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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
In article , nospam
wrote: Don't use PSP for the printing. It's limited in that respect. Use IV. But I think it would be better if you can cut up the quadrants. With the original open in PSP, measure out 4 equal quadrants, copy those, then Edit - Paste as new image. You should end up with 4 images about 600x900 each. Save each one separately: TL.bmp TR.bmp BL.bmp BR.bmp Then open each in IV and print it, selecting a size of 6"x9". The result will be 4 pieces that can be taped together. no overlap. so much effort for such a simple task. https://i.stack.imgur.com/D5WXm.png http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRINT/E1280/706PMU5.GIF |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
On Jan 13, 2018, Mayayana wrote
(in article ): wrote TL.bmp TR.bmp BL.bmp BR.bmp Are you trying to invoke TRUMP? You have a dirty mind. Hey! You were the one with the T R x M P letter combos. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
- Paul wrote:
1) Open LibreOffice Calc. 2) Drop JPG onto spreadsheet. 3) Print It takes as many pages to print, as the JPG covers up. I first tried to open the PowerPointe in Libre Office but that was a complete disaster, apparently because Libre Office doesn't respect PowerPointe formatting. [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...308fa9c 6530] So then I did what you said. 1) I opened LibreOffice 5.3.4.2 (x64) on Windows 2) I clicked on the green "Calc Spreadsheet" on the left pane. 3) That brought up a blank spreadsheet 4) I dragged and dropped newt.bmp onto the spreadsheet 5) I moved the result to the top left corner. [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...a8bcda9 7dcf] 6) FilePrintPreview, but the margins are horrifically huge [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...67f1143 3148] 7) There are actually 9 pages to this but there really should only be 4 [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...4428ce2 5998] How did you the sample document from 9 pages down to only 4 pages? Is the trick to get 4 pages to reduce the margins manually? Or to reduce the image size? |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
On 1/12/2018 10:35 PM, Eco Clean wrote:
Windows sign printing freeware? Does it exist? Exact example here uploads.im/YpuVv.jpg To spray paint plastic sign that are on 12 inches x 18 inches white stock. Goal is to create a life-sized cutout template on normal 8.5x11" paper. Then tape template on 12"x18" white plastic stock. Then spray paint letters of right size with red paint. If not special sign printing free software is there a trick to print a real size cutout template with a normal Windows 10 printer of multiple pages of 8.5x11 inch paper taped together by using a trick of some kind? Plan is to spray paint once I tape the life-sized paper templates over 12x18" plastic stock white boards. Dunno if this ancient program will work in Win10 (web page says it does work in Win7): Program: Printmaster Express Company: Broderbund Wa (Freeware) LFW (v 2.1) http://www.topfreeware.net/favprogra....htm#pmexpress You can create banners with the app and it sounds like that's what you want to do If memory serves me correctly it's pretty easy to use. . Susan -- Posted to alt.comp.freeware (using WinXP-SP2, Win7professional-32 bit) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pricelesswarehome.org |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
On 01/13/2018 08:04 PM, Eco Clean wrote:
- Paul wrote: 1) Open LibreOffice Calc. 2) Drop JPG onto spreadsheet. 3) Print It takes as many pages to print, as the JPG covers up. I first tried to open the PowerPointe in Libre Office but that was a complete disaster, apparently because Libre Office doesn't respect PowerPointe formatting. [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...308fa9c 6530] So then I did what you said. 1) I opened LibreOffice 5.3.4.2 (x64) on Windows 2) I clicked on the green "Calc Spreadsheet" on the left pane. 3) That brought up a blank spreadsheet 4) I dragged and dropped newt.bmp onto the spreadsheet 5) I moved the result to the top left corner. [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...a8bcda9 7dcf] 6) FilePrintPreview, but the margins are horrifically huge [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...67f1143 3148] 7) There are actually 9 pages to this but there really should only be 4 [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...4428ce2 5998] How did you the sample document from 9 pages down to only 4 pages? Is the trick to get 4 pages to reduce the margins manually? Or to reduce the image size? Why didn't you use 'Draw" rather than "Calc"? One is a spreadsheet, the other more for images. The print dialog for draw has the tiling options. |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
Eco Clean wrote:
