Looong paper for the HP9180?

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p.1 #1 · Looong paper for the HP9180?

Hello again - Do any of you know where I can buy 13" x 48"(or longer paper) for the HP 9180? I'm trying to print Panoramas. I would like to print on long paper to see how well large panoramas are recieved before making the plunge into a truly wide printer.

Or if you have a link to a cobbled up roll feeder for this printer.

The custom paper seems to let me configure 13" x 44" paper, but of course, I can't find out if it will actually print on it.

Any and all help/advice muchly appreciated

Dec 25, 2007 at 12:03 AM

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p.1 #2 · Looong paper for the HP9180?

You can print to this length with the 9180, but a roll feed won't be the way you want to do this as there is no cutter. I cut long paper from rolls.

Dec 25, 2007 at 11:58 AM

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p.1 #3 · Looong paper for the HP9180?

Thanks again Jon. But during the tech support call I mentioned in my previous post, I was told that the maximum size the 9180 would print is 13 x 19. I repeatedly asked why the custom paper size allowed 13 x 44 in paper to be selected, but in that hour and a call, the Indian guy, who I allowed to remotely access my computer, would not from the 13 x 19 size limitation.

Have you actually printed with 44 in paper? Could you tell me more about your expeiences, settings, gotchyas, etc?

I would very much like to try this to proof my panoramas before buying a 44" printer.

Thanks very much for your help again : )

Dec 25, 2007 at 09:09 PM

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p.1 #4 · Looong paper for the HP9180?

Wow! I just read your profile! What a privelege it is to be talking to a highly rated and qualified author. Thanks for taking the time to help an aspiring newbie climbing such a steep learning curve. I am looking now, at your books and which ones I should buy(probably all of them) : )

I am having problems with Photoshop crashing while I'm trying to sharpen very large images. I don't know if I should do levels adjustment and brightness/contrast before or after sharpening, or even which programs to use for sharpening such large files(I have FM's sharpening plug-in which seems to work well), any suggestions? I just bought PTGui Pro, and it doesn't seem to break a sweat handling these files(although it does take some time to process them on this new state of the art computer I just had built.

Should I contact you through your e-mail, or continue on this forum so all can benefit from our discussion? I'm unsure of the protocols here.

Dec 25, 2007 at 09:29 PM

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p.1 #5 · Looong paper for the HP9180?

Glad to help out.

Sharpening should be the last step in your workflow before printing and it depends on a number of things - the contents of the image, the size you're printing at, and the media you're printing on. Fred's sharpening plug-in is very good, as are the Photokit sharpeners.
Crashing shouldn't be happening though. In the other thread I suggested resetting the preferences file.

Photoshop does take a long time to process panorama images.

On where to post, I suggest here there are plenty of people here that can help out as well.

Dec 27, 2007 at 03:12 AM

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p.1 #6 · Looong paper for the HP9180?

learningcurve wrote:
Thanks again Jon. But during the tech support call I mentioned in my previous post, I was told that the maximum size the 9180 would print is 13 x 19. I repeatedly asked why the custom paper size allowed 13 x 44 in paper to be selected, but in that hour and a call, the Indian guy, who I allowed to remotely access my computer, would not from the 13 x 19 size limitation.

Have you actually printed with 44 in paper? Could you tell me more about your expeiences, settings, gotchyas, etc?

I would very much like to try this to proof my panoramas before buying a 44" printer.

Thanks very much for your help again : )

Yes, I've printed this long. You'll get better results by using Best mode rather than Max DPI. Part of the reason HP doesn't officially support it is a lack of media in these sizes. The tech support people usually have very little experience with a product - they normally just have a list of common problems and solutions to refer to.

Dec 27, 2007 at 03:15 AM


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