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Enhanced Printing Options Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) iPF6400 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) By automatic enlargement of a document created with an application software by the printer driver, you can print maximum 18.0 m vertical or horizontal banners. However, you may not be able to print 18.0 m due to restrictions in the settable document size according to the application software. This topic describes how to print a banner about five times as long as the roll width based on the following example. • Document: A horizontal banner created in Microsoft Word • Page size: Non-standard (100×500 mm [3.9×19.7 in]) • Paper: Roll • Paper type: Plain Paper • Roll paper width: 16 in (406.4 mm) The print procedure is as follows. 1. Register a Custom Paper Size in the printer driver. Call a non-standard paper size registered in the printer driver with Custom Paper Size. Once you register Custom Paper Size, you then can select it repeatedly from the paper size list. Custom Paper Size can be set up to 18.0 m. 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 Paper 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.(See "Accessing the Printer Driver Dialog Box from the Operating System Menu →P.183 ") 2 Click the Page Setup tab to display the Page Setup sheet. 3 Select and click a roll paper in the L Paper Source list. 4 Click O Size Options to display the Paper Size Options dialog box. 110 5 Enter a desired paper name in Custom Paper Size Name. My Horizontal Banner is used in this example. 6 In Units, click mm. User's Guide