Breaking up an image to print on multiple sheets?

_sparkie_

i made a simple black and white stencil today and i am trying to figure out how to 'break' the image up so that i can print it out onto 4 x A1 sheets. does anyone know hoe to do this? im sure there is some simple setting i just need to change in printer preferences but i cant seem to figure it out.

thanks!

chin_grin

What application are you using? Usually you can do it in the actual printer settings. IE print image x by x pages.

There is a neat little application called a Rasterbator (no really) which will edit and save a file dot matrix style.

_sparkie_

im kinda working on the fly at the moment until i get PS. so im using 'preview', 'pages' and 'paintbrush' to make some stencils. that program is pretty cool, i will check it out and see if it can help me out.

flanree

_sparkie_ wrote: »

i made a simple black and white stencil today and i am trying to figure out how to 'break' the image up so that i can print it out onto 4 x A1 sheets. does anyone know hoe to do this? im sure there is some simple setting i just need to change in printer preferences but i cant seem to figure it out.

thanks!

do u mean 4 x A4 sheets?

_sparkie_

flanree wrote: »

do u mean 4 x A4 sheets?

i was thinking bigger then that, more like 4 x A2 sheets but preview only gives me the option of going up to A3.

_sparkie_

could i just crop the images into 6 smaller parts (with an overlap) and print those out on A3 and then connect them using tape? i think this is the only solution that will work for me with the software (or lack thereof) that i have.

Kenny Logins

Try Inkscape for designing your stencil, it's free.

http://inkscape.org


Also Posterazor will scale up and split the finished artwork to the required size.

http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/

_sparkie_

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Try Inkscape for designing your stencil, it's free.

http://inkscape.org


Also Posterazor will scale up and split the finished artwork to the required size.

http://posterazor.sourceforge.net/

thanks you so much! that is exactly the kind of program i was looking for. i can make the stencils myself, some of them have come out pretty good but now i will be able to scale them up. thanks again.