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Borderless photo printing crops the edges

Borderless printing deliberately enlarges the image past the paper edge to avoid white borders. The expansion amount, aspect ratio and app crop control determine what is lost.

Direct answer

Borderless printing deliberately enlarges the image past the paper edge to avoid white borders. The expansion amount, aspect ratio and app crop control determine what is lost.

What this covers

  • The observed symptom matches this record
  • Customer-accessible settings, connections and external components
  • Diagnosis before reset, deletion or component replacement

What it does not cover

  • ×A model-specific error code with a different documented meaning
  • ×Internal electrical, battery-cell, gas, refrigeration or sealed-component repair
  • ×A guarantee that every model exposes the same control label
Try in this order0 of 4 completed
  1. Capture the exact symptom

    Reversible

    Compare photo aspect ratio with paper ratio and preview the crop before printing.

  2. Run the smallest isolation test

    Reversible

    Choose Fit with borders to preserve the whole image, or reduce borderless expansion and reposition the crop.

  3. Correct only the proven cause

    Reversible

    Save a print preset for the exact paper size and orientation rather than resizing the original destructively.

  4. Verify before changing anything else

    Reversible

    Print a low-cost draft with edge markers before the final photo.

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Sources behind this answer

Visible sources support the visible claims. Home Product Support records the publisher, the fact used and the review date; community reports can suggest an issue but do not become a published fact on their own.

Exact questions

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What should I check before resetting anything?+

Compare photo aspect ratio with paper ratio and preview the crop before printing.

What is the safest isolation test?+

Choose Fit with borders to preserve the whole image, or reduce borderless expansion and reposition the crop.

When should I stop troubleshooting?+

Do not recalibrate printheads for predictable borderless overscan.

Change recordAug. 17, 2026 — Published as an independently scoped question with a distinct isolation test, verification and safety boundary; source boundary: Epson Support.
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