Digital Photo Printing Tutorial

In this tutorial we will use the image browsing software ACDSee (Version 7). You can download a 30 day free trial copy of the latest version here.

After installing ACDSee click on the photo you would like to print so that it is opened directly by ACDSee. Under the file menu select print image.

A new window will appear with the photo printing settings (See illustration below). On the left side under Format (height x width) you must select fit to page. (If the photo has more width than length then you must flip it 90º to match the size of the page better)

In the upper right hand corner click on properties under printer.

When you click on properties a window will open with the printing properties. Here you can select what type of paper. You must select photo paper (there are different types of photo paper, any type will do ok). You must load photo paper into the printer. You should also select the highest print quality possible. (The image below is an example, the appearance will vary from printer to printer.)

Click on ok to close the window. In the upper right hand corner select the tab that says Page Settings. Set all margins to 0.00 (top, bottom, left and right). Then check maintain aspect ratio (and also automatically rotate picture based on print format if necessary). Below this you have 2 choices:

• Crop image to fit format: This means you will lose part of the image and it will automatically fit it to the entire A4 sheet of paper. You may want to choose this option if the format of the picture closely matches the size of tha A4 sheet of paper.
• Shrink image to fit format: This means the image will not fill the entire sheet of paper. This way you preserve the entire image but will have to cut the extra paper.

Now you are ready! Just click on the print button in the lower right corner.

Many of our photos are scanned from film negatives at 3200 DPI. This means they are large enough for medium-size wall posters. Inquire at your local photography store for more information for printing photos larger than your home printer can handle.