paper size for large images

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Submitted By: drdave

Joined: Nov 27 2005

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paper size for large images

Posted: November 27, 2005 - 11:07pm

I have just upgraded from an Epson R300 to an R1800 both for the larger print size and the better quality ink.
I notice that nearly all inkjet paper manufacturers offer 11X17 but not 11X14 paper. Presumably, the vast majority of people using inkjet printers are working from digital prints with an aspect ratio of 4/3, why then do paper makers offer only 11X17 stock which more closely approximates the 3/2 ratio of 35MM cams? I assume that I would have to do some serious cropping to my images to print them at 11X17 (or just print them 11X14 and cut off, and waste, the extra 3 inches). I am relatively new to photography, so maybe I'm missing something.

Also, I print my "8x10's" at 7.7"x10.2" so I have a lot of room at the edges of 8.5" X 11" paper. Since 16X20 mat has a 10.5" X 13.5" window, I'd have to print about 10.7" X 13.7" so I'd have a little "extra" image at the edges of the window. Will the R1800 print that close to the edges? Or would I have to print borderless?

Thanks for your advice.

Submitted By: lightontheland

Location: Crossville, TN

Joined: Jun 2 2005

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Re: paper size for large images

Posted: November 28, 2005 - 5:45am

I have several packs of Epson Heavyweight Matte paper in 11 X 14 sitting on my shelf for my 2200. The Epson site can be misleading: If you search for paper for a specific printer, you might get a response that sayst they don't make that product. But if you go below that dialog box on the same page, look for "photo papers" and click on that.

Submitted By: drdave

Joined: Nov 27 2005

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Re: paper size for large images

Posted: November 28, 2005 - 8:58am

Thanks for the response, Bill. I did find a few companies that make that size paper, but check out the Adorama ad in Shutterbug. The fine art manufacturers like Lumijet, Hahnemule, Ilford and others don't offer 11X14. Epson offers it in limited paper types(no archival matte, for example). Only Projet makes that size for all its papers,

Still curious why.

Submitted By: David B. Brooks

Joined: Apr 19 2011

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Re: paper size for large images

Posted: November 28, 2005 - 2:09pm

>>Still curious why.<<

Dave,

Computer printers first developed from a different tradition and set of paper size standards prevalent in the printing press and business community rather than the photography industry. In other words photo-type computer printers were piggy-backed on an already established computer printer designed and initially intended to serve document printing needs, which is why the most common computer printers are letter size.