Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes

Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows)

This topic describes how to print a banner about ve times as long as the roll width based on the following example.

Document: A horizontal banner created in Microsoft Word

Page size: Non-standard (100×500 mm [3.9×19.7 in])

Paper: Roll

Paper type: Plain Paper

Roll paper width: 16 in (406.4 mm)

Follow the steps below to print a banner in either horizontal or vertical format.

1.Register a Custom Media Size.

Banners tend to be in non-standard sizes, so register a Custom Media Size. In this example, 100×500 mm (3.9×19.7 in) is registered.

2.In the application, create an original in the size you registered.

3.Print the banner, using the settings that correspond to banners.

Registering a Custom Media Size

This example describes how to register a paper size that is horizontally elongated and suitable for banners in either horizontal or vertical format.

1. Display the printer driver dialog box. (→P.496)

2. Click the Page Setup tab to display the Page Setup sheet.

3. Click Roll Paper in the L Media Source list.

4. Click O Size Options to display the Media Size Options dialog box.

5. Enter a desired paper name in Custom Media Size Name. “My Horizontal Banner” is used in this example.

6. In Units, click mm.

7. Under Media Size, enter “100” in Width and “500” in Height.

8. Click Add to add the paper size of “My Horizontal Banner.”

9. Click OK to close the Media Size Options dialog box.

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