I just recently got a printer capable of printing photos. I have been trying to print 4x6 prints. However, I can’t seem to print anything that actually takes up the entire 4x6 area. I have chosen photo paper as the paper and the borderless 4x6 as the paper type. But I still get pictures that don’t fit the entire paper.
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Any suggestions on programs that would allow me to do this?
I appreciate any help offered. Thanks.
Are you using the tabbed 4x6 paper? If so, the tab is to be removed after printing, and the photo won’t print on that portion of the paper. Otherwise, it sounds like you may have to configure your photo editing program to tell the printer what to do. Others will chime in with better advice shortly.
Nope, it’s not tabbed.
I tried it with Microsoft XP’s internal program. I put in the correct settings. The preview looked great. Just the way I wanted it to look. It cuts off the right side of the pic and still doesn’t print the right dimensions.
I haven’t tried the MS editor, so can’t help you there (maybe if I could find it, I could play with it). If you can find a copy of PhotoDeluxe (made by Photoshop, but cheap), it’s a good basic editor. It’s not produced anymore, but you can still find copies.
I’ve found also that some software is user unfriendly enough to where you have to configure more than one printer window, if that makes any sense to you. In other words, it has a ‘print’ function and also a ‘printer setup’ screen that don’t talk to each other.
As I understand it, unless you have a very expensive photo printer, you will never get the entire area covered. The printer needs a border to feed the paper through, and that area won’t print.
If you’re not using tabbed paper, and you want the image to “bleed” off the edges, the printer will have no way to grip the paper, and you’ll also wind up with ink all over the rollers.