Almost all the printers that we have at our disposal at home or at our workplace offer us a series of limited options in terms of size when printing. These options are sufficient for the most common needs, although at times they may fall short. For example, when it comes to printing a large format image. In this post we are going to see how to print an image on four sheets in Word.
That's right: through Microsoft Word It is possible to print large images that exceed the A4 limits of normal sheets of paper. The method to follow consists of dividing the image into several sheets that, once printed, we will be able to join together to form a single image.
This is a function that can be very useful for, for example, printing a large poster, although there are many other possibilities. The best of all is that it can be done directly from the program itself without having to download and install any external software on our computer.
Print an image on four sheets in Word (step by step)
To achieve our goal of printing an image on four sheets in Word, we not only depend on the options offered by the Microsoft word processor, but also on the possibilities offered by the printer we are going to use.
The process consists of two phases: the first, in which we select the most appropriate format, and the second, where the image we want to print is inserted. These are the steps we must follow:
Choose the format
- To begin with, we start Become and we open a new document in white.
- Then we go to the tab "Format" (In older versions of Word, this comes as “Page Layout”).
- Then we select the option "Size" to change the size of the sheet.
- Among the options shown to us, the most appropriate for what we want to achieve is to opt for the paper size (21,59 x 27,94 cm), since it is somewhat squarer than the others.
Insert image
- The next step is to insert the image that we want to print. To do this we have to go to the tab "Insert" and then click "Images".*
- Then we stretch the image from the corners in order to adjust it to the size of the sheet.
- Once this is done, we go to the tab "Archive" and there we choose the option "To print".
- Then we select the printer that we are going to use and we are going to "Printer properties".
- There, we choose the option «Multiple Pages» (sometimes it is expressed differently, depending on the brand and model of the printer).
- We choose the 2×2 print format, to get four leaves.
- Finally, we click on "To print".
(*) You can also upload an image directly from the Internet, or with the traditional "copy and paste" method. Be that as it may, it is essential that the chosen image has a good resolution. Otherwise, when we increase its size to print it, it may be blurry or pixelated.
Other tools to print an image on four sheets
Now that we have seen what to do to print an image on four sheets using Word, let's go over other ways to do it through other tools, such as PDF or Photoshop. The way you do this may be a little different than Microsoft's word processor, but the result is equally good.
In PDF (using Acrobat)
If the image that we want to print on four sheets as a poster is in PDF format, it is best to use the official printing program. Acrobat. With it we will achieve the result we are looking for through these simple steps:
- The first thing to do is open the PDF file in Acrobat.
- Then we select «Organize pages».
- From there, we go to the option "Divide", where we will select the desired format (in our case, 2 x 2).
- Then we select «Exit options» and click on "To accept".
- Finally, we use the option "Divide" and we save the result to print it later.
Using Photoshop
Also the complete image editing program Photoshop offers options to print one photo on four different pages. Before starting the process, it is necessary to know exactly the exact measurements of the sheets that we want to print.
- The first step is open Photoshop and create an artboard with the width of the sum of the width of the leaves and the height of the sum of their height.
- Then, with the help of the guides offered by the program screen, We divide the board with the four parts into which we want to "cut" the image.
- Now, we insert the image and we place it on the work table.
- Then we use the tool "Trim", marking exactly the individual original measurements of each of the images.
- Finally, we apply cropping and export the image for printing.
Everything explained about the different methods presented in this post also serves to divide and print images on four, six, eight or many more sheets, depending on our needs at any given time. You just have to change the configuration and adapt it to what we want.