PC, the print job will actually be truncated to fit within the printable area of the printer. In Photoshop CS, the print job will end up clipped if it is over the 86inch printer page limit however it will allow you to create a custom paper size of 91inches max.
As for the Epson desktop products, they rasterize data at 720dpi, therefore the maximum page length obtainable with the standard print driver would be 41.67 inches (30,000 pixels / 720dpi).Īlso, under Photoshop 5.x/6.x for the Macintosh and Photoshop 6.x for the PC, the job will end up clipped if it is over the 83.3inch printer page limit. All Epson large format printers use 360dpi as the input resolution (this is the resolution data is rasterized at), therefore when printing from Photoshop, the maximum page length you will be able to output to any Epson large format printer using the standard Epson print driver would be 83.33 inches (30,000 pixels / 360dpi). PostScript print driver, Photoshop looks at the input resolution of the printer driver and adjusts the page size accordingly. When sending jobs to the printer via the standard non.
Under Mac OSX/8.x/9.x, the PPD limit is 273.06 inches.Īdobe Photoshop has a pixel limitation of 30,000 pixels, which means that a document created 300ppi can only reach a maximum page size of 100 inches (H and V). Under Windows NT, 2000 and XP, the PPD limit is 1771.6 inches (SP7000/9000 Series) and 1800 inchesĬ. Under Win 9x/Me, the PPD limit is 129 inches.ī. Also, printing certain elements from these applications may not utilize color management correctly/properly and may produce output color that is not expected.Ī.
The Stylus Pro 5000/5500 however will give a slight page break at the 44 inch limit as these printers do not support banner mode. The printer driver must be set for Roll Paper (Banner) mode so that page breaks at the printer’s maximum page length do not occur (in essence gives you a 0 margin for the bottom of the page). * These applications allow for tiling of print pages, therefore allowing you to print beyond the printers maximum page length limit and print to the applications limits. Maximum page size allowable from software applications: Settings in the RIP will determine how color management is used. Print jobs being sent through the Epson PostScript driver can be either RGB or CMYK format.
Maximum custom page size allowable for EPSON PostScript options (PPD): Exceeding these limitations will result in your image being cropped and printed at 8.5 x 11.
* Macintosh OS X allows you to create any paper size regardless of printer driver’s limitations. Print jobs being sent through the Epson standard print driver should be in the RGB format in order for color management to be utilized properly. Maximum custom page size allowable per operating system (for Epson standard driver): There are 3 aspects that effect how long of a page your printer can output. Please refer to your user guide for additional information regarding the printable area (margins) for your particular printer. Although this document is meant as a guideline for the maximum page size allowable for each printer, it does not include printable area (margin) information.
The tables below show the maximum page sizes allowable for the EPSON Professional Graphics printer line (Desktop and Largeįormat). This bulletin was created to inform you of the maximum custom page sizes allowable for EPSON Professional Graphic products. Maximum Printable Area Limits for the EPSON Professional Graphic Printer line.