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Submitted By: mamatgaye

Joined: May 9 2008

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even border printing

Posted: May 9, 2008 - 7:06am

I use photoshop cs3 and the epson 7800 to print portraits. Unfortunately my prints always come out with uneven margins/borders. I try to align the paper accurately and always center my image on a new layer with the same dimensions as my media by shift dragging but still get these annoying borders.

Any help please.

Thanks

Submitted By: lightontheland

Location: Crossville, TN

Joined: Jun 2 2005

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Re: even border printing

Posted: May 9, 2008 - 10:50am

In the Epson printer dialog, "Page Layout" tab, you should have a "Minimize Margin" option. Check that, and the borders will be even.

Submitted By: mamatgaye

Joined: May 9 2008

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Re: even border printing

Posted: May 20, 2008 - 7:39am

Bill,

I tried that but i could not see "minimize margin" in the page layout tab. Anyway i use cs3 and XP.

Would appreciate more help. I still get the uneven margins.

Submitted By: lightontheland

Location: Crossville, TN

Joined: Jun 2 2005

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Re: even border printing

Posted: May 20, 2008 - 12:49pm

Just for the hell of it, I downloaded the 7800 driver, and maybe the answer is here: In Printing Preferences, select the Main tab. About halfway down is the Paper Settings menu. Select Source = Sheet, then click the Printable Area box to the right. A dialog box will pop up with a single selection: Centered. Not exactly intuitive, compared to previous Epson drivers.

Now, if that doesn't work, or if you're using roll paper, I'm lost, dazed and confused.....

Submitted By: doctorsid

Location: Gatlinburg, TN

Joined: Mar 5 2005

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Re: even border printing

Posted: June 2, 2008 - 1:37pm

I have the 7880, don't know if the feature is in the 7800. But also make sure you are not using an "auto expand" paper size.