Printing multiple photos on one A4

stree · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:24

I have been asked to print out some photos to fit into one of those frames with a precut mount for various size pictures, all small EG: 75mm X 55mm.
Cannot think how to scale pics down to right sizes and get all onto one sheet of Photo (A4) paper. Printer is a Canon MG6150
Help appreciated.

john_s · 23 Jul 2015 at 09:17

What software do you have?

Armageus · 23 Jul 2015 at 11:42

Paint.Net is a free option that you will let you specify DPI, and then resize to specific print sizes.

I would do each Photo individually - not worry about getting them on the same sheet - then cut them out and stick them to the Mount.

stree · 23 Jul 2015 at 15:09

OS is 7-64 and strangely enough I downloaded Paint.net yesterday.
I was hoping to avoid printing individually because of the waste of photopaper, but if its the way to do it then I will have to go that way.Thanks for tips.

I did think about freebie copy of Photoshop to try that way.......

Armageus · 23 Jul 2015 at 15:31

stree said:
I was hoping to avoid printing individually because of the waste of photopaper, but if its the way to do it then I will have to go that way.Thanks for tips.

If you are printing on A4 sheet and want to save at least some paper, you can always reload the sheet the other way up and at least get 2 to a sheet.

The only other way of doing it to get multiple to a sheet is to use something like Publisher or Word and lay them out on the page, but it can be a pain as Word offers no control over DPI, just image size, so doesn't always work as intended.

stree · 23 Jul 2015 at 17:08

Thanks, will try for the 2 to a page as suggested.
I will keep it simple and just use Paint.

Thanks again.

deshepherd · 23 Jul 2015 at 19:48

Not 100% certain but think I've printed small photos from Photoshop elements and it fits as many as possible onto each A4 page - rotating as necessary etc.

deshepherd · 23 Jul 2015 at 19:51

deshepherd said:
Not 100% certain but think I've printed small photos from Photoshop elements and it fits as many as possible onto each A4 page - rotating as necessary etc.

Though, thinking about it, probably all photos were the same size (ie had to select same size for all of them) so might not work if you needed a variety of sizes.

john_s · 24 Jul 2015 at 10:55

If you have Photoshop (or the trial) you can create an A4 sized image and then use rulers (or guides or whatever they are called) to recreate the layout of the pre-cut mount and then you can add and resize the photos to fit the layout you've created.

AHarvey · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:15

http://digital-photography-school.com/create-a-collage-in-gimp/