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Sometimes there is a need to print a photograph or any image in the form of a large poster. However, “mass” printers intended for home/office use only support printing on A4 sheets.
In this situation, you can use a solution that will “split” the image into several parts, which can later be printed on A4 sheets. By gluing all these parts together, you will get the desired poster.
Dividing the image for further printing as a poster
It should be noted that popular programs for viewing and processing images do not have the ability to split images. Therefore, we will resort to using a specialized utility - Pics Print.
Official website of the program.
This program specializes in dividing images into parts (A4 format), and then sends them for printing. By gluing them together, you will get a large poster.
Now let's look at specific example, how to add a picture and print parts of it on a pre-selected number of A4 sheets.
We print a large poster on a home printer
Open Pics Print. In the top menu, click on the magic wand icon, and in the menu that appears, select Poster Wizard.
A welcome wizard window will open, with which we will set the necessary settings and select the image to be printed as a poster. Click the button Next >
Another wizard window will be displayed. It provides information about the printer used for subsequent printing, orientation and paper size.
When the button is pressed Change You will be able to change these parameters.
Window for selecting a printer and changing print settings.
If the specified parameters do not require changes, then click the button Next > to continue.
The next step asks you to choose where the image will be taken from, which will subsequently be divided and printed as a poster. There are three options to choose from: from the hard drive, from a connected camera, or a scanner.
We will select an image from the hard drive.
This window asks you to select an image that will be used for printing as a poster. Specify the required image.
After specifying an image, it will be downloaded and displayed in the wizard window. Click to continue Next >
A new window will be displayed in which you can set the image division settings.
The first option sets the division of the image along, and the one below it sets the division across. In the example, we will divide the image into 2 parts lengthwise and crosswise.
If you slightly move the wizard window, you will be able to visually assess in the main program window how the image will be divided.
After entering the desired parameters, press the button Next >
In the last window of the wizard, we are told that everything is ready for printing. All you have to do is check the box Print document, and then press the button Finish.
As a result, the printer will print four sheets, which will be components of the initially selected image. Glue them together and the poster is ready!
Brief summary
In this review, we looked at a utility with which you can print a poster in just a few steps. Moreover, the components of the poster will be A4 sheets, which can be printed from any home or office printer.
If you have any questions, you can ask them in the comments.
If you need to print large poster at home without resorting to the services of a plotter - then this article is for you. But how can this be done? We can split our document into a large number of small fragments and print with a home printer on A4 sheets. As a result, we will get a large, almost seamless poster. In this article we will look in detail at two methods. print a poster - without additional software, only using standard tools, and also consider a special program that can print using a simple home printer big poster. As always, the article will detailed instructions how to quickly achieve the desired result. Let's say we have a large document, a picture, a graph, a map of the area - in general, anything from which we need to make a large poster. We will need a printer, a pair of scissors, PVA glue and half an hour of time. If everything is ready, let's get started!
To print a large poster from A4 sheets, you can do without additional software. In standard software The printer has many print settings options. Among other things, there (in most cases) there is such a function as “poster printing”. It is she who will help us print any document on many A4 sheets. Thus, after gluing the sheets together, we will get a large poster or painting for the wall. If this is exactly the result you are trying to achieve, then look at the example.
Example: How to print a poster from several A4 sheets
Open the picture or document you want to make a poster from big size and press "print" or the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+P". You should see a similar menu (see Fig1)
in which you need to select the properties of your printer.
Set the page size and desired sheet orientation (Portrait or Landscape). Next, scroll down a little (in the Page Layout section) you need to find “Poster Printing”. Standard poster printing sizes are 4 sheets. This means that your image will be divided into four fragments, which the printer will print. After putting these fragments together like a puzzle, you will get a large picture. If the size of 4 A4 sheets does not suit you, click the "Set" button.
Here you can specify a different number of segments into which your image will be divided. And also (very conveniently) you need to check the box “Cutting lines in the margins” and an edge will be allocated on each sheet ( Cut ) which needs to be trimmed evenly and the field is marked ( Paste ) onto which you need to apply glue and apply the next fragment of our large poster. All settings have been made - we send everything for printing. The result is an almost seamless large poster. If you are satisfied, then we have achieved the desired result using standard means. But as you can see, there are quite a few settings for printing a poster. That is why there are special programs for printing large posters on A4. They allow you to configure the partition more flexibly. We'll talk about this in another part of the article.
