Hi all

newbie here - I have a printer that uses A4 sheets. I have 6"x4" [152.4mm x 101.6mm] images and I want to print more than 1 image per A4 sheet and then cut into single pictures after. Please advise how can do this.

many thanks
J

All sorts of ways, but start with a Standard Gimp A4 template which is already set up as 300 ppi suitable for printing. You will only get 2 photos per sheet.

Then it can be as simple as scaling your photographs to 1200 x 1800 pixels (4" x 6" @ 300 ppi) if not already that size and copy / paste into the A4 template.

I prefer something a little more advanced, using layer masks.

A how-to video here https://youtu.be/t6vQ0GdTF6c

And the A4 2 photo template attached. A Gimp .xcfgz opens straight up in Gimp

rich: www,gimp-forum.net

All sorts of ways, but start with a Standard Gimp A4 template which is already set up as 300 ppi suitable for printing. You will only get 2 photos per sheet.

Just remembered from the dim and distant past, there can be a snag when printing A4, especially with Windows. The image can get scaled a little. Something like 300 dpi becomes 307 dpi, not much but will shrink the images.

Then if side margins come into play, ie borderless printing not possible, an A4 sheet will not fit anyway.

The solution is make your A4 image with 2 photos from the standard template, then crop that down to a smaller size which prints without scaling.

rich: www,gimp-forum.net

If you don't mind using another (free) program, you should check out Scribus, an open source layout program.

On an A4 sheet, depending on your margins, you can actually put three 6" x 4" photos; 1 horizontal and 2 vertical side-by-side.

Rick S.

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Subject: [Gimp-user] printing more than 1 image per sheet

Hi all

newbie here - I have a printer that uses A4 sheets. I have 6"x4" [152.4mm x 101.6mm] images and I want to print more than 1 image per A4 sheet and then cut
into single pictures after. Please advise how can do this.

many thanks J

JohnHaley (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)