit
curled and if the head passes over, the edge of the paper can contact
the underside of the head and get marked with the build up of ink that
typically occurs on Epson heads.

Some printers have a "maximum print area" setting which can be set in
the driver, but it pops up a warning about possible printing defects
resulting is so set.

If I need a very tight tailing edge, I usually use a slightly longer
paper and cut off the excess afterward.

Art



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OK, let's try this with a few less typos...

Can't speak about these specific printers, but in general, Epson
printers don't hold the paper as stably toward the very end of the page,
so it can shift or lose alignment. Or sometimes, the paper is a bit
curled and if the head passes over it, the edge of the paper can contact
the underside of the head and get marked with the build up of ink that
typically occurs on Epson heads.

Some printers have a "maximum print area" setting which can be set in
the driver, but it pops up a warning about possible printing defects
resulting if so set.

If I need a very tight trailing edge, I usually use a slightly longer
paper and cut off the excess afterward.

Art

If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste,
I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog:

http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/
 
FWIW

I have now found out why the Epson 4800 and 4880 printers have a
mandatory 1/2" margin on one side of a cut sheet. Probably applies to
other Epson printers as well.

It seems that the sheet is picked up, fed and held, by holding the
sheet with rollers, until the last 1/2" of paper needs to leave the
printhead area into the drop area. Then the sheet is fed out by a
suction mechanism that has the suction supplied by the fans. Thus the
increase in noise from the fans while the sheet is finally being fed
out and dropped in the drop area.

Did anyone here know this?

Thanks
Bob  AZ
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This is a method Epson has used for a while, my old stylus 9000 44
inch had the same arrangement. Much better than the smaller Epsons for
holding sheets in place. There is still a chance that the end of a
sheet will pop up and hit a head, why they have the margin. Use roll
paper and cut to size.

Tom
 
There is still a chance that the end of a
sheet will pop up and hit a head, why they have the margin. Use roll
paper and cut to size.
Click to expand...

Tom & Art

I have taken to limiting the long side of the image on 8-1/2 X 11
sheets to 10.25". My actual margin there seems to be always 9/16". I
do check the preview to see if there is any cropping problem. So I
will plan my image on the sheet to limits of 8-1/2" to 10". This will
simplify things for me and can in effect give me a borderless 8X10
print. Customers or me will trim as desired. Or maybe I will tell
folks to trim as needed for an 8X10 frame.

Others will probably do differently.

Now to get a workaround for unlimited print length when using roll
paper.

Take care
Bob AZ
 
There is still a chance that the end of a


Tom & Art

I have taken to limiting the long side of the image on 8-1/2 X 11
sheets to 10.25". My actual margin there seems to be always 9/16". I
do check the preview to see if there is any cropping problem. So I
will plan my image on the sheet to limits of 8-1/2" to 10". This will
simplify things for me and can in effect give me a borderless 8X10
print. Customers or me will trim as desired. Or maybe I will tell
folks to trim as needed for an 8X10 frame.

Others will probably do differently.

Now to get a workaround for unlimited print length when using roll
paper.

Take care
Bob  AZ
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The printer should do 90-120 inches, not sure which, you want longer?
Should have gotten a Canon iPF 5100 that will do 56 ft.

Tom
 
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