iPhoto 11 won't print photos as cropped

when setting the print up in the print set up select the print size you have cropped to

LN

Crop a photo to (4x3), select the cropped photo and print - select the printer, paper size and print size (4x3 - you may have to use a custom size here) - the preview will reflect this selection - and print

LN

Crop a photo to (4x3), select the cropped photo and print - select the printer, paper size and print size (4x3 - you may have to use a custom size here) - the preview will reflect this selection - and print

If you replace the 4x3 with 3x3 (which is a custom print size) the above is the procredure - please describe all of the exact steps you are taking

After selecting the printer, paper size and custom print size what does the preview show?

LN

First crop your photo to 3x3:

In the Print window select the paper size (in this example it's 4x6) and a custom print size of 3x3. This is what you'll get, a 3x3 photo on a 4x6 paper size. You can select any paper size you'd like:

If you select a large paper size you can print multiple 3x3 photos on the same page:

OT

I'm wondering if you ever solved this within iPhoto? I'm experiencing a similar issue in iPhoto'11 (9.4.1). I have a series of square images. I want to print them as square images on 4x6 paper. I select my image and choose print from the file menu. I then get the iPhoto print dialogue which is completely different from the print dialogues used through OSX (10.7.4). Paper size selected is 4x6 borderless. Under print size I get only the options of 3x5, 3x2 and 2x2, and custom of course. The problem I have is that the image has been zoomed way in, as if iPhoto was printing a 12x12 inch image. I can find no way to zoom the image back out to constrain it print within the paper size. If I go to custom and set up 4in by 4in, then I do get a 4in square printing window, but the image is still zoomed way in. Additionally, the iPhoto print dialogues allow no access to adjust print settings for different paper types. After I send the image to print, another dialogue comes up which allows me to choose from all of my printing presets, but I can't adjust them. Pulling my hair out!

I am having a similar problem, and just want to throw in my two cents. I want to print an image, say 5x11 on 8.5x11 paper, leaving the image uncropped, and printing on standard 8.5x11 paper with empty unprinted-upon space, 1.75 " on either side. IPhoto will not allow me to do this. I have to export to another program and print, which is a pain when I have to do a lot of images. a real fault of the program!

I have no problem doing what you you're trying to accomplish. Also if you're still at 9.4.1 download and apply the iPhoto 9.4.2 updater and try again. I printed it out just to make sure the printed copy matched what was in the screenshot.

Have you tried logging into another user account on your Mac and try to print that 5 x 11 image on the letter size paper?

I had the sameproblem, found the solution eventually:

iPhoto

Print

Customise

Right-click on the image

Select "fit photo to frame"

Bingo!