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Subject: [Leica] Printing on an Epson R2880
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:02:23 -0500
References: <8301C32A-E833-4F70-A18E-5FA9DAD6DB4B@yahoo.co.uk>

It sounds like your image is not exactly the same proportions as the paper. 
The H/W ratio of the paper is 1.468, while a normal 35mm image is 1.5.  Try 
cropping your image to 1.468 and select "fit to paper", or whatever similar 
choice the software offers.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:37 AM
Subject: [Leica] Printing on an Epson R2880


>I replaced my 2200 with a 2880 and I'm having a wee snag.
>
> When I print on A3+ paper (329mm x 483mm), the edges are getting  cropped. 
> A photo with a pair of feet and some pavement below is  coming out printed 
> with the shoes cropped.
> This print was done from Lightroom 3.
> In the Print module, the image covers all the white background and on  the 
> top left of the image is a box that reads "323.066 x 479.778 mm".
>
> I tried next printing from Apple's Preview.  I clicked the retain  size, 
> and it now prints the full image, but with a 7 cm border on the  bottom 
> and a 4 cm border on the right.  Not what I wanted.
> I really want to print the full image using as much of the paper as 
> possible.
>
> I also have Photoshop CS.
>
> Could anyone kindly suggest how I can print the complete image with as 
> little paper margin as possible?
>
> All the best,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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