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Just hoping somebody here could help me out.

I have an image that I want to print, however, the image is 20" X 20". Due to the dimensions of this image, it will need to be printed on about 6 pieces of paper (3 across by 2 high). I just want to print this out on the necessary amount of pages, and then cut away the edges of the page and tape the entire image together. However, when I go to print in Photoshop, I can't find a way to tell the program to do this. It either just wants to print what will fit onto one page, or I have to scale the image to fit onto one page, and then it's too small to read.

Any advice on how to get this done would be appreciated.
 
Kinkos... or some other print shop would be able to do it for you.

Now tell me, how many pixels is it and what is the resolution?

Next tell me what are the detentions you want the final print to be. Paper is not a good measuring device.
 
Height: 1976 pixels
Width: 1974 pixels

I want it to be the actual size of the image.
 
pixels don't mean a thing in the real world without resolution(DPI or PPI).

You could have 1000x1000 pixels and 2 resolution. Each pixel would be half an inch in the real world. (I'm going off the top of my head so if I'm wrong correct me.) So for each square inch you'd have four pixels.

Bring it into photoshop and check the image size. If you don't have photoshop get gimp, it's free and will tell you what you need to know.

Option two, Email me the image.

Option three, take it to a print shop. <----Probably your best bet and no nasty taping involved.
 
Hrmmm ... Now, I don't know much about DPI, PPI and such, but wouldn't pixels translate directly ? Especially if the printing size can be stretched and such. So, um ... 20 by 20 inch, huh ?
That's ... ~9750 pixels per inch. I think that's high enough. Normal values are around 600 or so, right. Huh. Seems weird. Hang on.

[ONE GOOGLE SEARCH LATER]

Oh, right. DPI is per linear line, not squared. So that works out to just below 100 PPI. Now I don't know how much that can scale up to in DPI, but I think it's rather on the low side. ... Anyway.

Also, I don't know about automation, but I'm sure with some extra work you could cut up the image yourself into six seperate images that do fit on one page. ... (Yes, I realize that's annoying, and I'm sure there's an easier solutions. But workarounds do exist)

-Gerko, not fully moved on from MS Paint yet.
 
I understand you want to cut the image into 6 pieces?

You will have to use the "Canvas Size" option for that.

1.Just enter 1/3 of the respective image height/width (or 1/2 if you want six images)
2. make sure you position the new canvas in the corner of the original image. This will leave you with 1/6 of the original image.
3. save the new image and re-load the original
4. Repeat for each corner, then for the middle part
5. Print each image individually
6. ????
7. Profit!

Also, "Assisance" is like a Renaissance, only somewhat... behind?
 
Take the picture to a print shop and get it printed on proper paper at a proper resolution. <150 DPI will just end up with pixels the size of icebergs.

Make sure your pic isn't a JPEG as well, and that it's encoded in CMYK instead of the usual RGB.
 
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