David Annoying, isn't it? I print 2 A5's on A4 paper. Well not quite A5 as the right hand margin on A4 paper (landscape) is wider when using epson printers. I have worked out the exact printable areas for A4 & A3, and could send you a file with grid lines showing where you can print As a result I now print cards the full height but slightly narrower than A5 (Once you have defined your printable area use the crop tool around those grids, and without actually performing the crop, drag in a horizontal & vertical grid to snap to the centre mark of the cropped area. Hit escape and the two new grids show the center of the printable area.)
That's how I do it, but it sounds as though Shangara's solution will get you the full A5 John Begg Photography Architecture & Interiors London T + 44 (0) 20 7354 2446 M + 44 (0) 7836 353 339 > Hi all, > I'm trying to print out Post Card size output in Photoshop using OSX and an > Epson 1290. Just downloaded the latest Epson Driver for OSX. > > The paper I'm using is A5 (yes, I've measured it) > > The file I'm printing is A5 > > But in the printed version the image is always 'off centre' (by 12mm) This > may not seem much, but at A5 output it looks bad. I've tried selecting > 'Centre Image' in Print Preview, which it doesn't. 'Scale to fit media' just > shrinks the image file, but doesn't rectify the problem. In the past I've > always re-jigged files so that they print out to look right. This is the > 'trial and error' method... > > But I'm wondering if there is an accurate 'right first time' method. > > How do I print out so that the file in Photoshop really is centred on the > output (and not just says it is in the Epson Driver). Am I right in assuming > that the Epson Driver is severely flawed in this simple task ? > > As an aside, where is the custom paper settings so I can 'fool' the Epson > driver into doing what it should do ? > > Many thanks for any help, > From David =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
