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I want to print an image that is 52x44 cm using letter sized pages in Windows 10. So it's similar to this question, but I need to print an image that is larger than one page. Presumably it will take 2x2 pages. How do I print an image at actual size?

So far I've tried setting a fixed image size in Paint and Gimp, but it hasn't worked and I'm wasting a lot of toner.

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Among other methods it is suggested to cut the image into pieces with gimp and print them separately

  1. Open the image in GIMP by clicking File-> Open

  2. Select View-> Show Grid and check this option.

  3. Select Image-> Configure Grid. Select the Line Style from the drop-down menu. Enter the Spacing dimensions of each segment, making them no larger than the paper size. Leave the Offset at zero pixels. Click OK.

  4. Use the Rectangle Select tool. Select the first segment. Copy the segment by clicking CTRL+C.

  5. Press CTRL+N to make a new image. Enter the image dimensions that match the size of the segment you copied. [You can use a size bigger than needed, and after you pasted (6) you can use Image->Crop to content option]

  6. Paste into the new image with CTRL+V

  7. Select File > Print and select the printer, change options...

Repeat this process (4-7) for each image segment.

Notes

  • Note that you can find a printer that automatically does this job for you, install the printer drivers (you don't really have to buy the printer) and print to file by selecting this software/driver. Here a user complains because the printer (HP DeskJet 3762 All-in-One Printer) keeps dividing his job into multiple pages; you can see if that printer driver (or another) is also able to print to file, then you can print each single file...
  • Or you can use imagemagick and write a command line to split your image...
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