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Print a banner

I want to print a banner using 8.5 x 11 inch paper taped together. I changed the Page Setup to 17 x 11 inches in Portrait mode, which looks correct on the screen. However, when I print only the first 8.5 inches of the banner will print.

Unibody Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 17, 2010 2:07 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 17, 2010 4:18 PM in response to marcy512

Don't set it up in Portrait mode because that tells the printer to not rotate the page. Use the landscape mode.

Peter

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Walt K

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Sep 17, 2010 4:42 PM in response to marcy512

Welcome to Apple Discussions

One way to print a banner is to use the free app Tiler. After you save your Pages file to PDF, here's what it does:

"Print a single PDF page using multiple sheets of paper to create large banners and posters. Independently scale and center each page in a PDF document as you add or remove rows and columns. Visually preview results in the workspace before printing."

You can download it at http://www.mindcad.com/tiler.html

Walt

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marcy512 Author

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Sep 24, 2010 6:42 AM in response to Walt K

Thanks for your response Walt, but the program works for text only. I have a combination of text and photos on my poster. The photos cannot expand sideways for printing on multiple pages across without also expanding upwards. So, instead of having 2 pages I have to use 4. Is there a way to do it so I can design my poster to be 2 pages across and only 1 page tall?

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marcy512 Author

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Sep 24, 2010 6:43 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

It doesn't matter whether I have the Page Setup as 17 x 11 inches in Portrait or 11 x 17 inches in Landscape, the outcome is the same. I still am unable to print a banner across multiple pages.

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fruhulda

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Sep 24, 2010 7:17 AM in response to marcy512

What makes you think Tiler just works with text. It works with PDF files. It doesn't mater if the PDF file contains text or images or both.

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Walt K

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Sep 24, 2010 8:19 AM in response to marcy512

Create your banner on ONE page. Save it as a PDF. Drag the PDF to the Tiler icon. Select the number of pages you want to print it on. Print.

Walt

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Answer 7

Sep 24, 2010 8:28 AM in response to Walt K

Of course in the original classic Mac OS, this just worked.

No need for utilities, work arounds, output to intermediary files. Just print 'n go!

Peter

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