Thetargos, thank you so much for your help and interest!!
I am using an HP Deskjet 5650 printer. When I print my document (media - thanks for letting me know), which is a custom size, I am limited by the printer set-up page (HP assures me I can print banners with the settings I list) choices: I select: letter paper (11x8.5), and for paper choice, I select banner paper (I use the settings sent to me by HP, and landscape. The results are the same, even though the paper size is, lets say, 24 inches, only 11 inches prints (standard paper size). There isn't a "print banner" box to check (only the banner paper setting).
I noticed on the Inkscape wiki page that there was a poll concerning printing from Inkscape. I vote a HUGE YES!!! for better printing support. That tells me there are others out there with printing problems...
Thank you so much for your help. I really must resolve this one way or another.
jt
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I went ahead an booted into Windows. Man was this installation OLD or what? I found out that it still holds a previous installation of an HP DeskJet 920 printer, as such I went ahead and checked a few things from the print dialog box (standard Windows dialog for printing) and toyed around for the printer configuration. It turns out that despite the size of the drawing in Inkscape, I could set the size of the paper to print to. The default (since I'm on a Spanish install of Windows) is set to A4 (when will they learn that 95% of spanish speakers live in America and not Europe? *sigh*) anyway, I was able to change the paper size to "papel continuo 8.5x11 pulgadas" which roughly translates to "continous feed 8.5x11 in", plus there is a small check box to allow printing banners... I attach a screenshot with some comments on it (basically since it is in spanish)... I'm not sure if your particular model of HP printer supports any of these, but I thought it would be worth a try... In the attached image you will see that at least for my currently installed printer it is possible to set it so it can print banners. I'm not sure if this will still require the application to state the number of "pages" the banner will span, or if the printer is able to "make it out" on its own.
Good luck!