Printing large images as multiple A4 sheets using IrfanView?

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I have a massive image about 980px wide and 3000+px high. I want to print this on multiple A4 sheets of paper, how can I do this?

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 28 '12 at 20:02

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Apparently this is not supported in IrfanView – there are a few standalone tools that allow for it:

Paint, bizarrely enough:
How to Easily Print a Large Image to Multiple Pages in Windows | Scottie’s Tech.Info
- Open the image you’d like to print in Paint
- Select: Print -> Page Setup (Vista and 7), or File -> Page Setup (in XP)
- Under Scaling, select Fit to and change the setting to something like “2 by 2 page(s)”
- Click OK
- Print the image from Paint, and make sure to select “All Pages”
PosteRazor

edited Oct 28 '12 at 20:02

slhck

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answered Apr 10 '11 at 09:48

Journeyman Geek

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Yeah, I find it a little odd that such basic functionality isn't supported on irfanview. – meiryo Apr 12 '11 at 15:07
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Hard to believe, but this still works in 2019! Even though I usually use `IrfanView` as referenced by Tomasito below, I found that in this instance `Paint` was the easiest and best option. #ProTip: To save ink, print to PDF first to see what your poster will look like. If you like the result just print it. Otherwise start over again without having wasted a ton of ink. https://www.digitalcitizen.life/print-large-image-multiple-pages-4-steps-using-microsoft-paint – Eric Hepperle - CodeSlayer2010 May 10 '19 at 11:21

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '16 at 12:52

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Irfan View not out of the box, but possible:

Go to: Options->Export Image Tiles->Set Rows and Columns. Next you can print individual images or in Thumbnails mode.

answered Feb 01 '16 at 12:52

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Yes, this works well. I just confirmed I was able to split a long infographic into 3 by exporting as "1 x 3". – Eric Hepperle - CodeSlayer2010 Mar 31 '16 at 00:41
UPDATE: This method still works, but for me, the `Paint` method from Journeyman Geek works better. – Eric Hepperle - CodeSlayer2010 May 10 '19 at 11:22
This should be the #1 answer. It gives you a good ability to preview the slices. When I tried the suggested approach with Paint, it did not display a proper preview so it was not very confidence inspiring. Also in paint, it opens with a default resolution and the pasted image only gets a sub-part of that, so I would have likely gotten a bunch of unwanted printed whitespace. – uglycoyote Jan 09 '23 at 02:17

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '15 at 20:41

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I use Posterazor all the time. For me, it works for printing large images on different sheets of paper and has features I find useful.

(Disclaimer: I am not associated with the Posterazor product in any way.)

edited May 23 '15 at 20:41

G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'

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answered May 23 '15 at 19:50

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 12 '11 at 05:19

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Check your printer driver options. Some printer/copier manufacturers include this functionality out of the box, calling it Poster mode, or some variation thereof.

answered Apr 12 '11 at 05:19

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 17 '18 at 13:21

An alternative solution using Irfanview: I divided the picture 'by hand' in separate files, one for every sheet. I selected the part of the picture for one separate sheet, cropped it (Irfanview menu Edit --> Crop selection (Ctrl+Y) ) and saved it as a separate file. It was cumbersome, but it gave me more control and a better end result.

Printing large images as multiple A4 sheets using IrfanView?

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