iPhoto 08

I have some photo paper that is pre-perforated into four 4×6 pieces. I want to print 4 of the same image on the page. I am really struggling to set this up for printing. If anyone knows how to do it I'd be most grateful.

Select the photos you want to print
File > Print

Sent Print Size to 3 x 5 (bottom right drop down)

That should give you 4 prints on a sheet.

Cheers. Now how do I get the thick border around the edge to go away?

Cheers. Now how do I get the thick border around the edge to go away?

Are you using the Standard option for the pane on the left which has Standard, Contact Sheet, Simple Border etc?

The Standard option shouldn't give you a big border.

Yeah, it's set to Standard. I presume it's because I've chosen 3×5, when there is room for four 4×6's. But if I choose 4×6 it reduces it to just two on the page, still with the thick border around the outside.

Yeah, it's set to Standard. I presume it's because I've chosen 3×5, when there is room for four 4×6's. But if I choose 4×6 it reduces it to just two on the page, still with the thick border around the outside.

Mmm, maybe tweak your printer settings to reduce the margin size?

She says it's fine as it is, room for decorating it or something? Thanks for your help geoff, saved me a lot of grief!

No problem – of course if you want to locate them accurately, you could create a table in Word (or Pages I assume) 2 x 2 with transparent cell borders and then post the pictures into there. Depends how many you've got to do I suppose.

Good luck with it anyway.

A piece of paper large enough to accomodate 4x 4×6" prints would have to be at least 8×12" in size. A4 is 8.5×11.5" roughly, so iPhoto is organising the pics onto what would fit on an A4 sheet, I'd imagine. Maybe you need to tweak the print size settings in iPhoto, as it may be set to a default size.

Does the paper you have have any size or code? And are you sure the 'sections' are exactly 4×6"?

TBH, the printing settings in iPhoto aren't that flexible, as they don't allow you to set custom sizes for paper, or specify the individual image size. Perhaps something like Adobe Photoshop Elements might be better, unless you have access to full fat Photoshop. With Elements, you could put each image into one larger image that's the size of your paper, and scale each to fit accordingly.