Help - Borders Not Printing Evenly

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

11/26/2005 05:10:15 PM · #1

I have put borders on my photos in CS2 using the "stroke" method. When I go to print on my Epson 2200 the border is always thinner on one side of the image. This does not change when I try different drivers (i use the "Borderless" setting now because it allows for larger margins that center the image on the page but I have tried the "Minimize Margins" and "Standard" settings also). Changing the paper orientation only puts the thinner border on a different side of the image. The border is even in photoshop and when I save for the web but not when printing.

The image size i am trying to print is usually around10.5" x 7". When I select Edit>"stroke" in CS2 I am choosing an even number of pixels for the border (usually 4px or 8px) and the color I am specifying is #000000 (for black).

I believe this is a printer issue not a photoshop issue. I'm going through a lot of paper and ink testing various settings. Any help would be appreciated.

deapee

Kodak V803

11/26/2005 05:16:08 PM · #2

You need to use specific paper to print perfectly centered on the paper.

You could try putting the black (or whatever) border on it, then leaving some white, then cutting it yourself, that will give the proper border 100% of the time.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

11/26/2005 06:49:18 PM · #3

i am printing a 10.5 x 7 image on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. there is a 1/2 inch of white space on two sides and a 1/4 inch of white space on two sides. Centering the image on the page is not the problem. the reduced border is actually on the side of the image that has a 1/2 inch margin of white space.

The problem i'm experiencing is that the printer does not print the full border on one side of the image (no matter which driver/setting i choose). It appears that the border on the side of the image that has been reduced is about 1/2 the size of the other three borders (ie... border on three sides of the image is 4 px and the border on one side of the image is 2 px)

Message edited by author 2005-11-26 18:53:22.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

11/26/2005 07:05:25 PM · #4

Interesting. i don't know the solution to this, but you coudl work around it by doing the following:
After stroking in the border, add a small white border by increasing the canvas size. Now when you print, the white border will be the thing that gets unevenly cropped. Then just trim to your colored border.

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

11/26/2005 07:18:27 PM · #5

What happens if you take your image, add your 10 pixel black border, then add a white border of like 10 pixels after that? It should then print the whole black border then you'd have to cut like an eithth of an inch off, no?

Alternatively, you could try making your photo the aspect ratio you choose...then select all, edit, stroke, check INSIDE, then do a stroke...then add some more white pixels to the outside of that by increasing the canvas size.

I don't do much printing at home, but that would make sense to me.

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

11/26/2005 07:51:35 PM · #6

increasing the canvas size with a small white border worked better than stroking outside with a white border - problem solved - thanks for the help!

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

11/26/2005 08:31:26 PM · #7

When your print options dialog comes up, set it to borderless printing and centered and it should resolve your issue.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

11/27/2005 01:35:40 AM · #8

the print options dialogue IS set to borderless printing and centered is checked and it doesn't resolve the issue. That's why i'm so confused. The only thing that seems to solve the problem is the "work around" suggested by Kirbic.

Excerpt from my original post:
When I go to print on my Epson 2200 the border is always thinner on one side of the image. This does not change when I try different drivers (i use the "Borderless" setting now because it allows for larger margins that center the image on the page but I have tried the "Minimize Margins" and "Standard" settings also)

deapee

Kodak V803

11/27/2005 01:43:47 AM · #9

Originally posted by seenosun:

The only thing that seems to solve the problem is the "work around" suggested by Kirbic.

Originally posted by deapee:

You could try putting the black (or whatever) border on it, then leaving some white, then cutting it yourself, that will give the proper border 100% of the time.

Originally posted by kirbic:

After stroking in the border, add a small white border by increasing the canvas size. Now when you print, the white border will be the thing that gets unevenly cropped. Then just trim to your colored border.

Originally posted by deapee:

Alternatively, you could try making your photo the aspect ratio you choose...then select all, edit, stroke, check INSIDE, then do a stroke...then add some more white pixels to the outside of that by increasing the canvas size.

hrmm...I can't get no credit...that's cool

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

11/27/2005 06:52:53 AM · #10

My Epson 2000P does not like stroked borders either. It works fine with borders added by increasing canvas size. I have no clue why this should be so.

R.

11/27/2005 10:36:40 AM · #11

Sorry Deapee - should have given you some props too!
Thanks for the help.