White border on printing problem

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Hi, As above - I don't want a border.

I'm trying to print some posters at A4. I sized it up in Photoshop to A4
dimensions and everything looks good right to the edge of the image, but
when I go to 'print with preview, I end up with a white border.

I've tried checking and unchecking 'centre image' and 'scale to fit media',
but no luck. I need to get this done soon. Can anyone help?

I'm using Photoshop CS2

Thanks for reading.
 
Hi, As above - I don't want a border.

I'm trying to print some posters at A4. I sized it up in Photoshop to A4
dimensions and everything looks good right to the edge of the image, but
when I go to 'print with preview, I end up with a white border.

I've tried checking and unchecking 'centre image' and 'scale to fit media',
but no luck. I need to get this done soon. Can anyone help?

I'm using Photoshop CS2

Thanks for reading.
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Apology for the repeat post. Had my reader on 'subject priority' not 'sent'.
 
Some printers can print borderless and some can not. Those that can have
specific dimensions of prints that can be printed borderless. Read the
manual for borderless printing. See if your printer can do borderless
prints and check the size of prints that can be done borderless. This is a
function of the printer driver and not of Photoshop.
 
Some printers can print borderless and some can not. Those that can have
specific dimensions of prints that can be printed borderless. Read the
manual for borderless printing. See if your printer can do borderless
prints and check the size of prints that can be done borderless. This is a
function of the printer driver and not of Photoshop.
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I'll have a look at that. Thanks.
 
Some printers can print borderless and some can not. Those that can have
specific dimensions of prints that can be printed borderless. Read the
manual for borderless printing. See if your printer can do borderless
prints and check the size of prints that can be done borderless. This is a
function of the printer driver and not of Photoshop.
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You were right. While I was looking, I was told it's in the page setup
dialogue box - just select 'A4 Borderless'! Just had to be that simple.

Many thanks.
 
teflon said:
You were right. While I was looking, I was told it's in the page setup
dialogue box - just select 'A4 Borderless'! Just had to be that simple.

Many thanks.
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IF it is a Canon like my i960 or ip5000 you also have a slider adjustment
for how much to expand the image to insure that no white border appears.
This adjustment slightly increases the size of the image and the printer
"prints" past the edges of the paper. The result is that the image appears
slightly cropped from what you had set up in Photoshop. Be sure that your
cropping doesn't put important detail right at the edge of the image.
 
IF it is a Canon like my i960 or ip5000 you also have a slider adjustment
for how much to expand the image to insure that no white border appears.
This adjustment slightly increases the size of the image and the printer
"prints" past the edges of the paper. The result is that the image appears
slightly cropped from what you had set up in Photoshop. Be sure that your
cropping doesn't put important detail right at the edge of the image.
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It's an Epson Stylus Photo R360 (A4). I've seen a slider that fits the
description and it's always been set at max while I was trying to fix the
problem. I assume that's the default setting, as I have never had need to
adjust it.

Had to do some 'adust canvas' changes, to keep detail away from the edges.
All is well and printing as I type this.

Thanks.
 
IF it is a Canon like my i960 or ip5000 you also have a slider
adjustment for how much to expand the image to insure that no white
border appears. This adjustment slightly increases the size of the
image and the printer "prints" past the edges of the paper. The
result is that the image appears slightly cropped from what you had
set up in Photoshop. Be sure that your cropping doesn't put important
detail right at the edge of the image.
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I too have a Canon i960 and I use Windows XP MCE.

I use PSE4 to crop photos the way I want them to be printed 4x6. As you
indicate, the printer crops further whenever it prints 4x6 borderless
prints even if they've already been cropped to 4x6.

I haven't noticed the slider you mention having any actual effect. Is the
left-most position supposed to do no cropping at all?

Hopefully, there's some setting that will print exactly the way I cropped.
Is there?
 
MyVeryOwnSelf said:
I too have a Canon i960 and I use Windows XP MCE.

I use PSE4 to crop photos the way I want them to be printed 4x6. As you
indicate, the printer crops further whenever it prints 4x6 borderless
prints even if they've already been cropped to 4x6.

I haven't noticed the slider you mention having any actual effect. Is the
left-most position supposed to do no cropping at all?

Hopefully, there's some setting that will print exactly the way I cropped.
Is there?
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The reason for the page setup slider where you can select the amount of
expansion is to insure that you will get no white border at all. the
leftmost setting may either expand it minimally or not at all (I'm not
sure), and the rightmost expands it maximally. I would guess that this is
to compensate for potential inaccuracy of the feed mechanism or paper that
might be slightly over or undersized. If you were to try to print
borderless exactly the size of your cropped image you will probably find a
white edge somewhere. A participant on this NG complained, a few years ago,
that the ip4000 he had just purchased left a small white border when
printing borderless. As I recall, some other ip4000 users had the same
complaint. Maybe the slider adjustment is also for slight variations in
manufacture, slightly different position of the printhead due to a little
variation in the function of the timing strip, etc. Whatever the reason, Go
ahead and try printing with the slider all the way to the left and report
back!
 
IF it is a Canon like my i960 or ip5000 you also have a slider
The reason for the page setup slider where you can select the amount
of expansion is to insure that you will get no white border at all.
the leftmost setting may either expand it minimally or not at all (I'm
not sure), and the rightmost expands it maximally. I would guess that
this is to compensate for potential inaccuracy of the feed mechanism
or paper that might be slightly over or undersized. If you were to
try to print borderless exactly the size of your cropped image you
will probably find a white edge somewhere. A participant on this NG
complained, a few years ago, that the ip4000 he had just purchased
left a small white border when printing borderless. As I recall, some
other ip4000 users had the same complaint. Maybe the slider
adjustment is also for slight variations in manufacture, slightly
different position of the printhead due to a little variation in the
function of the timing strip, etc. Whatever the reason, Go ahead and
try printing with the slider all the way to the left and report back!
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Thanks for the information. I tried your suggestion and it works.
 
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