Printing Options Using Rolls and Sheets

The printer supports both rolls and sheets.

This section introduces the main features of each, as well as the main printing methods available. Select rolls or sheets to suit your particular printing application.

Note

For information on the types of paper the printer supports, see "Types of Paper."
A variety of other ways to print are available besides those introduced here. For details, see "Enhanced Printing Options."

Roll printing

Media in spooled rolls is generally called Roll Media. Rolls are loaded on the Roll Holder, which are in turn loaded in the printer.

Rolls can be used to print large photos or create posters or banners that cannot be printed on regular sheets.

Large-format printing

Easily print vertical or horizontal banners from familiar applications such as Microsoft Office applications.

(See "Printing Hanging and Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing)" (Windows).)

(See "Printing Hanging and Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing)" (Mac OS).)
Borderless printing

Print without a margin (border) around posters or photos.

(See "Prints without Edges Based on the Scenarios" (Windows).)

(See "Prints without Edges Based on the Scenarios" (Mac OS).)
Banner printing

You can print multiple pages as a single continuous image, without margins between pages.

(See "Printing by Connecting Multiple Pages" (Windows).)

(See "Printing by Connecting Multiple Pages" (Mac OS).)
90-degree rotation before printing

Originals in portrait orientation are rotated 90 degrees when possible to use paper more efficiently.

(See "Saving Roll Paper by Rotating Document 90 Degrees" (Windows).)

(See "Saving Roll Paper by Rotating Document 90 Degrees" (Mac OS).)
Enlarged/reduced printing

You can freely adjust the size of originals by enlarging or reducing originals before printing.

(See "Scaled Printing" (Windows).)

(See "Scaled Printing" (Mac OS).)
Free Layout (Windows) and imagePROGRAF Free Layout (Mac OS)

Print multiple documents from multiple applications (such as word-processing programs, spreadsheet programs, and so on) next to each other.

(See "Lining Up and Printing Multiple Documents" (Windows).)

(See "Lining Up and Printing Multiple Documents" (Mac OS).)

Note

Setting the optional roll unit to feed mode and loading roll paper in both the Roll 1 (Upper) and Roll 2 (Lower) holders offers the following advantages.
- Save the time and effort of switching paper
  
  By loading roll paper of different media types or paper sizes on the upper and lower rolls, you can select the roll paper in Paper Source in the printer driver when printing, eliminating the effort it takes to replace the roll.
  
  (See "Page Setup Tab Description" (Windows).)
  
  (See "Quality & Media" (Mac OS).)
- Automatic selection of the right paper for the print job
  
  Selecting Roll Paper (Auto) in Paper Source in the printer driver enables automatic selection and printing on the roll that suits the print job from the loaded rolls.
  
  (See "Printing by Automatically Switching Upper-level and Lower-level Roll Papers" (Windows).)
  
  (See "Printing by Automatically Switching Upper-level and Lower-level Roll Papers" (Mac OS).)

Sheet printing

Sheets refer to individual sheets of paper.

Insert the sheet between the platen and the paper retainer.

Enlarged/reduced printing

You can freely adjust the size of originals by enlarging or reducing originals before printing.

(See "Scaled Printing" (Windows).)

(See "Scaled Printing" (Mac OS).)
Free Layout (Windows) and imagePROGRAF Free Layout (Mac OS)

Print multiple documents from multiple applications (such as word-processing programs, spreadsheet programs, and so on) next to each other.

(See "Lining Up and Printing Multiple Documents" (Windows).)

(See "Lining Up and Printing Multiple Documents" (Mac OS).)