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
Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper
4 × 6 in. (102 × 152 mm)
Letter (8.5 × 11 in.
[216 × 279 mm])
Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Letter (8.5 × 11 in.
[216 × 279 mm])
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Epson Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
4 × 6 in. (102 × 152 mm)
Letter (8.5 × 11 in.
[216 × 279 mm])
Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Glossy Photo Paper
4 × 6 in. (102 × 152 mm)
Letter (8.5 × 11 in.
[216 × 279 mm])
Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight
Letter (8.5 × 11 in.
[216 × 279 mm])
Matte Paper - Heavyweight

Load your paper as shown in Loading Paper.

With proper care, photographs from your Epson Stylus printer will last for many years. The special Epson DURABrite Ultra inks designed for your printer 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 your nearest Epson sales office as described in Where To Get Help.

Windows

  1. Open your image file in your preferred application.
  2. Open the File menu and select Print.
  3. 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.)

    4. 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 is the least amount of image expansion, 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.

  11. Click OK.
  12. 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 C87 in the Format for drop-down menu.
  3. Select one of the following settings as your Paper Size:
    • 4 × 6 (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
    • 5 × 7 (Sheet Feeder - Borderless)
    • 8 × 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. You see a window like this one:



  7. Select Stylus C87 in the Printer drop-down menu.
  8. Select Print Settings from the drop-down menu.



  9. Select one of the following Media Types 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 drop-down 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 is the least amount of image expansion, 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.

  13. Click Print.