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Old January 13th 18, 10:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

- Mayayana wrote:

You should be able to get PSP5 he
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/do...-shop-pro-5-01


Can you help me with the next step given the BMP file:
[http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...064faba 60af]

1) I created the above newt.bmp from the powerpointe.
2) I installed PSP5.1 as per your link above.
3) I opened up "newt.bmp" in PSP5
4) I hanged the DPI from 72dpi to 100dpi using
FilePreferencesGeneralProgramPreferencesRulersA ndUnits
DefaultResolution = 100 pixels / inch
5) I resized the BMP from to 1152x1728 pixels to 1200x1800 pixels using
ImageResizePixelSize=1200 [maintain aspect ratio of 0.666666666666667:1]
6) That made the "ActualPrintSize=11.520x17.280 at 100pixels/inch
(Don't ask me why that is not an even number of pixels.)
7) FilePrint{choose laster printer with regular paper in it}OK

This is what results.
http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...a44a2679 3d03

It looks a lot bigger than it should be but maybe it's OK in size.
I measured the printout to be 8 inches wide (+1/4-inch unprintable margins)
so that makes the result 16 inches wide instead of 12 inches wide.?????????

Besides, it's only the top left corner, and it has 1/4 inch margins on all
sides because my printer does not print to the edge of the page.

Why did only the top left corner print?
How do I get the other 3 corners to print?
And why is the size completely wrong?