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How to print bigger then 8.5"x11"

 
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Jun 12, 2008 21:39 |  #1

I was wondering if there is software that will allow me to print like a 3'x2' image, but print it out in sections so that I can just piece it together?

I need to print images of a human body, I don't need it to be high res. Its just basically outlines. Any help would be much appreciated.




  
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Jun 12, 2008 23:01 |  #2

Welcome to POTN :) We have a lot of FAQs, the link is at the top of the forum. Here's the one you need.

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Short answer: just print it, it'll be fine.


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Jun 12, 2008 23:41 |  #3

I think some printer drivers allow "tiling", which is the term for what you're describing. I haven't done it for some years, though.


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Jun 13, 2008 05:47 as a reply to  @ Damo77's post |  #4

I did something similat a few years ago with an artificial marine chart I use with models for teaching buoyage.

I selected an A4 ratio piece of the image and noted the edge numbers on a scrap of paper, then cropped the image and printed what was visible. I then backstepped until I had the whole image back again, selected another piece that "just" overlapped the first by a couple of mm and repeated the process.

Actually printing the image turned out to be the easy part. It was a nightmare trying to get about 24 A4 sheets lined up correctly so I could glue it all up. I'd never realised how much wet ink will alter the paper shape. How advertising posters manage I have no idea.

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Jun 13, 2008 08:04 |  #5

http://homokaasu.org/r​asterbator/ (external link)
is one way to do it


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Jun 13, 2008 08:25 as a reply to  @ Stocky's post |  #6

Anyone remember "PrintShop" on old DOS? It let you print big long banners on the old dot-matrix printers that would span multiple pages. It was cool!




  
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Jun 13, 2008 09:37 |  #7

Can't you just cut half the image out in Photoshop then paste it on a new page then keep cutting it to your desired size?


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