BorderlessPrinting
BorderlessPrintingatActualSize
Takeadvantageofborderlessprintingtoprintdocumentssuchasposters(madeupmainlyofphotosor
images)withoutasurroundingmargin,orborder.
BorderlessPrinting
Inregularprinting,amarginrequiredbytheprinterisaddedaroundtheoriginal.Withborderlessprinting,you
canprintdocumentswithoutthemargin,sothattheprintedimagecoverstheentiresurfaceofthepaper.
Important
•Borderlessprintingisonlyavailablewithrolls.
•Paperyoucanuseforborderlessprintingisrestrictedtoparticulartypesofpaperandrollsofparticular
widths.Forinformationontypesofpapercompatiblewithborderlessprinting,refertothePaper
ReferenceGuide.(→P.107)
•IfyouuseanA2rollforborderlessprinting,inserttheprovidedSpacerforBorderlessPrintingonthe
RollHolder.(→P.144)
IfyoudonotattachtheSpacerforBorderlessPrinting,thePlatenmaybesoiledfromborderlessprinting.
•Paperincompatiblewiththeprinter’sautocutfunctioncanbeprintedwithoutbordersontheleftand
rightsidesonly.
•Thesefeaturescannotbeusedincombinationwithborderlessprinting:specialpagelayouts,centering
originals,andprintingcutlinesonrolls.
•Youcannothavepagesrotated90degreestoconservepaperifyouhavesetupborderlessprintingat
actualsizeorincombinationwithresizingoriginalstomatchthepapersize.
•Whenborderlessprintingisused,theedgeofthepaperiscutduringprinting.Thus,inkdensitymaybe
unevenattheedges.Ifyourequirehigherimagequality,specifyNoinAutoCutintheprinterdriver.In
thiscase,thepapercanbeprintedwithoutbordersontheleftandrightsidesonly.Afterejectingand
cuttingtheprinteddocument,usescissorstocutawaythetopandbottomedges.
•Byfactorydefault,theinkdryingtimeisdisabledforallpaper.Whenyouareusingpaperthattakes
longerforinktoadhereforborderlessprintingandtheCutterUnittouchesprintingsurfacesthatarenot
dryyet,itmaydamagethepaperortheedgeofthedocumentthatiscut,dependingonfrequencyof
use.Inthiscase,followthesestepstochangetheinkdryingtime.
1.OntheMainsheetoftheprinterdriver,clickSettingsinMediaType.
2.SelecttheinkdryingtimeintheBetweenPageslistofDryingTime.
BorderlessPrintingMethod
Choosethemethodofborderlessprintingthatsuitstheoriginal,asdesired.
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