Creating Custom Paper Sizes for Epson Printers

When your file is ready to print to a roll of paper or film, it's important to make sure that you set a paper size that will both conserve material and print your entire image. Most likely you will need to make a custom paper size.

From the "Print with Preview" dialog box in Photoshop, you can do the following to set a custom paper size:

1. Click "Page Setup"
   
2. Click "Printer" and choose the correct printer (Epson 7600 for this exercise), then click "Properties"
   
   
   
   
   Step 2, "Properties" in the upper right hand corner.
   
   
3. Click on the "Paper" tab:
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Under Paper Source, choose Roll Paper.
   
5. Under Paper Size, scroll all the way down and choose "User Defined."
   
6. In the "User Defined" dialog box, you will enter the dimensions of the paper:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   • Paper Width : width of the film/paper roll, in our case 14", entered as "1400"
     
   • Paper Height : height of your image, plus 1", in this case 5", but the lowest the printer will let us go is just over 7", so we entered "717"
     
   • Paper Size Name: something informative, ie "Roll 14x7"
     
   • Don't forget to hit "Save," then "OK"
     

Now that you have your custom paper size dialed in, there's only one thing left to do:

1. Uncheck "Auto Cut" on the "Paper" tab:
   
   
   
   

You're done, and ready to print!