Printing a single image over multiple pages

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I would like to use photoshop or preview to print a single very large image (a few feet wide) over multiple pages (say, a dozen or so). Id like to grid these pages up into a single mural after theyve all been printed.

Its possible I am a total tard and missing something very simple, but then again, Ive never personally seen this done. Is it possible?

Ive got photoshop CS, the latest macos, and a brand new canon printer/scanner.

-A preemptive 'thanks' for your help <3
 
This is application-dependent. If the application you're printing from supports doing this, then it's possible (QuarkXPress does this quite nicely). If it doesn't, it doesn't.

Here's a tutorial of how to do it in Illustrator -- it may be similar in PhotoShop, but at the very least, you could place the PhotoShop file into an empty Illustrator document and print it that way.
 
Heh... times change quick around here -- ya gotta keep up or you'll miss out.

We'll include you in the next group hug we have. ;)
 
BTW, here is the way I do this with the "consumer" Photoshop Elements:

1) I created a file that was 16inches wide by 10 talll... esentially 2 8x10 sheets.

2) I opened Print Preview

3) I made sure the settings were:

a) Postion: not centered, but top and left set to 0
b) Scale: Made sure the scale was 100% and not "Scale to fit media"

To do the second page, do the same thing but set postion:left to 8



I'm sure the Pro PS CS is very different, but this seemed like generic enough info that I'd post it for the other "Elements" users...

;)
 
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