Printing large images as multiple A4 sheets using IrfanView?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.)

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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.