Drue
May 5th 03, 10:41 PM
I am looking for a way to print larger than 14 inches on a HP 722c
deskjet. The specific size of the paper is 8" x 18". I am running XP
and 98. I am trying to print a PDF from Acrobat (and In Design). The
obvious problem is that I cannot set the paper length to anything
above 14". However, I have tried (in 98 because XP's driver doesn't
support this feature) printing a banner, but for whatever reason only
11" of the page is printed from about 3.5" to 14.5". Is there any
known way how to override the 14" setting because I see no reason why
the printer wouldn't be able to physically print on something larger?
or Am I using the banner setting incorrectly and does anyone have tips
on how to improve?
Below is some more background information about why I need to perform
such a task:
I am a senior communication design major at Virginia Commonwealth
University. I am creating a self-promotional piece about me to be left
behind at job interviews. The publication is 24 8" x 3"pages, meaning
I could print 3 duplex spreads on one 11x17 (and the whole book minus
the cover could be printed on 2 tabloid). For the cover, I wanted to
use some sort of transparent or translucent stock with just type which
would look through to the front and back photos. Unfortunately, I have
been unable to find any 11x17 that would come close to what I am
looking for. Kinkos does not copy onto 11x17 transparencies anymore,
Xpedx did not have any paper that a) would work on an ink jet and b)
was larger than letter. I ended up purchasing a large sheet of mylar
from an art supplies store. I sent it through my epson 1280 and the
ink would not take to the paper, the printing was very smudged and
just had an overall terrible quality. I then tried sending it through
my HP 722c, and the ink actually took to the paper (however there is a
drying time involved). Now I face the 14" problem. Because the cover
is a spread, I could opt to just print the front on one sheet and the
back on another sheet but because the rest of the book was printed on
11x17, and I intend to saddle stitch the whole thing, I don't know how
to re-attach the front cover to the back cover. A piece of tape would
work, but that would look fairly bad, and craft is important to this
piece.
Thanks.
andrew
deskjet. The specific size of the paper is 8" x 18". I am running XP
and 98. I am trying to print a PDF from Acrobat (and In Design). The
obvious problem is that I cannot set the paper length to anything
above 14". However, I have tried (in 98 because XP's driver doesn't
support this feature) printing a banner, but for whatever reason only
11" of the page is printed from about 3.5" to 14.5". Is there any
known way how to override the 14" setting because I see no reason why
the printer wouldn't be able to physically print on something larger?
or Am I using the banner setting incorrectly and does anyone have tips
on how to improve?
Below is some more background information about why I need to perform
such a task:
I am a senior communication design major at Virginia Commonwealth
University. I am creating a self-promotional piece about me to be left
behind at job interviews. The publication is 24 8" x 3"pages, meaning
I could print 3 duplex spreads on one 11x17 (and the whole book minus
the cover could be printed on 2 tabloid). For the cover, I wanted to
use some sort of transparent or translucent stock with just type which
would look through to the front and back photos. Unfortunately, I have
been unable to find any 11x17 that would come close to what I am
looking for. Kinkos does not copy onto 11x17 transparencies anymore,
Xpedx did not have any paper that a) would work on an ink jet and b)
was larger than letter. I ended up purchasing a large sheet of mylar
from an art supplies store. I sent it through my epson 1280 and the
ink would not take to the paper, the printing was very smudged and
just had an overall terrible quality. I then tried sending it through
my HP 722c, and the ink actually took to the paper (however there is a
drying time involved). Now I face the 14" problem. Because the cover
is a spread, I could opt to just print the front on one sheet and the
back on another sheet but because the rest of the book was printed on
11x17, and I intend to saddle stitch the whole thing, I don't know how
to re-attach the front cover to the back cover. A piece of tape would
work, but that would look fairly bad, and craft is important to this
piece.
Thanks.
andrew