Printing Borderless Photos


You can print your photos with no margins, extending the image all the way to the edges of the page. Although borderless printing is a bit slower, you get beautiful snapshots and enlargements, without trimming.

See Loading Paper for Borderless Photos, then see these sections for instructions on printing borderless photos:

Loading Paper for Borderless Photos

You can print borderless photos on these papers and sizes:  

Paper name
Sizes
Paper Type or Media Type setting
Premium Glossy Photo Paper
4 × 6 inches
5 × 7 inches
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
4 × 6 inches
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Glossy Photo Paper
4 × 6 inches
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight
8 × 10 inches
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
Matte Paper - Heavyweight

Load your paper as shown in Loading Paper.

With proper care, photographs from your Epson Stylus CX all-in-one will last for many years. The special Epson DURABrite Ultra inks designed for your Epson Stylus CX are formulated to achieve improved lightfastness when used with Epson papers for prints that are properly displayed or stored. For best results, always use Epson papers.

As with traditional photos, Epson recommends proper care that will minimize color changes and lengthen display life:

You can purchase genuine Epson ink and paper from an authorized Epson reseller. To find the nearest reseller, please call 800-GO-EPSON (800-463-7766). To purchase online, visit www.epsonstore.com (U.S. sales only). In Canada, please call 800-463-7766 for reseller referral.

Windows

  1. Open the File menu and select Print.
  2. Click the Properties or Preferences button. (If you see a Setup, Printer, or Options button, click it. Then click Properties or Preferences on the next screen.)
  3. You see a window like this one:



  4. Select Photo or Best Photo as the Quality Option setting.
  5. Select one of the following for the paper Type option, to match the paper you're using:
    • Premium Glossy Photo Paper
    • Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
    • Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
    • Matte Paper - Heavyweight
    • Glossy Photo Paper
  6. Click the Borderless checkbox. Read the message and click OK.
  7. Select your paper Size setting. See the list of supported borderless sizes in Printing Borderless Photos.
  8. Select Portrait or Landscape as the orientation setting.
  9. Click the Page Layout tab. You see a window like this one:


  10. If necessary, adjust the Expansion slider in the Borderless box to choose Min, Max, or the in-between setting.
  11. Min retains most image area in your print, but there may be a small white edge on the borders of the print. Max expands the image to ensure that there are no unprinted edges, but the edges of the image may not appear in the print.

  12. Click OK.
  13. At the Print window, click OK or Print.

Macintosh OS X

  1. Open the File menu and select Page Setup. You see a window like this one:


  2. Select Stylus CX4200 or Stylus CX4800 in the Format for pop-up menu.
  3. Select one of the following settings as your Paper Size:
    • 4 x 6 (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
    • 5 x 7 (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
    • 8 x 10 (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
    • US Letter (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
  4. Select portrait or landscape as the orientation setting.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Open the File menu and select Print.
  7. Select Stylus CX4200 or Stylus CX4800 in the Printer pop-up menu.
  8. Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu.


  9. Select one of the following for the Media Type option, to match the paper you're using:
    • Premium Glossy Photo Paper
    • Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
    • Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
    • Matte Paper - Heavyweight
    • Glossy Photo Paper
  10. Select Quality (for higher quality) or Speed (for faster printing) using the slider.
  11. Select Expansion from the pop-up menu. You see a window like this one:


  12. If necessary, adjust the Expansion slider to choose Min, Max, or the in-between setting.
  13. Min retains the most image area in your print, but there may be a small white edge on the borders of the print. Max expands the image to ensure that there are no unprinted edges, but the edges of the image may not appear in the print.

  14. Click Print.