Printing large posters on letter size paper

Check to see if your printer has a Poster or Tile function. Many do and will do it for you. Should appear in the Printer Properties.

Oooo, good one, Welles. Forgot about PosteRazor.

PosteRazor 1.5
Cuts poster size images down to be printed.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20738/posterazor

I'm almost certain there's a script that will ease the process of doing this, so I'd have a poke around in the scripting forum. <br /> <br />Also, I know from experience that it's always wise to build in some overlap into each of the tiles. <br /> <br />If you're going to do it manually, the following image I created a while back for somebody else with a similar question may help you understand the methodology. <br /> <br />Click on image for full-size version: <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1emnJwnrX6eXZrNuJy3bQCRGztPEm0" /></a> <img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1emnJwnrX6eXZrNuJy3bQCRGztPEm0_thumb.jpg" border="0" />

Would you believe inserting the picture into MS Excel does the job nicely?

It is easy enough in PSCS3. In the Print dialogue box under "Position" deselect the "Center Image" check box. Now you can break up your 8'x10' image into 7.5"x10" chunks by simply telling PSCS3 to print the image differently each time.

E.g. first print with the settings at Top 0 inches and Left 0 inches. Click Print, then tell it to print again and reset settings to Top 0 inches and Left (0 - 7.5 = -7.5 inches). Click Print, then tell it to print again and reset settings to Top 0 inches and Left (-7.5 - 7.5 = -15 inches). Continue.

After you have printed the top row, tell it to print again and reset settings to Top (0 - 10 = -10 inches) and Left 0 inches. Click Print, then tell it to print again and reset settings to Top -10 inches and Left (0 - 7.5 = -7.5 inches). Click Print, then tell it to print again and reset settings to Top -10 inches and Left (-7.5 - 7.5 = -15 inches). Continue.

Someone will correct me if my math is imperfect, but you should get the idea. It is manual, not automated, but works fine for folks with only Photoshop.

Ditto the above, but look at your Printer's Options. Some have a Poster or Tiling mode that will let you do this.

I second that. InDesign is the way I tile. It can be done in PS but it's a lot more work.

pbc