24 x 36 plots on 12 x 18 paper on the EPSON WF 7520!

this only took me about a year and a half of on and off again testing. if it is not in fact possible (/please/ let me know if it is) it would be nice if the folks at Epson - at a minimum - let me know how to save this set of alice in wonderland down the wormhole set of print settings so i don't have to refer to self published documentation every time i need to plot.

ESPON 24X36 plots on 12 x 18 paper plot summary

1. PUT 12 X 18 PAPER IN SLOT 1 (upper slot)

2. pulldown File > Print

3. pulldown to ESPON printer

4. leave "Auto Rotate and Center" checked (note that you are likely to uncheck this because the interface for this plotting is so buggy your plots will normally come out oriented incorrectly. also note that if you have a multi-page document you will want to print only the current view or you will waste a ton of paper and ink printing incorrectly sized or incorrectly oriented multi-page documents…).

5. click "Page Setup"

6. pulldown to "Format For" Epson WF-7520

7. select "Paper Size" to 18 x12 (see notes below)

8. if your plot is oriented correctly (i.e. horizontally) leave first selection in "Orientation:" set as it is.

7. change "Scale" to 50 percent

9. note that when setting up your 12 x 18 inch custom paper size you HAVE to have the 18 inch set as the width and the 12 inch set as the height. there is NO combination of settings that will let you get a correct plot on 12 x 18 inch paper if you accidentally put these entries as 12 and then 18. it HAS to be 18 then 12.

10. click OK

11. cross your fingers and again make sure you have just plotted one sheet until you get it all set up.

12. post back here if you figure out a way to SAVE THESE SETTINGS in a way that doesn't mean making it the default setting (i.e. you print on different types of paper on your ESPON 7520 WIDE FORMAT 2 TRAY PRINTER!!