Poster Printing. Epson Stylus Pro 7900 Spectro Proofer, Stylus Pro 9900 Spectro Proofer, Stylus Pro 7900, Stylus Pro 7910, Stylus Pro 9900

Epson Stylus Pro 7900/7910/9900/9910 User’s Guide

For Mac OS X

A Open the Print dialog.

See “Accessing the Print dialog” on page 123

B

Select Layout from the list to specify the order in which the pages will be printed.

Poster Printing

The poster printing function allows you to print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets of paper. This function is supported by

Windows only. You can make a poster or a calendar by joining the several printed sheets of paper together.

Poster printing is available up to 16-fold of the normal printing (four sheets by four sheets.) The poster printing function supports the following two types.

O Borderless poster printing

You can print a borderless poster-size image by automatically enlarging one page to cover several sheets of paper. You can make a poster just by joining the several printed sheets of paper together.

Because the image data is enlarged beyond the paper size, the area that exceeds the sheets cannot be printed. This function is available for roll paper only.

Note:

If you select other than None for Border, the frames around the pages are printed on each sheet.

C

Check the other settings, and then start printing.

O Poster printing with margins

You can print a poster-size image by automatically enlarging one page to cover several sheets of paper.

You need to cut the margins and then join the several sheets of paper together to make a poster.

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Prepare the print data by using an application.

The printer driver automatically enlarges the image data during printing.

B

Open the printer driver window.

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See “From Windows applications” on page

C Click the Page Layout tab, select the Multi-Page check box, select Poster , and then click

Settings .

E

When you want to print a borderless poster, select Borderless in the Main menu. Then, select the Borderless Poster Print check box, and select the number of panels, and then click

OK . Then go to step 6.

Note:

If Single Cut is selected for Auto Cut, the length of the paper becomes 1 or 2 mm shorter because the inside of each picture is cut in order to not leave a white area at the top and bottom areas.

Select Off or Normal Cut for Auto Cut.

See “Roll paper cut for borderless printing” on page 141

D

In the Poster Settings dialog box, select the number of printed pages you want the poster to cover.

Note:

You can make a larger poster if you select a greater number for division.

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F

If you want margins around the poster, make sure the Borderless Poster Print check box is cleared, and make the other settings as necessary.

Note:

Regarding the size when the parts are joined together:

The finished size whether Trim Lines is selected or not is the same. However, if Print Cutting

Guides is selected, the finished size is smaller by the amount of the overlap.

G

Check the other settings, and then start printing.

Joining the sheets together along the guide

The steps to join the sheets together are different whether the printed sheets are borderless or not.

For borderless poster printing

This section explains how to join the four printed pages together. Join the printed pages together appropriately, and stick them on the back of sheets using the cellophane tape.

Join them by the following order indicated in the illustration below.

Note:

Borderless poster printing may not produce a seamless poster image which consists of multiple printed sheets of paper. If you want a seamless image, try the Poster printing with margins feature.

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For poster printing with margins

When you select Overlapping Alignment Marks , the following marks are printed on the paper. See the procedures below to join the four printed pages together using the alignment marks.

B

Lay the upper left sheet on top of the upper right sheet. The X marks should be matched as in the illustration below, and join the upper left sheet to the upper right sheet with cellophane tape temporarily.

The four sheets are joined together by the following order.

C

Cut the upper sheets along the alignment mark

(vertical red line).

The guide is black for the black-and-white printing.

D

Join the upper left and right sheets together with cellophane tape on the back of the sheets.

A

Cut the upper left sheet along the alignment mark (vertical blue line).

The guide is black for the black-and-white printing.

E

Try step 1 to 4 for the lower sheets.

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Cut the bottom of upper sheets along the alignment mark (horizontal blue line).

The guide is black for the black-and-white printing.

I

Join the upper sheets and lower sheets together with cellophane tape on the back of the sheets.

G

Lay the upper sheets on top of the lower sheets.

The X marks should be matched as in the illustration below, and join the upper sheets and lower sheets together with cellophane tape temporarily.

J

After joining all the sheets together, cut the margins along the outer guide.

H

Cut the sheets along the alignment mark

(horizontal red line).

The guide is black for black-and-white printing.

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