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“There are several programs that open JPG files (maps are usually in this format).
This and Adobe Photoshop, and ACDSee and others.
But I will describe working with a program that is available on any computer, since it is included by default in any Microsoft office. This is a Paint program.
1. Open the folder with the desired card.
2. Right-click on the desired map and select Open with - Paint. The Paint program will launch and the desired sheet will open in it.
3. Set up printing. File-Page Settings. We make all margins 3-5 mm (the default is 19.1 mm). Uncheck Centering. Orientation can be Portrait or Landscape.
Now Scale. You can leave it at 100%. Then the map will be printed in the original scale, which is not always convenient (1 cm - 1260 m). It is often more convenient to have a circular scale - 1 cm - 1 km or 1 cm = 500 m.
4. To print 3 layouts on a scale of 1 cm = 1 km, the scale must be set to 126%. In this case, the overall sheet size will increase, and the card will be printed not on 6, but on 8 or 9 A4 sheets.
5. To print a 1-verst map on a scale of 1 cm = 500 m, set the scale to 86%.
6. After the settings, you can see how many sheets it will be on: File-Preview. Sometimes by changing the orientation of the sheets from Portrait to Landscape (see point 3) you can reduce the number of sheets. You can trim the margins of the map a little so as not to print almost empty pages with margins at the bottom of the map.
7. Click File-Print. In the settings of your printer, select the print quality (I set it to Best). And print it out.
That seems to be the whole explanation.”
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advise:
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Photoshop - Using the table of paper format sizes, set the value in Photoshop and do everything there. If there is no place nearby where such formats are printed, then divide the sheet, for accuracy, using the guides in half (if it is A3, for example), select and copy this fragment, paste it into a separate file with the given dimensions A4. Print. Do the same for the second part.
You can create separate A4 pages in Word by throwing fragments of a common image onto them.
Acd see - you can set canvas size parameters and copy/paste/crop.
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In CorelDRAW you can set the size of the “overlap” of one page to another, which is good for gluing maps. In short, this is done like this: Print->Print Layout->Print Tiled Pages
QuarkXpress is the best.
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In Gimp I made the required number of rulers at the intervals I needed, then from the scripts I selected “image mapping” and got a lot of pieces, each of which I then printed separately.
In Gimp you pull out the rulers, then Image -> Transform -> Guillotine.
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Question:
You need to divide the picture into 4 parts in order to print it on 4 A4 sheets.
Answer:
4 sheets of A4 are A2 format.
CorelDraw program, at the top left you set the A2 format, horizontal or vertical (there are buttons), insert your picture onto the sheet (as if it were 4 sheets of paper already compiled). And give it to print. It may ask whether to do the breakdown automatically. Say "yeah" :)
In the print settings, set A4 sheet. Next you do a “browsing”. In the preview you see the borders of 4 sheets. There you can also adjust your image (reduce, enlarge). And you print.
When printing on sheets, there will be about 0.5 cm of space left for gluing sheets.
CorelDraw is best suited for dividing images into sheets.
For general erudition:
This is how chaotic it turns out.
You can print a collage or poster using a Canon or HP printer. In most cases, there is no need even for specialized software.
What will we talk about:
Preparation for the process
First you need to prepare an image. Its resolution must correspond to the intended purposes, since ignoring this indicator can lead to problems with the clarity of the picture. That is, than more sheets must be printed to create the required image, the higher the required image clarity.
Printing pictures
Next, select a printing device. A Canon (HP) printer must work with sheets of A4 format and have a function that implies no margins. The latter will allow you to create a poster, calendar or photo collage on several sheets in A4 format with great success and without unnecessary hassle.
Each printer, regardless of the manufacturer, comes with an instruction manual. Before connecting office equipment to the electrical network, you should definitely familiarize yourself with it and use the settings that are written there for printing in a special mode. The result will be positive when using “Crop Lines in the Margins”. Thus, before each PC page is printed, it is laid out automatically. This ensures trouble-free laying of finished sheets on top of each other and their connection with glue.
Printing a picture using Microsoft Word
To print on several A4 sheets in Word, you need to save the desired image in this program. A4 sheets are placed in the tray intended for them, and go to the menu called “File”. There they find “Print” and fill in the required parameters; to view the selected mode, open the “Preview” tab.
