Borderless printing problem Adobe Photoshop 2020

[paulc65657246]

Hi,

Since the update to Adobe Photoshop 2020, I am having difficulty producing borderless A4 prints. I did not have this problem prior to the update. I just used to select A4 borderless within my printers settings and I got what I wanted. Now I am getting an enlarged print image and not the borderless print I was expecting.

I am using an Epson XP-970 printer, are there new settings I should be using in Adobe Photoshop 2020? I have a project that I wanted to submit borderless prints for tomorrow, so any help that anyone can give me would be greatly received. Thank you.

[Akash Sharma]

Hi there,

Borderless printing increases the size of the image slightly, so that it prints over the edge of the sheet. In order to do that, it will crop the image slightly. One viable solution might be to extend the size of the background slightly bigger than A4, so that when it's enlarged for borderless printing, it will appear to be the correct size.

Have you tried creating a bleed in your artwork? Print the image at 100% (no enlarging) and then trim it yourself, after it has been printed. A bleed is an area which extends over the size of the sheet.

Also, does the problem occurs with all the existing projects that you are trying to print or just the one's you have created in Photoshop 2020?

Thanks,

Akash

[paulc65657246]

Akash,

Thank you for your reply. The problem only occurs in the one's created in 2020. 2019 was fine and gave me correct results previously.

Thank you

Paul

[davescm]

Borderless printing is a function of the print driver - not Photoshop. So when you select Print>Print Settings you are looking at the Epson Print Driver dialogue.
To get borderless then you ensure your Photoshop image size matches , or slightly exceeds the paper size. Then, in print settings, choose borderless and whether the print driver should apply any expansion. Note though, that most printers do not support borderless printing for every paper size. The printer manual should advise on that.

Dave

[paulc65657246]

Hi Dave,

Thank you for your reply. I was able to print successfully borderless prints using my current printer and 2019. All gone astray I am afraid since I updated to 2020.

Paul

[davescm]

I'm puzzled by your description. If your image size is the same as your paper size, how do you get an "enlarged print", bigger than the paper without it being borderless.
Can you show your print dialogue - both Photoshop and the Epson "Print Settings" dialogue.

In the print dialogue - make sure scaling is set to 100%.

In print settings pay attention to these:

Dave

[defaultjy1kjt1x9vi2]

Has a solution been posted or found to this issue? It has certainly been awhile since I did a borderless print but what I need to solve needs it now and I noticed this same issue tonight. A search landed me here with the same problem. Photoshop is enlarging the image. Any part of the image that would normally be in the "margin" on a regular print is ignored and the image within the normal document print area is enlarged to the paper edges. Thereby effectively enlarging the image and effectively cropping out .125". I noticed this thread was a few years old, I'm currently on 25.0.0 and the issue still persists.

[davescm]

Have you checked the borderless settings in your printer driver, as shown in the post directly above yours? Enlargement on borderless printing is a function of the printer driver not Photoshop and is an option (usually on by default when printing borderless) to prevent white edges due to paper misalignment.

Dave