Printing without borders

[gtracy901]

I am a new Elements user and while I am happy with the editing features I have learned to use so far, I am very frustrated by not being able to printg without a large white border at one end of each print. I have read the existing forums, which have a lot of good info, and tried chainging each of the referenced settings (actual vs. fixed size, allow cropping vs. do not allow, reproportion, etc.) wiohout luck. The preview pane in the editor shows the photo as I want it (no border, no large whit space), but it still prints with the large white margin at one end, and may cut off a pi9ece of the phot even though that piece shows in the preview.

I am printing with an HP 2100 series.
Jerry

[Karin Sue]

Look in your printer documentation. It may be that your printer is not capable of borderless.

To get borderless on my HP I use the 4x6 with tab paper. This has a 1/2 inch perforated tab to tear off to make a standard 4x6 borderless print. My hp cannot print within about 1/2" of the bottom(portrait)/right(landscape) edge of the paper. I believe it is this part of the paper that the printer grips during the printing process.

[gtracy901]

Thanks, Karen Sue

You're probabgly right, that the HP is set up to use that bit of paper (about 4/10 of an inch, based on the minimum settings for margins), but I am getting a full inch of whitespace and losing part of the phot as it appears in the print preview. I am actually okay with the white space, if I can avoid losing apart of the photo.

Any ideas?

[Antonio]

Check your preferences. What are your "Margins" settings? What are the minimum settings for your printer?

When I was in doubt about margins, I created a document in a Text application and set the margins to zero. This brought up a warning box telling me that "Some of the margins are too small." and [did I want the program to fix the problem]. You answer YES (or OK) and then look at the margin settings--which now will be at their minimum values.

If you use a printer that is capable of borderless printing, you can easily set all four margins (& I occasionally do) to .12" with no problem.