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. . It seems that there’s always some new terminology we
have to get used to these days. When it comes to printing photos,
here’s another one for us to embrace: Borderless.
The term “Border” is another word for “margin”
when we’re talking about printing digital photos. The border
is the white edge that goes all around the image area of your
print. In the old days, there were no prints without a white border.
There was even a time when the zigzag cut of the border was supposed
to be part of the appeal.
But we’ve come a long way on the whole topic of the photo’s
edge. Not only at the film lab, but when you print your own photos,
you can now opt for having no white edge and in a variety of print
size options. And why would you want to print without the border?
For a few reasons:
• it saves
you from trimming off the white edge if you’re using it
in a layout
• it gives
you a bigger image size for your paper size
In order to print without a border however, you need 2 things:
• a printer
that offers the technology to print Borderless photos,
• and the
right size paper for the print size you want
An Epson PictureMate prints only a 4”x 6” size, and
prints them either with or without a border. All you do is pick
your preference before it prints.
A letter sized printer can print a variety of sizes. A wide format
printer has yet more borderless options. It can print any of the
following sizes right now: 4x6”, 5x7”, 8x10”,
letter size (8.5” x 11”) and 11x14.
If you like the look, but you have an older printer that doesn’t
offer the technology to print without the border, there’s
a way to easily get the look with a product like Perfed photo
paper. This usually comes in the size to make 4”x 6”
prints. The paper is a little larger than the ultimate 4”
x 6’ size, but is perforated, so that once you pull off
the edges, you end up with something that is indeed without a
border, even though it didn’t initially print that way.
It works, though, and still saves you having to trim it with a
tool. And to use this product, you don’t need the breakthrough
printer technology to get the look. |