Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes
Printing V ertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format
Printing; W indows)
This topic describes how to print a banner about ve times as long as the roll width based on the following example.
• Document: A horizontal banner created in Microsoft W ord
• Page size: Non-standard (100 × 500 mm [3.4 × 19.7in])
• Paper: Roll
• Paper type: Plain Paper
• Roll paper width: 16 in (406.4 mm)
Follow the steps below to print a banner in either horizontal or vertical format.
1. Register a Custom Media Size .
Banners tend to be in non-standard sizes, so register a Custom Media Size . In this example, 100 ×
500 mm (3.4 × 19.7 in) is registered.
2. In the application, create an original in the size you registered.
3. Print the banner , using the settings that correspond to banners.
Registering a Custom Media Size
This example describes how to register a paper size that is horizontally elongated and suitable for banners in
either horizontal or vertical format.
1. Display the printer driver dialog box. ( → P .204)
2. Click the Page Setup tab to display the Page Setup sheet.
3. Click Roll Paper in the L Media Source list.
4. Click O Size Options to display the Media Size Options dialog box.
5. Enter a desired paper name in Custom Media Size Name . “My Horizontal Banner” is used
in this example.
6. In Units , click mm .
7. Under Media Size , enter “100” in W idth and “500” in Height .
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