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Old January 13th 18, 06:12 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:

So you mean that you're setting out the content
of the whole sign in PP? If it were me I'd convert
the PP to a BMP, then open that in something like
Paint Shop Pro and size it appropriately for printing.


I use PowerPointe to create the sign, and from there, it's trivial to
convert the PowerPointe to anything whatsoever, so the BMP, or GIF, or JPG,
or PDF, or DWX or whatever, isn't a problem at all.

Anyways, I don't have Paint Shop Pro, but I have Irfanview.

Maybe 100 ppi? Using that as an example, you
would then resize to 1200 x 1800 pixels.


That's the kind of math I was seaking!

Then cut
that up into multiple images. (4 maybe? You can just
select/paste as new image to get the 4 new images.)
Then print each of those and tape them together.
If necessary you could add faint/tiny edge markers
where you split the images, in order to line them up
accurately.


Once it prints to multiple pages, the lining up should be just mechanical.

It might actually be best to print directly to sheets of clear plastic (if
that's possible for a laser printer) because I'll be spray painting these
signs but that's just a detail as the SIZE is the question.

Be sure to spec the printer resolution when printing.
If that turns out to be tricky, IrfanView is probably
the best overall program for printing on Windows.
IV makes it easy to set print size, print area, etc.


I have Irfanview. I think the PPI was the part I didn't understand how to
manipulate.

Then I guess you'll need to cut out the characters
for spraying? Maybe put it all on a thin piece of
cardboard first, with spray adhesive or rubber cement.


The plan is to print to 8.5x11 paper and thentape it all together, and then
put thin sheets of clear 8.5x11 plastic sheets taped together underneath,
and then cut out the "stencil" with an Exacto knife and then spray the
signs.

Each sign will be different and customized so they'll only be used once.

I assume you need to make a lot of these. Otherwise
probably stick on letters from an art store would be
easier.


Yes. A few dozen. It's really a joke for an eccentric neighbor's 80th
birthday, where we plan on having someone take her to see a movie while we
erect signs all over her yard based on her oddities.

Her birthday is April 15th so we have time, where, right now, we're just
figuring out what humerous jokes we can play on her.