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How to Print

Printing on Roll Paper

Handling roll paper
Driver settings for Windows
Driver settings for Mac OS X

Printing on roll paper allows you to perform high quality banner printing. This means you can print panoramic photos, or a continuous document, rather than individual pages.

Handling roll paper

Refer to the section below for loading roll paper.

Loading the roll paper

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Driver settings for Windows

Note:

You can change the margins for roll paper with the printer driver settings. Refer to the section below to print without margins on either side of your printout.
See Borderless Printing

In this section you will learn how to print a banner on roll paper with margins on both sides of your printout.

Open the file you want to print.

Access the printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Windows

Click the Main tab, then make the Quality Option setting. See the following section for details on the Quality Option settings.
See Quality Option

Select Roll as the Source setting.

Make appropriate Options settings in the Roll Paper Options dialog box.

Selecting Banner Mode means you can print data as a banner. This allows you to print long documents as a continuous sheet rather than as individual sheets.

Selecting Cut Sheet Mode means you can print standard-sized data. This allows you to print documents as individual sheets rather than as a continuous sheet.

Click OK to return to the Main menu.

Select the appropriate Type setting.

Media Type Settings

Select the appropriate Size setting.

Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout.

Note:

Do not select Sheet as the Source setting when roll paper is loaded in the rear manual feed slot. Doing so causes unnecessary paper to feed after each document. If you have already started printing, cancel printing from the printer software.
See Canceling Printing

Click OK to close the driver setting dialog box.

Print your data.

Cut the roll paper.

Cutting the roll paper

Note:

Wait until the printer stops printing and feeding paper. Cut off the paper at the back of the printer, and then turn off the printer. The remaining paper is ejected.

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Driver settings for Mac OS X

Open the file you want to print.

Access the Page Setup dialog box.

Accessing the Printer Software for Mac OS X

Select Stylus Photo R2400 as the Format for setting.

Make the appropriate Paper Size setting according to the type of roll paper printing you want to perform.

Make the appropriate Orientation setting.

Click OK to close the Page Setup dialog box.

Access the Print dialog box.

Accessing the Printer Software for Mac OS X

Select Stylus Photo R2400 as the Printer setting, then make the Copies & Pages settings.

Note:

The Copies & Pages settings available are a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system's documentation for details.

Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu.

Make the appropriate Media Type, Color, and Mode settings.
See Print Settings

Media Type Settings

Select Roll Paper Option from the pop-up menu.

Make the appropriate Roll Paper Option setting.

Click Print to start printing.

Note:

This screen shot appears when A4 (roll paper) is selected as the paper size.

Cut the roll paper.

Cutting the roll paper

Note:

Wait until the printer stops printing and feeding paper. Cut off the paper at the back of the printer, and then turn off the printer. The remaining paper is ejected.

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