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Kennedy McEwen wrote:
> In article <qYVRc.11163$pT5.9576@lakeread05>, huckbunny
> <huckbunny@cox.net> writes
>
>> Kennedy McEwen wrote:
>>
>>> In article <A9TRc.10596$pT5.5466@lakeread05>, huckbunny
>>> <huckbunny@cox.net> writes
>>>
>>>> I created a panorama by stitching nine digital photos. Original shots
>>>> were 2560 X 1920 (Minoltal A1) with about 50% overlap and the resulting
>>>> panorama is 7807 X 1338 with a file size of 28,249KB. I want to print
>>>> this on an Epson Stylus Photo 1280 using 8.3 in. roll paper to get a
>>>> 44 inch long panorama. I have tried to print using Epson Film Factory,
>>>> Paint Shop Pro 8, and Photoshop CS and each of the programs hangs and
>>>> the task manager indicates the program is not responding.
>>>>
>>>> A couple of years ago I printed 24 inch panoramas on 4 inch roll paper
>>>> on an Epson Stylus 980 with no problem. I used Paint Shop Pro 7 to do
>>>> the printing if I my recollection is correct.
>>>>
>>>> Can anybody help me get this panorama on paper?
>>>>
>>> How much memory and free disk space do you have in your system? The
>>> 1280 will resample the image to 720ppi as part of the rendering
>>> process, and this is spooled somewhere, usually on disk. Even
>>> though the original image is only 28Mbyte, an 8.3"x44" image at
>>> 720ppi needs more than half a gigabyte of free space, just to spool
>>> - before the dot placement algorithms set to work.
>>
>>
>> 12 gig free on C: and I have 1 gig of ram.
>
>
> Hmm - that *should* be enough to do the job.
>
>> I have a second disk with
>> 134 gig free. Guess I could move my picture files to that disk and
>> free up about 20 gig on C:. I assume that print files are spooled to
>> C:. Any way to have them spool to F:?
>
>
> Not aware of any way to do this with the printer files themselves, but
> you can set the Photoshop temp file to where you want it, and this is
> what the big data is spooled to. In PS7 this is set under the
> Preferences|Scratch disk option - I guess that PS-cs will be similar.
> The file is created in the Temp folder of the disk selected.
>
> Have you tried selecting the Print Preview in the Epson driver options
> and then increasing the print length to find what size causes the crash?
> By using the preview option, you can cancel the print before it actually
> wastes any paper. Since the Epson 1280 actually prints borderless
> images slightly oversize (to accommodate paper size and position
> tolerances) it might be that the 44" setting you are using actually
> results in it just being over the limit.
>
> I have, for example, just test printed a 15840x4680 pixel RGB image on a
> 13" roll to get a 44" panorama using Photoshop and it worked fine on a
> 1270 printer, although this does not support borderless prints. This
> was spooling onto a C: drive with 14Gb free - similar to your situation.
>
> Using the file size you have though, if you happen to have the
> borderless print option set, the driver might be trying to scale the
> height up to 8.3inch, which would produce a width greater than the
> maximum 44inch, causing an out of range error. This shouldn't lock up,
> but who knows with Billygateware. Some investigation with empty test
> images and the print preview option might help you track down exactly
> what the limit you are hitting is and how to overcome it.
Success! From Photoshop CS I set user defined size of the print in the
Epson 1280 properties to 820 X 4375 (8.2" X 34.75") and it printed with
no problem. It gave me a very small border at the top margin, no border
on the bottom, and of course the sides can be trimmed to whatever is
appropriate. I'll use a custom frame and mat to size. A nice panorama
of Half Moon Cay (Little San Sebastian Island) in the Bahamas with
Holland Ameerica Line's MS Zuiderdam anchored just offshore.
Thanks for the time spent in research and replying to all who posted
answers. I'll certainly be visiting this newsgroup frequently!
Huck
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