Please help me!! Im about to set this printer on fire...cropping issue.

I hate wasting expensive paper and ink

Ive made two prints of this image:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/54805847@N06/5​336486608/

Rimmer wrote in post #11598735
A few questions:

What editing software are you using?

PhotoShop CS3

Your image is 3:2. Are you printing on paper with that aspect ratio?

What paper is 3:2 beside 4x6 and 10x20?

The paper is 8.5 x 11 (I didn't expect it to fill up the paper). I thought it would extend the image to the edge of the paper longways and leave white at the top and bottom, but it is making the image lager than the paper longways and leaving just a little bit of room at the top and bottom white.

Is there a sizing option that will resize the image in inches that I could just type the paper size into?

Or how do I calculate how to resize an image for printing on a certain size paper?

Thanks for your patience (I hope it is obvious how new I am to printing).

Why not print straight from PSCS3? Then you can choose "Scale to fit media" in the print dialog box. (older screenshot, so ignore the markings)

[Oops, I was going to edit my last post and ended up deleting it by mistake. Here goes...]

Hmmm... I suspect (just a guess) that either you haven't actually increased the canvas size, or haven't increased it enough. I only have Elements, but I think the procedure is essentially the same as for full PS. Also, I'm on the wrong computer right now so will have to go from memory.

Start with the image itself, not the version that you added white to. Select the crop tool and set it for the paper size and ppi that you want. Now draw a crop box anywhere inside the image, doesn't matter where or how large. (Typically, when first drawing the box you can't extend it outside the image.) Now the trick -- grab a corner of the crop box and drag it outside the image. Next, enlarge the box by dragging the corners until it encompasses the entire image. Of course, it will also extend beyond the image on the top and bottom. Now press accept/OK. You should get the image "cropped" to full size plus additional canvas top and bottom, and the new version of the image will be the correct aspect ratio. Oh, yeah, be sure you foreground/background are set to defaults (black/white) so that the new canvas area appears as white.

I agree, why not print from CS3, but before printing crop the image to the size of print you want. You may also be getting cut off due to the size you are trying to print.

The problem is not your printer, it's Easy Photo-print EX (same with EPP Pro). They don't know how to do borderless prints unless you choose a standard size. (Verified this with Canon support.) I wasted tons of time, money, and energy on this a few months back, finally gave up and blew off EPP and now I just print from Elements. Just print from PS and everything will be fine.

My issue is that I cant tell PS which tray to get paper from. The paper cassette under the printer just has regular printing paper in it. it is the rear tray that holds the photo paper. When I attemp to print it from PS, it will only use cheap printer paper.

Edit: I figured it out. I now know how to get the correct paper selected.