How to print a large image on multiple sheets
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Hello, I'm working on a surfboard project and we're trying to create a sort of stencil to then paint the image on the board.
Basically, I started by finding my vector drawing and changing it to monochrome to only have 2 colors. Then I left a contour line and replaced the black with a sort of light gray to save some ink.
Now I'm at the printing stage. The board will be 63cm by 2.5m which should give me 24 A4 pages since my drawing is a bit smaller. I've created a background with A4 page templates to align my drawing for cutting it out later, and now I don't know how to print it across my 24 pages. Also, without borders, and given the size, I wouldn't want to have to print it multiple times. Does anyone know how to print it? Thanks.
Basically, I started by finding my vector drawing and changing it to monochrome to only have 2 colors. Then I left a contour line and replaced the black with a sort of light gray to save some ink.
Now I'm at the printing stage. The board will be 63cm by 2.5m which should give me 24 A4 pages since my drawing is a bit smaller. I've created a background with A4 page templates to align my drawing for cutting it out later, and now I don't know how to print it across my 24 pages. Also, without borders, and given the size, I wouldn't want to have to print it multiple times. Does anyone know how to print it? Thanks.
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Save your image as a PDF.
In Acrobat "Reader", when printing, use the "Show" function.
Check "mosaic" and possibly add an overlap of a few mm to perfect the joins between the sheets.
But you would be quicker to ask a service provider for a plotter output... for low-res output it doesn't cost a fortune... you don't have to print it on photo paper... although for making a stencil, it's not paper you need but plastic and that gets done on a plotter... and there you need to use Illustrator, Corel or Inkscape, not Photoshop.
Because cutting out from an assembly of sheets is not going to be easy!!
In Acrobat "Reader", when printing, use the "Show" function.
Check "mosaic" and possibly add an overlap of a few mm to perfect the joins between the sheets.
But you would be quicker to ask a service provider for a plotter output... for low-res output it doesn't cost a fortune... you don't have to print it on photo paper... although for making a stencil, it's not paper you need but plastic and that gets done on a plotter... and there you need to use Illustrator, Corel or Inkscape, not Photoshop.
Because cutting out from an assembly of sheets is not going to be easy!!