Printer won't print a full A4 sheet.

[DaisyPusher]

I have a D1500 and and F4180. Both old, like me, great printers but they won't print a full A4 sheet.

If I set up a doc or pic to fill a full A4 there is something like a 20mm blank space at the bottom of the sheet and that 20mm of text or image just disappears. As if the printer thinks it's printed it??

[ShlomiL · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Both of the printers do not support borderless printing on A4 paper.

For the HP Deskjet D1500, borderless printing is only supported on 4 x 6 inch photo paper with a tab (0.5 inch), see page 15 of its user guide:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01373907

Also for the F4180 borderless printing is only supported on a 4 x 6 photo paper as listed in its specs below:

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2008/macworld/fs_deskjetf4180aio.pdf

The minimum bottom margins would be 12.7mm for both the D1500 and F4180 models (see the Print margin section).

Regards,

Shlomi

[DaisyPusher]

Ah. Thanks a lot. Now I understand to a certain degree. Don't quite understand why there is that 12.7mm gap but I'll take that into consideration for future reference. Might have helped if I'd ever actually read the instructions? ;D