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What's my best printing option?
sheep2001:
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--- Quote from: sheep2001 on February 03, 2015, 07:58:42 PM ---It's all about the paper.
Cheap inkjet with good paper will 'usually' give better results than laser with regular paper.
Why can't you get legal sized paper? If it's because you are in Europe, just use a4.
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I thought, the problem was my printer, I am using A4 paper, but it seems to cut off both the left and right edges.
I tried following the guides, but nothing I can't seem to get it right, reducing the margins below 5mm and printing at 100% size.
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Can you show what that looks like in a ugc? Can't really see the problem from that pic.
I myself use a4 with no problems, and pretty sure arseen and others do too. Perhaps it is due to your printer.
DEL 707:
I'm being pedantic, but on the left and right side, bits are cut off. On the left size, it's missing the end of the bar code and on the right size, it's missing the "TM" after "Past"
I'm using a HP Deskjet 1510, I've tried printing in paint and photoshop, but I can't seem to get the printer to use all of the paper.
TAFK:
Does it look OK in preview?
sheep2001:
I just wanted to see the printed cover in a ugc so I could see exactly how much was being cut off, and whether it was printing to the correct scale.
However, googling the specs for your printer, I see the print area is
Print margins: Top: 1.5 mm; Bottom: 14.5 mm; Left: 3.2 mm; Right: 3.2 mm
That's a huge margin on the bottom endge, and seems consistent with the results you are getting.
I guess you could try a photo paper roll? Cutting down a3 seems like a huge waste, and works out very expensive I would imagine.
DEL 707:
Well decided to call it quits on my old printer. Went to PC World and picked up a Canon Pixma MX475 and some Kodak gloss photo paper. PC World had a sale on so got £50 off! :D
Had a little bit of playing around, learnt a harsh lesson in which side up the paper has to be, to avoid getting your hands covered with ink, but I gotta say, I'm really pleased with it.
Slight problem is that the print is slightly too large, even with the white border cut off. Should I reduce the size of the picture?
Also any recommendations on guillotines? Or are they pretty much all the same, had a look at the 1's in PC World, but the cheapest was about 40 quid.