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, Rob <mesa@mine.com> writes
>Ed Ruf wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:48:50 +0100, in comp.periphs.printers Chris
>> <Chris@nospamplease.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is possible to use the
>>>1290
>>>driver with a 1270 - that way you can get borderless prints.
>>>
>>>Is this right? Is anyone doing this, and is there a downside?
>> IIRC, it would only give you borderless on three sides.
>> ----------
>> Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
>>
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>
>Think I tried this and the 1290 drivers would not work.
>
>With the borderless images you have to use roll paper as the paper is
>feed by the rear rollers and still has th grip the paper as its pushed
>through. You will not get boarderless prints off sheet paper.
>
>There is other software to use with roll paper - this is downloaded off
>the epson site. or its on the CD. Someone else will know the name.
Well I tried it a while ago and it did work but, as Ed pointed out, only
provides edge to edge printing on three sides - the leading edge out of
the printer is bordered. There are ways around this though, but I'll
leave it to your imagination to figure them out - it isn't difficult.
When I tried the driver. it failed to detect the printer and so did not
the USB port and the Status Monitor. The actual printer interface
appeared to be OK and defaulted to driving the printer via the parallel
port. Since I had already installed the 1270 driver, and it had
installed its own USB port, I simply redirected the driver (under the
details page) to the pre-existing USB port and it worked OK.
After that, the 1270 printer and 1290 driver worked fine - in every mode
supported by the 1270 printer.
The main reason I was interested in trying this was to find out if I
could get borderless prints with the combination. The answer was,
frustratingly, almost! The printer certainly printed edge to edge,
however it still printed a 3mm border at the top of the print and then
printed about 3-6mm off the edge of the bottom of the page. Consequently
I ended up with some overspill inside the printer which needed to be
cleaned before I could use it again.
I tried different paper types and sizes to overcome the top/bottom page
mismatch, but unsuccessfully, the best that can be achieved is edge to
edge printing on 3 sides and loss of approximately 3mm of image from the
bottom of the page. Eventually I printed two identical small prints to
file, one via the 1270 driver and another via the 1290, and then
examined the data for differences. It appears that the 1290 driver
sends several remote commmands which do not appear in the 1270 software
manual, so it is likely that these are unique to the 1280/90 printers
and probably position the paper correctly. After I discovered the code
incompatibilities I did not progress it any further because I had, in
the meantime, established a solution for borderless printing on the 1270
which works just as well as the 1290 driver did - without the mess.
The report I posted to the now defunct Leben Epson Inkjet list soon
after the 1290 was initially released follows:
________________________________________________________________
To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
Subject: Re: 1280/1290(?) Edge-to-edge?
From: Kennedy McEwen <rkm@kennedym.demon.co.uk>
Date: 25 February 2001 00:59:07
Having just looked at the drivers menu for the 12(8/9)0 it would appear
that it only gives edge to edge printing at defined paper sizes and this
mode does not support user defined sizes. It does support edge to edge
printing right up to the full 13" carriage width though. Overspray is
collected by the same little sponges which the printer uses to clear the
head of ink build-up during use. These are located at the 4" and 13"
positions on the 1270 and there is a location available for an
additional sponge at around the 8" position - I presume that the
12(8/9)0 has similar sponges at other positions.
From a cursory first look, the full list of paper sizes supported in
edge to edge mode includes:
A4 210x297mm
A3 297x420mm
Super A3/B 329x483mm
Letter 8.5x11"
Index card 5x8"
Photo Paper 4x6" No Perforations
Photo Paper 100x150mm
Photo Paper 200x300mm
3.5x5" : 89x127mm
5x7" : 127x178mm
Panoramic 210x594mm
The full range of sizes supported by the 1270, including custom sizes,
is available IF the edge to edge mode is deselected.
--
Kennedy
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A lovely little thinker, but a ah heck when he's pissed.
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