Responding to a request to print closer to the leading edge of the media on an Epson 7800 / 9800 I did some playing with the printer. The customer wanted to print close to the edge on film so they can punch the film on the plate easier. You can reduce the leading (top) and trailing (bottom) edge down to 3 mm. This can make a big difference on paper savings over a period of time. Standard setting is 15 mm so that is a saving of 24 mm for every printed job. So if you print say 8 up impositions on a 9800, say 650 mm deep, on a standard 30m roll that is about 46 jobs which is a saving of 1.1 m per roll. This represents quite a bit over a year in a busy production department.
To change it go to the Epson print control panel and select Printer Setup under the menu. Choose Roll Paper Margin and scroll down to the bottom where you will see 3 mm. Hit the return key to select the option (indicated by an *). Then back out of the menu back to the ready state.
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