Split to fit exact size

[mrwalters]

So, first a suggestion: there are no forums here for questions regarding the entire creative suite. I’m putting this question in Photoshop, because I threw a dart, basically. This might be a question for Photoshop or it might be for InDesign or Acrobat or Bridge for all I know. so, if you have an answer that includes another product in the suite, please post. I just want to know the best way to do what I need to do.

So here’s what I need: I have a document that is poster size. Let’s say it’s close to 18 x 24. The important part is that it contains a grid, composed of 1“ x 1“ squares. I have a laser printer that prints 8 1/2 x 11” sheets of paper. I want to be able to split to fit my document, at it’s exact size over multiple 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper. I feel like there should be some straightforward way to do this with Adobe creative suite. I have never found it. Back in the good old days when I was able to go into work, I always did this with Microsoft publisher, a program I distain normally, but it does this process beautifully with crop marks. Now I’m stuck at home with a Macintosh only household, and publisher is out of the question.

I have found instructions on the Internet to print over multiple pages using acrobat, but it’s kind of a process of playing around with scaling up my print after acrobat has already shrunk it to my printer’s page size. thus, I have no idea at which point I am back to the exact size the document originally was with my 1“ x 1“ grid squares, other than multiple times of trial and error; printing scaling it up slightly each time, and wasting a bunch of toner and print material.

So, how do I do this in Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign or whatever?

[JJMack]

You can not do that.  Math should should show you that 8.5x11 tiles will not tile to a 18x24 area

[jane-e]

"how do I do this in Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign or whatever?"

Hi

The technique you are looking for is called "tiling". You print on multiple pages with overlaps and tape them together. Photoshop does not have it, as far as I know, but InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat always have.

InDesign

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/printing-thumbnails-oversized-documents.html

Illustrator

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-documents-printing.html#tile_artwork_on_multiple_p...

Acrobat

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-posters-banners-acrobat-reader.html

Jane

[JJMack]

That you can script that in Photoshop. Using math you can calculate how much excess you will have if you use  8.5x11 tiles to fill a 18x24 area.  You can them calculate how much overlap  tiles will have to tile to an area exactly 18x24.  You can then create the required 8.5x11 image layers. and print the 8.5x11 image layers. The Prints will overlap when assembled into the 18x24 area size.