Printing to a specific size

I've edited a photo to be square, and I'd like to print it out so that on
paper it winds up being exactly 3"x3". It seems, though, that if I use the
Photo Printing Wizard, my best option is to keep the photo square, but it
will wind up scaling to the size of the paper (i.e. if I print to 4" by 6",
the photo will wind up 4" by 4"). I'd love to be able to specify the actual
output size of the image without using the templated sizes given by the
wizard. Is this possible?

jedixi wrote:
> I've edited a photo to be square, and I'd like to print it out so
> that on paper it winds up being exactly 3"x3". It seems, though,
> that if I use the Photo Printing Wizard, my best option is to keep
> the photo square, but it will wind up scaling to the size of the
> paper (i.e. if I print to 4" by 6", the photo will wind up 4" by 4").
> I'd love to be able to specify the actual output size of the image
> without using the templated sizes given by the wizard. Is this
> possible?
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The following free software
may be useful to you.

FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

If you need to crop your selected image
type X to open the Crop Board.

Once you have the aspect ratio (shape)
you require...go to...File / Print...

On the Print screen...Open the "Size" drop
window and choose "Specified Size"

Check the "Preserve Aspect Ratio" box.
Be sure "inch" is selected in the
"Measurement units" window.

Enter: Width: 3"
Height: 3"

Print.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

"John Inzer" wrote:

> jedixi wrote:
> > I've edited a photo to be square, and I'd like to print it out so
> > that on paper it winds up being exactly 3"x3". It seems, though,
> > that if I use the Photo Printing Wizard, my best option is to keep
> > the photo square, but it will wind up scaling to the size of the
> > paper (i.e. if I print to 4" by 6", the photo will wind up 4" by 4").
> > I'd love to be able to specify the actual output size of the image
> > without using the templated sizes given by the wizard. Is this
> > possible?
> ==================================
> The following free software
> may be useful to you.
>
> FastStone Image Viewer
> http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
>
> If you need to crop your selected image
> type X to open the Crop Board.
>
> Once you have the aspect ratio (shape)
> you require...go to...File / Print...
>
> On the Print screen...Open the "Size" drop
> window and choose "Specified Size"
>
> Check the "Preserve Aspect Ratio" box.
> Be sure "inch" is selected in the
> "Measurement units" window.
>
> Enter: Width: 3"
> Height: 3"
>
> Print.
>
> --
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

I'm not terribly interested in 3rd party software here. There are about a
million solutions using 3rd party stuff. I'd like to be able to do it
straight through Vista's fancy new interface. If it's just not possible,
then that's fine, I'm just hoping for a nice clean (and easy to miss)
solution.

jedixi wrote:
> I'm not terribly interested in 3rd party software here. There are
> about a million solutions using 3rd party stuff. I'd like to be able
> to do it straight through Vista's fancy new interface. If it's just
> not possible, then that's fine, I'm just hoping for a nice clean (and
> easy to miss) solution.
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Pardon me.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

If you've already edited it to a certain size, print it from Paint.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"jedixi" <jedixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4CCE8413-5491-4079-9357-2784F4DA5BF2@microsoft.com...
> I've edited a photo to be square, and I'd like to print it out so that on
> paper it winds up being exactly 3"x3". It seems, though, that if I use
> the
> Photo Printing Wizard, my best option is to keep the photo square, but it
> will wind up scaling to the size of the paper (i.e. if I print to 4" by
> 6",
> the photo will wind up 4" by 4"). I'd love to be able to specify the
> actual
> output size of the image without using the templated sizes given by the
> wizard. Is this possible?