Iphoto print question

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Iphoto print question

I have a 3:2 aspect ratio image that I want to prnt on 8 x 10 paper. In iPhoto, when I use File>Print, the resulting landscape print maximizes the use of the paper area, leaving a small equal border of white all around, but loses the true width of the image while expanding the height in order to fill the paper height.

What I want is a print that shows the whole 3:2 image, which would leave a wider border along the top and bottom. I can do this in Aperture, but can't see what to do in iPhoto to get the same print.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 4GB RAM

Posted on May 22, 2012 12:03 PM

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Keith Barkley

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May 22, 2012 12:19 PM in response to bobgoldstein

Pardon the editorial, but this should help:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3673327

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LarryHN

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May 22, 2012 1:51 PM in response to bobgoldstein

select the photo and print - selectthe printer, paper size and print size and click customize - right click on the preview and select fit to frame - and print

LN

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bobgoldstein Author

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May 22, 2012 3:16 PM in response to Keith Barkley

I understand this, but when I got into specifying a custom size, I didn't know, offhand, what the dimensions would be, of a 3:2 inage tha would fit an 8x10 paper and leave the correct minimum margin for my Epson printer.

That's why the next answer is so much easier for me, the one from LarryHN.

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bobgoldstein Author

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May 22, 2012 3:19 PM in response to LarryHN

This solved it for me! Thanks.

But it illustrates what's so wrong with Apple's help files. It seems to me that it is unituitive to think about right-clicking on an image, and this method was totally missing from the help panels on Customize. Is there some Apple UI practice that says it's OK to throw in a right-click when the developer feels like it??

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