On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:05:13 GMT, measekite
wrote:

Most of the reasonable price wide format printers like the frontrunning
Canon i9900 print a maximum size of 13x19. Yes the typical frame sizes
that have been around for years are 8x10, 11x14 and 16x20 as well as 16x25.

I've never seen a 16x25 as a "typical" frame size.

While the typical wide format printer can accommodate an 8x10 and an
11x14 they stop short of the popular 16x20. They are 3 short on the
width and 1 short on the length.

Making a printer 3 inches wider is not cheap or trivial undertaking.
Most people don't want to give up the desk space for a printer that
can print that wide, or pay the extra cost. Most people will never
want to print wider than 13 inches so the market for a wider printer
is very small, and the smaller the market the more the product will
cost because of the increased cost-per-unit for a small production
run.

It is much easier to build a printer that can print longer as this is
controlled by software and memory rather than by hardware (the width
of the printing area). This is how the Epson 2200 can print up to 44
inches long.

Finally, most people don't have the equipment or technical know-how to
produce an image that will still look good at 16x20 or larger.

jc