Epson R380 borderless prints

I have an 8x10 photo of my Grand-daughter of which I wanted to make a 5x7 copy
for my Mom. So I scanned the picture and tried to print a 5x7, using the
borderless selection. I also checked off fit image to the page. I still came out
with a white band across the bottom of the print. Is this a printing problem or
is it because the ratio of 8x10 reduced to 5x7 just doesn't fill in the paper?
I'm not swift enough at math to figure this out. Thanks.

<rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> I have an 8x10 photo of my Grand-daughter of which I wanted to make a 5x7
> copy
> for my Mom. So I scanned the picture and tried to print a 5x7, using the
> borderless selection. I also checked off fit image to the page. I still
> came out
> with a white band across the bottom of the print. Is this a printing
> problem or
> is it because the ratio of 8x10 reduced to 5x7 just doesn't fill in the
> paper?

It is an aspect ratio issue. Shrinking the 8x10 would result in a 5x6.25.
You could try printing it without checking the fit to page, or you may need
to use a photo editing program to properly crop the print.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

On Sat, 24 May 2008 21:45:47 -0700, "Bob Headrick" <bobh@proaxis.com> wrote:

><rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:bc8h34tq9sf7qlepl0bnqrs7anc3mslj3g@4ax.com.. .
>> I have an 8x10 photo of my Grand-daughter of which I wanted to make a 5x7
>> copy
>> for my Mom. So I scanned the picture and tried to print a 5x7, using the
>> borderless selection. I also checked off fit image to the page. I still
>> came out
>> with a white band across the bottom of the print. Is this a printing
>> problem or
>> is it because the ratio of 8x10 reduced to 5x7 just doesn't fill in the
>> paper?
>
>It is an aspect ratio issue. Shrinking the 8x10 would result in a 5x6.25.
>You could try printing it without checking the fit to page, or you may need
>to use a photo editing program to properly crop the print.
>
>Regards,
>Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging
>

Thanks. I use Paint Shop Pro, pretty much since it's inception years ago. I'm
using version 8.0 right now, though I actually own the more recent version,
which for some reason I just couldn't get used to. So I just take the scanned
8x10 and figure out how to crop it to 5x7? Makes sense. I just never could
figure out how to crop to a certain size.

The aspect ratio for a 5x7 and an 8x10 are not the same.&nbsp; To do this you need to crop the image to the same aspect ratio as the 5x7.

rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:

I have an 8x10 photo of my Grand-daughter of which I wanted to make a 5x7 copy for my Mom. So I scanned the picture and tried to print a 5x7, using the borderless selection. I also checked off fit image to the page. I still came out with a white band across the bottom of the print. Is this a printing problem or is it because the ratio of 8x10 reduced to 5x7 just doesn't fill in the paper? I'm not swift enough at math to figure this out. Thanks.