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Printing Multiple Copies of Photos

Monday, November 29th, 2004 at 9:19 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech 6 comments

I do a holiday letter every year and send them to friends so they know what’s happening with my family and I ask them about theirs. Though addressing the envelopes and such is a pain, I enjoy doing the letter and adding a wallet-sized photo of my kids to show them off. To print nine wallets on a page, you don’t have to copy the picture eight times in Word and then print it. Here’s an easier way.

In most cases, you can double-click on your photo file and it opens Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. If not, right-click on the photo file > select Open With > select Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Before you start the process, ensure your printer is on and the computer can see it.

Now you’re ready to print. For best results, use photo paper in the photo printer. Photo printers have gotten cheap. I got mine for about $100 and it is great. Be sure to factor in the cost of replacing the ink when choosing a printer.

Click on the Print icon in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to start the photo printing wizard as shown in the picture.

Click Next > Find and select the picture you wish to print. You can even select multiple pictures and it will put an equal number of copies on the page. The photo wizard appears. Click Next > Select the printer > Select Printing Preferences and choose the right media type (I used Photo Paper Pro) > Click Next. Here you select what size and how many copies you wish to print.

If your picture is a wallet-sized picture, don’t choose anything bigger than wallet size because it won’t be as good quality. In other words, pick the same size or smaller rather than larger. If your picture is a 4″ x 6″ photo, you can print 4″ x 6″ copies and wallet-sized copies , but printing 8″ x 10″ won’t look good. I selected Wallet Prints and entered 9 for the number of times to use the picture. This will print nine wallet-sized pictures on one page. Click Next and it prints. Click Finish or Back if you want to print another page.

I don’t like to use pens to write the kids’ names and the date of the photo because it smears and leaves ink on other things. I know there are specialty pens for photos, but I prefer to use a label maker.

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6 comments

Posted by Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics on November 29th, 2004, 9:27 AM
Printing Multiple Photos

I do a holiday letter every year and send them to friends so they know what’s happening with my family and I ask them about theirs. Though addressing the envelopes and such is a pain, I enjoy doing the letter…
Posted by Bert Jones on November 30th, 2004, 4:11 AM
Photo printing wizard can be accessed directly by finding folders in Explorer (Win XP) that contain photos – usually c:\Documents and Settings\Userxxxx\My Documents\My Pictures. No need to open Windows photo and fax viewer.
Posted by cdk on November 30th, 2004, 7:16 AM
I have used this many times in XP.
But Now My “photo printing wizard” has disappeared?
Posted by Bert Jones on November 30th, 2004, 9:47 AM
In reply to cdk:
Make sure that your photos are in a separate folder within ‘My Pictures’
Right click on that folder and left click on Properties.
Select the Customize tab.
Select either:
Pictures (best for many files) or
Photo Album (best for fewer files)
Check the box ‘Also apply this template to all subfolders’
Click Apply then OK.
When you select this folder the Picture Tasks menu should appear at the left. If it doesn’t just click on Folders above.
Posted by meryl on December 2nd, 2004, 9:08 PM
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Posted by Randy Photo on November 14th, 2006, 9:11 AM
I also hate smeared ink notes on the back of photos. Soooooo …. after (or before) printing photos, I run the paper (inserted backwards) thru my laser printer to add comments, dates, even my photo log to the back. Looks professional and doesn’t smear. Can’t say for sure what the laser printing heat does to the photo print longterm, so don’t use this if you want an archival print.