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[codswallop]

I have an old photo that I want to reproduce onto a sheet of 18cmX13cm but I can't find that size in any of the drop down lists. I only have four size choices I'm sure that I had quite a few previously.Has any one any idea what I'm not doing correctly please??? Thanks!!!!!

[Buenchico]

I'm sorry to be pedantic but you don't print pictures from your computer, you print them from a program. Since you've not told us which program you're using (and there are hundreds, if not thousands, of possible programs) it's hard to help directly.

In the absence of any information about which program you're using, I'll try to provide advice based upon a program that most people have, Microsoft Word. Yes, I know it's a word processing program but you can use it for printing photos. Here's what to do:

Open a blank document.
Go to Insert>Picture>From File.
Navigate to the location of your image and double-click on it.
In the Word document, right-click on your picture and select Format Picture.
Click the 'Size' tab
Adjust the dimensions to those required for printing. and click OK.
Click on File>Print and then on 'Properties'
Adjust your printer's settings to optimise it for photo output.
Click OK twice.

Chris

[fourteen85]

At the bottom of your list of choices do you not have 'User defined' ?

[codswallop]

Hi Chris thanks for your usual help to me but you chose the prog(Microsoft Word) that I don't have .Is that possible???
f/85 I tried your suggestion and did the "user settings" but it didn't work for me but that's not unusual.I have a blackbelt in thickheadedness!!!!!

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your reply. I would expect my suggestion to work with ANY word-processing program (such as Open Office's Write). It should also work with any DTP program, such as Microsoft Publisher.

Alternatively, download and install the best image viewing program ever (which is also useful for image manipulation and deserves a place on everyone's PC):
http://www.irfanview.com/
Open your image in Irfanview. Go to File>Print
Under 'Print Size' click 'Custom'.
Adjust the dimensions (and, if required, the margins) to your requirements.
Click 'Printer setup' to ensure that you're using the correct settings for your type of paper. Click 'OK' twice.

Chris

[codswallop]

I don't know what I'm doing wrong,I put in the sheet size(18cms X 13cms),but all I get is either a photo that is just in the corner of the sheet .Or a corner of the original that just fills the paper

[Buenchico]

AAAAGHHH! You've done it again! You've posted to tell us about your problems but you've not told us which PROGRAM you're trying to print from. Without that information it's almost impossible to help you!

Are you trying to print from the Windows Photo & Fax viewer (via the printer wizard) or have you now followed by second lot of advice and installed Irfanview? Or perhaps you're trying to print from a word-processing program, as per my initial suggestion?

Chris

[codswallop]

Hi Chris I tried the word/proc method first but I couldn't access any photos. I already have Irfanview,so I went through the method that you explained but came up with the problems as in my previous post.Thanks for trying!!!!!