Panoramic printing in Photoshop

Brian Ross · Panoramic printing in Photoshop

Hi guys - has anyone had any success in printing a panorama onto a roll of paper using Photoshop? I have an Epson Photo 1290 printer. On the Page Setup options I specify User Defined paper size which allows me to input sizes of up to 3.2767m high and nearly a third of a meter wide. My panorama is 1.35 m wide and 0.21 m high (in other words, a landscape panorama). So the first thing I discover is that I can't input the width - its too wide!!! So, I substitute width for height and vice verca. Trying a "Print with Preview" doesn't do anything and doing a straight "Print" produces the dreaded "Some clipping will occur" message. I don't want to waste 1.35 meters of paper so I start thinking of other ways to do this. I try substituting landscape for portrait, but the clipping message appears again. Is there some other way of seeing a print preview on Photoshop these days? I can't believe I can't do this It should be so simple. Anyone got any ideas? .....Brian

admin · Try turning the image around

Brian,

Can't say I've done this, but try rotating your image in Photoshop through 90 degrees, so your "landscape" image becomes "portrait"?

Your image is then 1.35m high and 0.21m wide.

Let me know if it works.

Regards,

Rob.

Mick Johnson

Hello Brian,

I don't have the 1290 anymore but I think it's a similar driver to the one I've got now.

In the 'main' tab in the printer driver I select 'Roll' from the 'paper & quality' options.

Then I have a 'banner' option that will let you print a very long Pano. You may or may not have that option.

Then in the 'user defined' box I set the paper length to something longer than the print. Funny thing with this option is you set the paper length using the 'Height' box, not the length box, or is it just me........

You can play with the paper length and view it in the Print Preview window until it looks ok and you can see the whole print on the paper area. You won't get the clipping message now.

I think you have CS2 iirc so you should be able to print up to 129"

Epson still says there is a 44" paper length limit for pano's but it's not true at all.

I would also make sure you have the latest driver for the 1290.

Btw, you are using XP.. as I'm pretty sure you can't print that length with Win 98 because of the older drivers thing.

Hope it all makes sense as it does'nt to me

Panoramic printing in Photoshop

Try turning the image around