Why are my Epson SC-P800 borderless 10x15 cm prints being cropped?
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I’m printing from Lightroom to an Epson SC-P800 on Hahnemühle 10x15 cm cards (100x150 mm). My image is cropped to a 4x6 aspect ratio, and in Lightroom’s Print module I set a custom paper size of 100x150 mm with 0 mm margins and no non-printable area. However, the final print is cropped by roughly 3–5 mm on each side. I also tested with standard 4x6 in / 102x152 mm borderless settings and saw the same issue: parts of the image near the edges are cut off. Is this expected with borderless printing on the SC-P800, and is there any way to avoid the cropping?
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Do you print without borders? If yes, the printer needs to expand the image to a larger area to ensure that there are no white stripes left. Even more expensive printers do that. If you need borderless images exactly 10x15 cm in size, consider printing more on a larger paper and then cut to size.
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Yes — this is normal for borderless printing. To prevent thin white edges from appearing, Epson printers slightly enlarge the image beyond the paper size, which causes cropping around the edges even if your file matches the paper’s aspect ratio.
What to try:
- Disable any option like Zoom to Fill.
- In the Epson driver, look for Expansion and choose Retain Size if available.
- Set print scaling to 100% and leave Scale to Fit Media unchecked.
The tradeoff is that true borderless output may then show a very thin white line at one edge. If exact framing matters, the most reliable solution is to print with a small border or print on slightly larger paper and trim to final size afterward.
So the issue is not your crop ratio — it’s the printer’s borderless expansion behavior.
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