Centering prints from 2200 in Windows

Hi,
I'm just starting to print with an Epson 2200. So far, things are
working pretty well. Just now, though, the printer takes more blank
paper than it should, then, starts printing with the resulting
too-large left margin and finishes up with no right margin and a good
bit of image missing.
This is from 3 applications including Irfan View and Paint Shop
Pro. Have taken the "center image" option in both the app and the Epson
window and used the "minimize margins" check box that I read in the
Epson faq. Still no luck. Any ideas for correcting this?
Thanks,
Bill

wrote:
Hi,
I'm just starting to print with an Epson 2200. So far, things are
working pretty well. Just now, though, the printer takes more blank
paper than it should, then, starts printing with the resulting
too-large left margin and finishes up with no right margin and a good
bit of image missing.
This is from 3 applications including Irfan View and Paint Shop
Pro. Have taken the "center image" option in both the app and the Epson
window and used the "minimize margins" check box that I read in the
Epson faq. Still no luck. Any ideas for correcting this?

Usually, that means you've got something set wrong, e.g. the application
thinks the image is larger than the paper and is trying to print on multiple
pages.

I've given up printing from "applications" and only use Qimage to print
with. IMHO, it's the right thing. But it's complex in itself, so the
learning curve is significant.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

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wrote:
Hi,
I'm just starting to print with an Epson 2200. So far, things are
working pretty well. Just now, though, the printer takes more blank
paper than it should, then, starts printing with the resulting
too-large left margin and finishes up with no right margin and a good
bit of image missing.
This is from 3 applications including Irfan View and Paint Shop
Pro. Have taken the "center image" option in both the app and the Epson
window and used the "minimize margins" check box that I read in the
Epson faq. Still no luck. Any ideas for correcting this?

Usually, that means you've got something set wrong, e.g. the application
thinks the image is larger than the paper and is trying to print on multiple
pages.

I've given up printing from "applications" and only use Qimage to print
with. IMHO, it's the right thing. But it's complex in itself, so the
learning curve is significant.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan


Also, what ever you are doing, make sure that print preview is checked
in the printer driver so that you have the option to cancel the print
job as well as the fact that it might give an insight into what your
current problem is. If the job isn't centered in the preview, then it's
likely something to do with the way you are using (or limitations of)
your software. If it is centered on print preview but not when it comes
out of the printer, then it's going to be something to do with paper
size selection or paper feed in the printer.

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David J. Littleboy wrote:
wrote:
Hi,
I'm just starting to print with an Epson 2200. So far, things are
working pretty well. Just now, though, the printer takes more blank
paper than it should, then, starts printing with the resulting
too-large left margin and finishes up with no right margin and a good
bit of image missing.
This is from 3 applications including Irfan View and Paint Shop
Pro. Have taken the "center image" option in both the app and the Epson
window and used the "minimize margins" check box that I read in the
Epson faq. Still no luck. Any ideas for correcting this?

Usually, that means you've got something set wrong, e.g. the application
thinks the image is larger than the paper and is trying to print on
multiple pages.

I've given up printing from "applications" and only use Qimage to print
with. IMHO, it's the right thing. But it's complex in itself, so the
learning curve is significant.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan


Also, what ever you are doing, make sure that print preview is checked in
the printer driver so that you have the option to cancel the print job as
well as the fact that it might give an insight into what your current
problem is. If the job isn't centered in the preview, then it's likely
something to do with the way you are using (or limitations of) your
software. If it is centered on print preview but not when it comes out of
the printer, then it's going to be something to do with paper size
selection or paper feed in the printer.

Also check if there is a margins setting or a borderless setting, it
certainly makes a difference in PhotoShop.

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Hi,
I'm just starting to print with an Epson 2200. So far, things are
working pretty well. Just now, though, the printer takes more blank
paper than it should, then, starts printing with the resulting
too-large left margin and finishes up with no right margin and a good
bit of image missing.
This is from 3 applications including Irfan View and Paint Shop
Pro. Have taken the "center image" option in both the app and the Epson
window and used the "minimize margins" check box that I read in the
Epson faq. Still no luck. Any ideas for correcting this?
Thanks,
Bill


Hi.

Another item which might give rise to this, could be the print size being
larger than the Maximum Printable Area for the Paper in the Printer, but you
should be getting a Warning dialogue. You certainly would in Photoshop.

This can be avoided by selecting "No Margins" in the Printer Driver, but
that will then limit your choice of Print Media.

Roy G