Print Selection

Make splitting up prints easy...

Someone asked me recently if there was an easy way to print out a very large image on four sheets of paper. There is!

My first response was to check the Properties dialog box for his printer. Some printer drivers allow you to do tiling and handouts and other things easily, just by ticking a box. On the other hand, many don't, so is there another way?

Photoshop Elements actually allows you to print any portion of your image you want. To test this out, open up an image, and draw a rectangular selection in the middle. Then select 'File - Print' from the menu.

The Print Preview dialog box should appear, with your entire image displayed in the preview. In the top frame, named 'Scaled Print Size', there is a check box labeled 'Print Selected Area'. If you tick this, the preview should now only show the portion of the image you selected.

The downside to this is that you are only allowed to use rectangular selections. The option will be grayed out if any other shape of selection is present. Still, the instances where you'll want a non-rectangular print are rare, and there are other ways to achieve that.

So to print an image in quarters for example, simply select each quarter in turn, and print the selection on a full page.

I hope you've found this tip useful! Any questions or comments, just get in touch with my Contact Form.

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