- Paul wrote: 1) Open LibreOffice Calc. 2) Drop JPG onto spreadsheet. 3) Print It takes as many pages to print, as the JPG covers up. I first tried to open the PowerPointe in Libre Office but that was a complete disaster, apparently because Libre Office doesn't respect PowerPointe formatting. [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...308fa9c 6530] So then I did what you said. 1) I opened LibreOffice 5.3.4.2 (x64) on Windows 2) I clicked on the green "Calc Spreadsheet" on the left pane. 3) That brought up a blank spreadsheet 4) I dragged and dropped newt.bmp onto the spreadsheet 5) I moved the result to the top left corner. [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...a8bcda9 7dcf] 6) FilePrintPreview, but the margins are horrifically huge [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...67f1143 3148] 7) There are actually 9 pages to this but there really should only be 4 [http://www.fileconvoy.com/dfl.php?id...4428ce2 5998] How did you the sample document from 9 pages down to only 4 pages? Is the trick to get 4 pages to reduce the margins manually? Or to reduce the image size? Using the usual scroll wheel and control key trick, zoom out the Calc spreadsheet window, until you can see the 8.5x11 page delimiter lines. Go to the lower right corner of the image. Click the image to select it. Press the control key (to cause X:Y to be locked together for proportional scaling). Now, move that corner up and to the left to resize the image as it lays on the spreadsheet. You might be able to make out, that now my image is laid within the bounds of four typewriter pages. https://s13.postimg.org/62kr8y83r/gr...oportional.gif A side effect is, Export To PDF still stupidly printed 9 pages, even though 4 pages of content are there. I suspect the original image is (conceptually) still hiding in the environment somewhere. You may be able to use another PDF tool to eliminate the extra pages. As long as the pages are sequential (no gaps), simply printing page range 1-4 might be sufficient to avoid wasting paper. Anyway, that's a breadcrumb to doing this easily. I can't vouch for how useful the output doc will be :-( https://s13.postimg.org/ys7n5q9kn/my_export_pdf.gif Paul |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:38:23 -0500, "Mayayana"
wrote: "Eco Clean" wrote | Anyways, I don't have Paint Shop Pro, but I have Irfanview. | You should be able to get PSP5 he http://www.oldversion.com/windows/do...-shop-pro-5-01 I just downloaded and tried starting the installer. It worked fine. I bought PSP5 for $100 many years ago. Since then I've bought PSP16. Unfortunately, the latter is bloated and clunky. Overproduced. I still use 5 for basic things. The versions online seem to be perfectly legal. In fact, at one point Jasc was giving older versions away with things like routers, before Corel bought them out. IrfanView is very good and solid but it lacks one critical thing: A work window where you can wortk on multiple images , paste layers, have multiple undo, etc. IV might be able to cut up the image, but it's worth having PSP or a similar editor. BMP is best. JPG loses data. GIF is 256 colors, so it might dither. | 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! | You just have to match it up to the printer. For instance, a typical photo should be printed at least 300 dpi. Not on the 'photo' Epsons. They use 360 dpi. It pays to check the dpi of the printer you plan to use. That means to get a 5x7 print you need 1500x2100 pixels. It doesn't matter what size the image is and what dpi the printer is set for. You just need to coordinate the two so that it will print the size you intend. 300 dpi will give you nicer edges on letters, but I guess that probably doesn't matter much. | 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. | Makes sense. | 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. | You're very generous with your time. How do you feel about yard work? -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote: You just have to match it up to the printer. For instance, a typical photo should be printed at least 300 dpi. Not on the 'photo' Epsons. They use 360 dpi. It pays to check the dpi of the printer you plan to use. it's also vital not to confuse ppi with dpi. |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
"Eric Stevens" wrote
| You just have to match it up to the printer. For | instance, a typical photo should be printed at | least 300 dpi. | | Not on the 'photo' Epsons. They use 360 dpi. It pays to check the dpi | of the printer you plan to use. | It's just an example. The R2880 here defaults to 1440, but it doesn't have to be used that way. You should have read the rest of what I wrote.... | That means to get a 5x7 print you | need 1500x2100 pixels. It doesn't matter what size | the image is and what dpi the printer is set for. | You just need to coordinate the two so that it | will print the size you intend. 300 dpi will give you | nicer edges on letters, but I guess that probably | doesn't matter much. |
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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer
In article , Mayayana
wrote: | You just have to match it up to the printer. For | instance, a typical photo should be printed at | least 300 dpi. | | Not on the 'photo' Epsons. They use 360 dpi. It pays to check the dpi | of the printer you plan to use. It's just an example. The R2880 here defaults to 1440, but it doesn't have to be used that way. it's actually 5760x1440 dpi. You should have read the rest of what I wrote.... | That means to get a 5x7 print you | need 1500x2100 pixels. It doesn't matter what size | the image is and what dpi the printer is set for. | You just need to coordinate the two so that it | will print the size you intend. 300 dpi will give you | nicer edges on letters, but I guess that probably | doesn't matter much. you should read about printing, in particular, the difference between dpi and ppi. |
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