printing smaller photos

I cannot seem to shrink my photos so that I can print two side by side on a regular size photo paper. I cannot find any information on doing that in iPhoto. Pardon my ignorance, but instructions are not that clear.Maybe my concern is too simple for the site? Right now the photos print out full page. I want 4X6 photos for an album, but when I print them that small they print in the middle of the page so I waste all that paper. I have tried turning and setting but they still print in the middle of the page. If someone can please tell me how to set it so I can print two photos side by side on a regular size paper, I would appreciate it. I have an iMac (2002).

Posted on Sep 12, 2005 9:03 AM

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Barney-15E

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Posted on Sep 20, 2005 11:22 PM

Why?

Because if you tell it to print a 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 to print on an US letter, it will center it on the page. If you ask Word to print a document with 3" margins on a US Letter paper, it will fit it onto the center of the 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Same idea, but with LESS control.

With iPhoto, you are asking it to do the same thing. "Here, iPhoto, print this small picture on this big piece of paper." It's only option is to print it in the center of the paper. If you want to print a 4x6 print on 4x6 inches of paper, you have to tell it you are using 4x6 paper. If you don't have that, then you are not going to get the results you want with iPhoto. Not designed that way. Feedback to Apple via the Apple website or the application menu (if it is there) is the only way you can ask for that capability. Third party apps like ImageBuddy can lay out the photo whereever you want it on the page.

Jim

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Barney-15E

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Sep 20, 2005 5:43 PM in response to daniel lombardo

What paper size is set in "Page Setup..." from the File menu?

Jim

Sep 20, 2005 5:54 PM in response to Janet Wees

US Letter, because there are no other options that match a picture size. Why?

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