If the resulting image matches desired result the poster or poster is sent for printing via Word. To finalize the printed parts, you will need glue and scissors. The choice of inappropriate parameters will result in defects in the finished product. Then the whole process will have to start again.
The properties of the following lines are set:
- sheet size (minimum four puzzles);
- sheet orientation (landscape or portrait);
“Cutting lines in the margins” are divided into indicators indicating the edge and the place where another fragment is attached. A more detailed breakdown of images in Word is possible using specialized programs.
Using Microsoft Excel
Often, to print an image on several A4 sheets on a printer, the well-known Microsoft Excel is used.
A spreadsheet will greatly facilitate the process of breaking down the whole picture into its constituent parts. To do this you need:
- upload the drawing to the office program;
- go to the tab called “View”;
- select “Page Layout”;
- stretch the image horizontally and vertically, leaving its boundaries far beyond the boundaries of the marker, while reducing the scale;
- take a position covering the required number of pages;
- print the picture, not forgetting about the settings (orientation and size), they are checked using a function such as “Preview”.
Printing an image via Paint
The Paint program is familiar even to novice personal computer users. It is considered a mandatory element of the Windows operating system, so it is available on every device. To print a picture on several sheets in A4 format using Paint:
- go into the program;
- open the desired image in it;
- go to the “File” tab and select “Print” and “Options”;
- indicate the required conditions (book or landscape orientation, number of sheets in length and width, centering and scale)
- confirm them by clicking “Fit”;
- check the correctness of the entered parameters by going to “Preview”;
- If there are no flaws, send the poster or collage for printing.
This is very quick way get a picture without additional settings in the printer or other programs.
Online printing via Photoshop
It is possible to print a picture in Photoshop on several A4 sheets. How to print an image using Photoshop? Is it possible to carry out the procedure online? First, you need to make sure that the program supports the image format and is online. Next, you need to open it and go to “File-Print”. Here you need to configure Photoshop programs by selecting and confirming:
- An HP printer (Canon), on which you will have to print “puzzles” for the image using Photoshop.
- Number of sheets in A4 format.
- Method of pagination.
- Color preferences.
- Picture orientation (portrait or landscape).
- Source of supply of consumables.
- Photoshop quality.
The last step is to view the resulting image online and print it on sheets in A4 format using Photoshop.
Setting Printer Settings
Plotters are not needed if settings are made in the printer menu. IN in this case The following recommendations must be followed:
- open the picture;
- select a function that involves printing it;
- go to the “Properties” tab, then click on the line called “Page”;
- in the “Page Layout” item, select the “Poster Printing” column;
- confirm your action by clicking on the “Set” tab;
- decide on the breakdown parameters;
- send the poster for printing.
The result is shown in the photo.
In this case, it may be difficult to choose between cut lines and overlap marks. According to experts, the latter are a more acceptable option. Unfortunately, not all printers have this functionality.
Using special programs
Professional artists most often use programs created specifically for this type of design of pictures for collages, posters and posters. The corresponding utilities and drivers have more flexible settings that allow you to provide for all possible defects and irregularities that may occur on A4 sheets. Similar developments include Ace Poster, Corel, ABViewer, The Rasterbator and many others.
- Open the image in any program. For example, in Windows Photo Viewer.
Press CTRL+P or open the Print menu and select the item of the same name.
On the tab or in the “Layout” section, check the “Multi-page” box and select “Print poster”. Select the size 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4 and click the “Settings...” button.
Set the poster parameters. We can allocate sheets gray, which will not be printed (convenient if we have empty sheets). In the “Print Guides” option you can choose:
- Overlap and alignment marks - the image will be duplicated along the edges and it will be possible to not cut the edges too straight.
- Cutting lines - there will be no overlap areas and you will have to clearly cut the edges of the paper.
I think it's safer to choose tags. We set all the necessary settings and print a large picture on several A4 sheets.
Paint
Another universal method is to use the Paint program that comes with Windows. Open START and write PAINT in the search field. Let's launch graphics editor and open the picture in it. Or you can right-click on the picture and select “Open with -> Paint”.
- Expand the File menu (or the down arrow menu), select “Print > Page Setup”.
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- Create a LibreOffice Calc document on the desktop (right-click on an empty space and select “Create > OpenDocument Spreadsheet”).